Ruth 1: 21a “I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty:” I certainly can state that God has truly filled my life with undeserved blessings. I find that the more I continue to serve Him the more He seems to continue to “fill my cup” more and more. Now as a family we continue to do what we can for the lives of others and persevere to reach our goals of serving on the mission field. As God continues to bless us, we want to continue to give of ourselves to others. The example revealed in the verse stated above portrays a lesson of what occurs when someone who has been given so much by God throws it away with greed and selfish desires and in the end reaps an empty life. The reverse is true, however, as God will continue to overflow our lives with blessings the more we continue to give back to Him. My prayer for myself and my family is that we use all that God has given us to serve and bring glory to Him.
August 19th, what a great weekend it was as we traveled from one state to another within the same day. Sunday morning we presented in Lighthouse Baptist Church pastored by Pastor Andrew Reed in Cortez, Colorado. Lighthouse Baptist is a great ministry doing a great job in reaching their community with the Gospel. Sunday night we drove to Pastor Quinn’s church, Bible Baptist Church, in Aztec, New Mexico where we had the opportunity to build a friendship with many of the members and staff. Wednesday, August 22nd, we were able to visit with Pastor Chitty and his fine members who welcomed us with kindness and allowed us to use their prophet’s chamber while in the area. We were able to meet many of the Navajo families and enjoyed our stay with Open Bible Baptist Church. Sunday, August 26th we returned to Chaparral, New Mexico with Pastor Sloan and presented our work in the Sunday morning service of Living Water Baptist Church. What a great ministry is being done here not only for the English community but also the Spanish! We were able to attend both services meeting many fine Christian families. We also had the pleasure of celebrating Pastor Sloan’s birthday and what a great time that was. He and his family were such a blessing to us as they allowed us to stay in their prophet’s chamber at different times during our trip to New Mexico. That night we made the five hour drive to Rio Grande Baptist Church to present and meet with Pastor Boggs and church members. This church does a fine job and is a great example in giving to help other ministries flourish. We were able to see and have the privilege of helping load trailers with pews, clothes, chairs, etc to be shipped to churches in Mexico. Wednesday night we drove north once more to be in Santa Fe, New Mexico to present and meet with Pastor Velazquez. We thoroughly enjoyed our month spent in New Mexico and the many opportunities we were blessed to have to present “Reaching the Next Generation.”
Please pray as we will be spending the month of September in Mississippi and are looking forward to the great work God will do.
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| Alyssa Sloan and Gabriella |
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| Pastor Quinn's daughter playing the piano beautifully |
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| Gabriella's new friend, Alyssa Sloan |
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Children's Choir
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