Prayer Requests for June 29, 2008

• Kids & adults coming home from CentriKid
• Youth & adults going to CentriFuge Monday morning
• Marlene-at home not feeling well
• Jack's dad-having chemotherapy treatments
• Goebel Stevenson- having chemotherapy treatment
• Tim & Marlene-traveling on Thursday & Saturday
• Katie Meador-still having stomach problems

 

Praises

• Tim Blakeman's son Austin-accepted Christ into his life
• Mary Glenn Orem-accepted Christ at CentriKid
• Jenna Snyder-accepted Christ at CentriKid

Prayer Requests for June 22, 2008

• CentriKid trip 25th-29th
• Roy's sister suffered a mild heart attack
• Dan Hudson-friend of John & Beth-died in a plane crash, pray for the family
• Family of Janet Boyd in her death
• Terry Hayes-went to the hospital for shortness of breath, having tests run
• Randy McCoy's wife-prior breast cancer patient has another spot showing up
• Amy Bealle's mother-prior breast cancer patient not doing well
• Chris, 12 year old boy, died in his sleep
• Jen Gary's mom-tests showed not MS-still don't know what is causing problems
• Will & Tasha Uland-situation with the foster child Abby

Praises

• 20 or so decisions made during VBS
• All of the kids that attended VBS

 

Hope everyone has a great week!

Mike

Self Study

Hey Team:

 

I am sending this email to you from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains in Ridgecrest, NC.  We had a great (i.e. safe) trip here and the journey has been nonstop.  We have a wonderful group of kids!

 

I wish you could see, as I have, how much Eva, Lisa, Roscella and Mason love your children -- all of them!  They have been and continue to be great servant-leaders and are great role models for all of us. 

 

Although I have been to and worked many camps over the years, I have to confess that I have been positively impressed with the organization and spiritual maturity of the leadership team here.  I really believe this can be a life changing experience for all of us, so please continue to pray for our group.  Our goal is that we would all come to know Him in new and more personal ways before we leave, and that we would continue to develop that relationship when we come home.

 

Now, for those of you who are unnecessarily worried  about your children --  RELAX (Eva says it doesn't help for me to tell you to "relax" but I thought I would try to reinforce what your husbands have been telling you)!  So far we've only had a few broken bones and we only lost two girls for a total of 10 hours.

 

Just kidding.  Really, I'm just kidding.  If your child has not called you, or has not called as often as you would like, that's a good thing.  We will let them call any time they want to or need to.  We have asked some of them if they wanted to call home and the typical response is something like, "no, thanks"  or "maybe tomorrow."  Trust me, they love you and they miss you, but they are doing great and having a lot of fun.  They have a whole lot to tell you, but they may not tell you everything until we get home.

 

S.S.

 

We will not be home until Sunday afternoon.  Thanks again to Andy who will once again be teaching our class this Sunday.

 

See you soon.

 

Press on.

 

Andrew

Self Study

Hey Team:

 

Eva and I are back from a quick trip to Florida (the girls are still there with grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.).  We missed being with you this past Sunday but were blessed to have had a great worship experience at Sarasota Baptist where one of my brothers is a member.  I'll tell you more about it if you are interested, but you should at least know this:  I didn't wear a tie!

 

Thanks, Andy

 

Special thanks to Andy for teaching our class in my absence.  Andy will be back again on June 30 when the Centrkid crew and I will be returning from Ridgecrest.

 

Sherry Newton's Dad

 

Many of you know that Sherry and others have been praying for her father's (Chuck Gresham) salvation for some time.  Well, by the grace of God, and somewhat unexpectedly, Chuck recently made a public profession of faith in Christ.  This, of course, is the greatest news of all.

 

Congratulation, Mike and Joelette

 

Mike and Joelette's daughter, Angie, is engaged.  I have met Patrick and really like him (not that Angie cares what I think).  If I were not the father of two young daughters, this would be a great place for some joke about Mike having to pay for another wedding.  But since I am, this is not.  In other words, let's put Mike on the prayer list and keep him there.

 

VBS/Centrikid

 

Two of the greatest evangelistic opportunities of the year for our church are Vacation Bible School and church camp.  Please be in prayer for these events and the children whose lives could be forever changed by the decisions they make.  If your child or one you know that is going to Centrikid has not made a profession of faith in Christ, please let me know.

 

Wombles/Workday

 

Our missionary friends from Niger, The Wombles, will be here the end of this month and will be staying in the Wells Missionary Residence.  Some of us will be meeting there this Saturday at 9:00 a.m. to clean, etc.  Please join us if you can.  It will not take long.  Also, our S.S. class will take up a special offering on Sunday to help get the place ready.

 

See you soon.

 

Press on.

 

Andrew

 

 

 

 

SelfStudy - "Cardboard Testimonies"

Hey Team:

A friend of mine sent this to me. Very interesting "cardboard testimonies" regarding lives before and after Christ.

Watch this.......







Press on....

Andrew