another day in the adventure of a lifetime

I don't know how to summerize all that has happened in the past week and a bit, but I will try. Hopefully I will be sending out another newsletter email this week too, so if you haven't subscribed to our list, please click the link on the side and jump on board.

McPOW was last week
McPOW stands for McMinnville People Out Witnessing
It is a week long event that we (McMinnville Area Youth Ministries) put on as a united "home" mission event for youth. We gather each morning for Worship, a devotion by different Youth Pastors, and small group time, then send the youth out all over the community doing all kinds of things from free car washes, to service projects, to back yard bible clubs, to door-to-door witnessing. I was given a back yard bible club this year and had a great time, bring my boys with me and seeing them reach out to other kids. The mission projects end around 2pm, then we would all come back together for evening "fun" nights. Monday was Family Feud, Tues was Let's Make A Deal, Wed. was Survivor (I was in charge for this one), Thursday was Hometown Idol, and Friday we did a "block party" for all the people we had reached during the week. It was a great week and exciting to see teenagers out reaching their own community for Christ. If only we could get more churches and adults to work together on things like this. here is a video that Jeremy put together from McPOW http://theBiblestudy.net/library/files/MAYM/McPow.wmv

I have also been down to Alabama to speak to the youth at Pleasent Grove Baptist Church (Jon Kents Church), spoke at First Baptist McMinnville one Sunday Night, and spoke at Smartt AOG this past Sunday Night. All about our going on a mission trip.

We also moved this past Saturday from the trailer to an apartment in town. In fact it is right across from the civic center and the pool, so we can go to the playground or the pool anytime we want, and Myra can run around the track. it is also nice to have two levels, with two bedrooms upstairs (and a big closet that we have made into a third room for the girls) and living room and kitchen downstairs. Praise God for more space. As much as we liked living in the "country", Myra and I are definately city folk.

We have a week here of putting things together, then we are heading south to Mississippi for Hannah and Daniels wedding. We will be speaking at a few churches while we are there too. When we get back I will be "officially" done serving at Christ's Family Church and fully focused on getting our support team put together and Work Visa's to move to England as soon as possible. We are trusting that God will supply for our needs from the time we stop getting paid till the time we start being supported.

We appreciate your prayers as we look forward to this fall, starting homeschooling here, speaking and travelling and getting ready to go.