As August began with Terry working hard to get Hope Baptist ready
for their first service, our children arrived home on the 10th! It was
great to hear about their time serving! I hinted to some of their time
in this post.
If you have never been on a missions trip, we highly recommend one
of these trips ~ either the Juarez Project that I posted about in June &
July (take a minute to read over those) or a regular week trip to El Paso
where you will put together John & Romans Monday & Tuesday mornings
and use those scriptures to hand out in Mexico in the afternoon & evenings.
You can find out more about both of those trips on Bearing Precious Seed's
website BPS El Paso.
You can also e-mail us for more information ~ finmin2014@gmail.com We'd
love to hear from you! It will definitely change your life!
Also at the beginning of August I was able to attend ASL Institute at Valley
Forge to continue work on sign language learning! It was a very interesting
time for me! I would appreciate your prayers for me in this, do we ever get
too old to learn something new?
So that's what we've been up too at the beginning of August!
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Northeast Vision Summit
The very end of July Terry & I attended the annual Summit
at Solid Rock Baptist Church in Berlin, NJ. This was a unique
experience! Our purpose for going was to make some contacts.
Well, with an attendance of approximately 1900, there were
plenty of those! Can I tell you we were a LITTLE overwhelmed!
We did get to hear David Gibbs, Jr. speak twice along with some
other very good preachers. We also were able to go to some
separate sessions that we picked based on the title of the class!
That was very interesting! You had no idea who the speaker was,
just what was being taught!
We did make one connection though! A pastor from Moscow, PA,
had contacted our pastor about some work he needs done and he
happened to be at the conference!
It was a lot to learn ~ 10 different preaching or teaching times,
in a little amount of time ~ 2 1/2 days! But it was a great time of
learning for us both!
at Solid Rock Baptist Church in Berlin, NJ. This was a unique
experience! Our purpose for going was to make some contacts.
Well, with an attendance of approximately 1900, there were
plenty of those! Can I tell you we were a LITTLE overwhelmed!
We did get to hear David Gibbs, Jr. speak twice along with some
other very good preachers. We also were able to go to some
separate sessions that we picked based on the title of the class!
That was very interesting! You had no idea who the speaker was,
just what was being taught!
We did make one connection though! A pastor from Moscow, PA,
had contacted our pastor about some work he needs done and he
happened to be at the conference!
It was a lot to learn ~ 10 different preaching or teaching times,
in a little amount of time ~ 2 1/2 days! But it was a great time of
learning for us both!
Friday, October 2, 2015
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Early in July...
The beginning of July had Terry returning from Romania on the 2nd
and Erin & Josiah leaving on the 9th!
Terry came home and had to have a little time to recover...he had
picked up a cold while in Romania and it never really went away
over there. Then, when he got home he had a repeat of the same
symptoms for about a week! This only stopped him a few days....
he still made time to paint at the church!
Erin & Josiah headed to Bearing Precious Seed, El Paso for a
month of service there. Last year they served for 2 weeks, so
this was a bit of a stretch! It was a great trip for them though.
They were able to help with 2 trips into Juarez, 1 trip to the
Najavo nation in New Mexico, and spend an off week with
their sister & brother-in-law!
We are thankful for all the opportunities the Lord allows us to
serve Him! And for children who are willing to serve the Lord
wherever He leads them!
and Erin & Josiah leaving on the 9th!
Terry came home and had to have a little time to recover...he had
picked up a cold while in Romania and it never really went away
over there. Then, when he got home he had a repeat of the same
symptoms for about a week! This only stopped him a few days....
he still made time to paint at the church!
Erin & Josiah headed to Bearing Precious Seed, El Paso for a
month of service there. Last year they served for 2 weeks, so
this was a bit of a stretch! It was a great trip for them though.
They were able to help with 2 trips into Juarez, 1 trip to the
Najavo nation in New Mexico, and spend an off week with
their sister & brother-in-law!
We are thankful for all the opportunities the Lord allows us to
serve Him! And for children who are willing to serve the Lord
wherever He leads them!
Monday, September 21, 2015
Summer Camp
While Terry was in Romania, Erin, Josiah & I attended Mt. Zion's summer
camp in Hanover,PA the fourth week of June. I'm sorry I didn't take any
pictures so I will keep the post brief!
Erin & Josiah went as campers, this being Erin's final year as a camper. I
went as a teen counselor. This year marked my 8th year of camp as a
counselor! I never went to camp as a child or teen (I didn't get saved until
I was 20), so camp has become one of the greatest opportunities to serve
for me!
This year we had a great speaker, Phillip Bishop, from VA. You can hear his
sermons that he preached at camp on sermon audio's website. Here
is the link to that page.
There was good unity from the many churches that were there. It is great to
meet new people and to catch up with old friends too! I think it is as much
fun being a counselor as it is a camper (but I will never know for sure....)!
And it is great to be able to hear preaching two times a day for that week.
As long as the Lord allows I plan to serve at camp! And I am looking forward
to next year already....Erin can go serve as a worker!
camp in Hanover,PA the fourth week of June. I'm sorry I didn't take any
pictures so I will keep the post brief!
Erin & Josiah went as campers, this being Erin's final year as a camper. I
went as a teen counselor. This year marked my 8th year of camp as a
counselor! I never went to camp as a child or teen (I didn't get saved until
I was 20), so camp has become one of the greatest opportunities to serve
for me!
This year we had a great speaker, Phillip Bishop, from VA. You can hear his
sermons that he preached at camp on sermon audio's website. Here
is the link to that page.
There was good unity from the many churches that were there. It is great to
meet new people and to catch up with old friends too! I think it is as much
fun being a counselor as it is a camper (but I will never know for sure....)!
