Our Fourth Year!!

As we begin our fourth year of this ministry, it is so neat to look back
and see the Lord's hand directing everything!
We sometimes get in a rush and get even our thoughts ahead of the Lord!

Our plan was to buy a toy hauler fifth-wheel right away! We wanted to
be ready to go as soon as the call came in! We thought we would just
live in it on the church property until it was time to go. Problem was
we had a graduated, working daughter and a son who was a senior in
high school, not sure what to do with his life (and working a job too).

The Lord had other plans....most of the calls we received those first
two and a half years were pretty local places. So the need was not
there to purchase that trailer....yet. We continued to rent and do the
work from home.

Then last July things changed! Josiah had decided to go to Bible
college for a year and we were GIVEN a 36' fifth-wheel trailer. It
is not the toy hauler that we thought we needed (for privacy for the
kids), but it is EXACTLY the trailer God had chosen for us! You can
read about it in the post here. In that post there are pictures along
with the story of how the Lord provided it.

It was a huge blessing because we had a trip planned to go to New
Mexico in October and we were able to take that and not only stay
in it out there, but all along the way out too! And now we are using
it again in Texas, but that's the next post!

God is good ALL the time! And it is even better when we let Him
lead the path and not get ahead of Him! We are looking forward to
using this gift from God to serve others as long as He allows!

New Mexico Post #2

While the men worked on the concrete project, we ladies worked on
our own project.....a new library for the church & school!

   Our first look at ALL the books to be sorted, wiped down & shelved!

This is an organized mess!

Shelves had to be built, so we had to wait until the concrete was poured to finish...

                              This was just before they finished building the shelves.

 The last two are the finished project! What a huge project, but we are so glad
to have been there to help!

So many other projects were accomplished! Plumbing, electrical, cleaning, etc.
I'll end this post with a few of them (if you have any questions about them
please leave a comment and I will answer you that way).

All glory to God for the work that was done! He provided the money for the
projects, as Pastor Chitty does everything by faith! And does not fail to give
glory to God about it!!We look forward to going back out to help in the future!

                         

New Mexico Month Long Missions Trip

We headed west on October 9th and after driving three 10 hour days (!)
we finally arrived in Waterflow, New Mexico on Wednesday night, the
11th for a month long mission to help the Chitty family there.

Because of the length of the trip and the amount of projects accomplished,
I decided to split this into two posts.

An Unexpected Gift

That's right.....we were blessed at the beginning of July with a gift we
never expected! Our Pastor told us one Sunday morning as we were
leaving church that a family in the church wanted to donate their
fifth-wheel trailer to our ministry if we were interested! Talk about
shocked.....and then humbled! How can you ever thank someone for
such a gift! I know many have been praying about this with us and it
is so exciting to share these pictures......

Two of the three slides

It is 36 feet long (& this is the third slide)

The Living Room

The view from the front door into the kitchen & living room

The door on the right is the bathroom & the bedroom is down the hall.

We must give God all the glory for making this happen! We had a certain floor
plan in mind, but we also had both children at home. Now with Josiah at college,
this will work perfect for Erin to still travel with us as the couch holds an air
mattress for her to sleep on!

We are truly thankful to the family who donated this great unexpected gift to us!
To God be the glory, great things He IS doing!!

Anchor Baptist Church

In the beginning of June, Terry & I traveled to Anchor Baptist Church
to help with a few small projects.....

                                        This sink was replaced by this sink....

                             Sorry for the different angle! It's a small space!

And this toilet.....

Was replaced by this toilet...

I know it doesn't look much different. I didn't put the picture of the inside of
the tank on here. I believe Terry said the toilet was from the 1950's!!

He was also able to fix the last few basement steps at the Pastor's house....

I did not take an after picture of these!

We also sang a special and Terry gave an update on the ministry and a
challenge on Sunday night! We had a blessed time of fellowship with
this small, but very busy church!

Greater York ~ Almost Finished...

Things are about wrapping up at Greater York Baptist Church in east York.

Just waiting for doors & windows to arrive,and the sprinkler system to be
installed.

This is just inside the door. Pastor Tom's office is in the back right corner.

                                          The nursery and kitchenette area.

                                           The new bathroom floor.

The view from the nursery window across the auditorium to Pastor Tom's office.

I'll post the final pictures when the project is complete.

Please continue to pray for this new church! That souls will be saved and added to
the congregation. And that those attending will grow in the Lord!

Link to Presentation

Our presentation has been uploaded to Vimeo thanks to Joe at Lancaster
Baptist church. Thanks, Joe!

Click here to take a look!

I'm hoping to update the presentation sometime this year. Check back for
that update!