All I Can Say Is.......

WOW!!!!

God has truly been working and blessing the past 2 days, I apologize up front for the lack of updates.

The Backyard Bible Clubs all started off a little slower than hoped on Monday (but that is usually the case) and all of them grew a good bit today. Sports Camp also started a little slow but they more than doubled their number today. We are praying that He will continue to bring people to all of these and use us to tell them about Jesus.

Our block parties on Sunday and Monday nights were very similar. We registered about 50-60 guests and had 3 or 4 salvation decisions each night. Tonight (Tuesday) we registered 363 guests and had 20 people come to know Jesus as Lord!!!!!!!!

For all of you Moms and Dads at home who may or may not have heard from your child, everyone is doing very well. We are really working well as a team this year and have noticed a level of maturity from our young people that is higher than normal. You should all be very proud of your children. :)

Please continue to bathe this trip in prayer the next 3 days as we continue to do what God would have us do here in Winchester.

Be Blessed.

Just a Quick Update.....

We have just finished our Town Hall Meeting for this evening. Our first Block Party was held at Center Baptist Church in downtown Winchester. We had 52 people register and 3 people came to know the Lord as their personal Lord and Savior!!!

More to follow tomorrow and hopefully some pictures!

Keep Praying......

Be Blessed!

Suffering for Jesus....

We have all arrived safely, found places to lay our heads and finished our traditional first meal. We thank God that everyone has arrived safely and only one vehicle tried to go the wrong way. (I'm not telling, you will have to ask around)

We are getting ready for our town meeting and then hopefully an early bed time (yeah right!).

We will be dividing up and going to several different Churches for worship in the morning and then go to the different areas to canvas for the block party tomorrow night and BYBC and Sports Camps this coming week.

Be Blessed!

The Note

This note was left for us by the people whose building we are invading this week. It is a simple note but for some reason it REALLY pulled at my heart strings.

Here we are, 120+ strong, taking over most of 2 buildings for a week. They are having to alter their routines....... they have moved a lot of furniture and emptied many rooms....... and generally made an untold number of allowances for us to be able to have a place to sleep and eat for a week. Then, after all of the trouble they have gone to.......they leave a note telling us WE are a blessing to THEM.

I pray the attitudes would be the same if the roles were reversed.

Through tear soaked eyes.................

WE ARE HERE..........

Well, some of us anyway! Everyone who left Friday morning has now safely arrived here in Winchester. We thank God for safe travel. The facilities here are wonderful and the people have gone out of their way to make us feel welcome and provide everything we need.

Well it is late and everyone is heading to bed so we will write more tomorrow.

Please pray for the remainder of our team who will be traveling on Saturday.

Be Blessed!

Just a Couple More Days!!

Everyone I talk to seems to be more excited than normal about this years trip. It has been obvious that Satan is not happy about us going judging by all of the obstacles he has been trying to put in our way.

Please continue to pray for this team as we travel. Several of us will leave on Friday to go and get things set up and the bulk of our team will join us on Saturday. Pray specifically that we will have safe travel, that God will prepare the hearts of the people we will come in contact with, and that we will have the discernment and boldness to show God's Love to those that need to here.

Be Blessed!