In January we encountered some tough waters. We had four families leave our church for various reasons. All of this happened after we launched the 2nd house church. However, God has brought more folks to our church. We are now 17 families (53 people). 2/3 go to one house church and 1/3 goes to the other. This photo is a pic of about 65% of our church at a recent picnic. We have had some miraculous things happen the past 3 weeks. One couple in their fifties trusted Christ. It looks like they will be baptized soon along with a couple others. That would make 15 baptisms since HCC started. Praise the Lord! Also, we saw God rescue another marriage. On Sunday, March 1st, the husband packed his bags and left, and by Thursday, March 5th, he was back at home. Again, praise the Lord!
Prayer Requests:
We went back and read the letter we sent out in March of 2008. At that time we had 5 families (24 people). We again just praise God for His faithfulness. As you pray for us, we again ask you to praise Him for His faithfulness on our behalf. Please pray for our Easter Outreach on April 11th and pray for our Easter Sunday time on April 12th. Pray the Lord would draw new folks to us so that they would praise His name (Psalm 67). We still have many folks who come who have not trusted Christ yet. Pray God’s kindness would draw them to repentance. Like we said, please pray for Caroline’s health, and we ask you to pray for our entire family (Psalm 91). Finally, we ask you to pray that we would stay connected to Jesus (John 15).
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
We feel like we always run out of words to show appreciation to you guys, but there are not enough words. There will never be enough words. Our hearts overflow with gratitude towards you. You truly are our partners in the advancement of His gospel.
We went back and read the letter we sent out in March of 2008. At that time we had 5 families (24 people). We again just praise God for His faithfulness. As you pray for us, we again ask you to praise Him for His faithfulness on our behalf. Please pray for our Easter Outreach on April 11th and pray for our Easter Sunday time on April 12th. Pray the Lord would draw new folks to us so that they would praise His name (Psalm 67). We still have many folks who come who have not trusted Christ yet. Pray God’s kindness would draw them to repentance. Like we said, please pray for Caroline’s health, and we ask you to pray for our entire family (Psalm 91). Finally, we ask you to pray that we would stay connected to Jesus (John 15).
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
We feel like we always run out of words to show appreciation to you guys, but there are not enough words. There will never be enough words. Our hearts overflow with gratitude towards you. You truly are our partners in the advancement of His gospel.
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