And it is great to be able to hear preaching two times a day for that week.
As long as the Lord allows I plan to serve at camp! And I am looking forward
to next year already....Erin can go serve as a worker!
Thursday, September 17, 2015
16 Days in Romania !
On June 15th at 6:45 PM Terry left Dulles International Airport for what
would be 16 long days in Romania! Although he didn't know it then.....
His overnight flight to Europe had him landing in Paris at 8:25 AM
with no sleep! He had a 2 hour layover then it was off to Bucharest with
another 3 1/2 hour layover and a final flight to Timisoara, Romania
landing at 6:35 PM. That's 24 hours of flights & layovers, with very little
sleep....not the best way to start a massive building missions trip!!
He was picked up after church by Jonathan & Kristy (the ones who needed
help at their house). After a not so restful night, it was off to the work!
Much planning & getting of materials that first day. But there was also work
going on too! Concrete stairs to try to bust out! Thankfully they decided to
rent a saw!
I'm not going to give you a day by day account of everything... I wasn't
there! But I do know he started putting 10 - 12 hour days in, even though
he ended up with a cold that he picked up once he arrived there! And
once Jason got there (a man from our church who, thankfully, went to help)
they increased to 15 - 18 hour days! The final day they did not sleep at
all! They worked until 2 AM, packed their suitcases & headed to the
airport at 4!
He arrived home completely exhausted! They were not able to get all the
work finished, but they were able to get it to the point that the missionaries
could get it finished! Below are some before & after pictures....
I'm sorry these are so small, they were
taken with a phone (I believe). It gives
you an idea of just what those stairs were
like!
<----This is the hall & stairs before anything....
This is after the floor & stairs were finished---->
And just a few more....
This is the hall looking out the front door....with Jason laying tile there in the
corner of the picture.
The finished pictures were sent to us by e-mail from Jonathan & Kristy after
they painted & cleaned up the place!
While they were there they also fixed a leak in the church roof...sorry, no
pictures. It was a good, long, tiring trip! They were glad to be able to be a
help to one of our missionaries though!
would be 16 long days in Romania! Although he didn't know it then.....
His overnight flight to Europe had him landing in Paris at 8:25 AM
with no sleep! He had a 2 hour layover then it was off to Bucharest with
another 3 1/2 hour layover and a final flight to Timisoara, Romania
landing at 6:35 PM. That's 24 hours of flights & layovers, with very little
sleep....not the best way to start a massive building missions trip!!
He was picked up after church by Jonathan & Kristy (the ones who needed
help at their house). After a not so restful night, it was off to the work!
Much planning & getting of materials that first day. But there was also work
going on too! Concrete stairs to try to bust out! Thankfully they decided to
rent a saw!
I'm not going to give you a day by day account of everything... I wasn't
there! But I do know he started putting 10 - 12 hour days in, even though
he ended up with a cold that he picked up once he arrived there! And
once Jason got there (a man from our church who, thankfully, went to help)
they increased to 15 - 18 hour days! The final day they did not sleep at
all! They worked until 2 AM, packed their suitcases & headed to the
airport at 4!
He arrived home completely exhausted! They were not able to get all the
work finished, but they were able to get it to the point that the missionaries
could get it finished! Below are some before & after pictures....
 |
| The baby's room after! |
 |
| The baby's room before |
 |
| The baby's room during |
 |
| Those concrete stairs! |
I'm sorry these are so small, they weretaken with a phone (I believe). It gives
you an idea of just what those stairs were
like!
<----This is the hall & stairs before anything....This is after the floor & stairs were finished---->
 |
| Finished & Painted! |
corner of the picture.
 | ||||
| Finished! |
they painted & cleaned up the place!
While they were there they also fixed a leak in the church roof...sorry, no
pictures. It was a good, long, tiring trip! They were glad to be able to be a
help to one of our missionaries though!
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Many Projects ~ Busy Month
June began with many projects going at church & planning for a trip
to Romania. We had a work day at church the first Saturday; getting
a lot of work done to the outside of the church building.... siding,
windows, etc. (Sorry there are no pictures!)
Then a spur of the moment call had Terry & Josiah going overnight
to Servant's Heart Camp in Ramey, PA. It is a fairly new camp and
they needed some water lines hooked up & covered before their first
week of camp...in 3 days! I didn't get any pictures there either...Erin,
Anna & I were on a Graduation/ Birthday trip. You can go to their
website here though to see pictures of the camp.
This trip happened 3 days before Terry left for Romania as well, so
like I said these were busy days! The rest of us were busy with camp,
for Erin it was 2 weeks of camp back to back! We also had Baptist
College of Ministry in at church the night after Terry left.
The Lord is good to us all the time....more than we ever deserve!
Next time I will post about his Romania trip....until then~ take time
to praise the Lord!
to Romania. We had a work day at church the first Saturday; getting
a lot of work done to the outside of the church building.... siding,
windows, etc. (Sorry there are no pictures!)
Then a spur of the moment call had Terry & Josiah going overnight
to Servant's Heart Camp in Ramey, PA. It is a fairly new camp and
they needed some water lines hooked up & covered before their first
week of camp...in 3 days! I didn't get any pictures there either...Erin,
Anna & I were on a Graduation/ Birthday trip. You can go to their
website here though to see pictures of the camp.
This trip happened 3 days before Terry left for Romania as well, so
like I said these were busy days! The rest of us were busy with camp,
for Erin it was 2 weeks of camp back to back! We also had Baptist
College of Ministry in at church the night after Terry left.
The Lord is good to us all the time....more than we ever deserve!
Next time I will post about his Romania trip....until then~ take time
to praise the Lord!
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