Several years ago while visiting family in Kentucky at Christmas, my sister asked if I would share the Christmas story with her young children. As the evening continued, I found myself putting it off until it was time to leave. They did not hear the story of Jesus’ birth that night. Why? I’m not sure… Read More »
The Wise Men Said “YES”
Sunday’s sermon focused on lessons from the Wise Men, who responded with positive action when they saw the star God placed in the sky. They said “yes” to God’s prompting. Not everyone does! He was a middle aged man who attended worship most Sundays at the small rural church I served in Kentucky years ago.… Read More »
Starting and Ending
This is my first blog entry and I’m already looking forward to writing my second one. That’s because I’ve learned that often the hardest thing we do in life is start something or end something. The middle is not that tough…we just do it. But starting and ending things…now that’s a different story. It’s the… Read More »
Haiti Team – Day 7
This is long winded blog so I apologize in advance. First we want to thank each of you that have followed our journey this week in Haiti. Without your support and prayers we would not have been able to perform the Lord’s work. Today was slightly different. Several of us went back to the school… Read More »
Haiti Team – Day 6
We just wrapped up our nightly devotion which was conducted by Billy Finch. Today we wrapped up some painting at the school. The exiting part was the school and church area we have worked all week was have a good old fashioned revival and the classrooms we cleaned and painted were being used by the… Read More »
Haiti Team – Day 5
Another great day in Haiti. The temperature pushed 100 degrees + high humidity. Today we saw a couple of real life Haitian situations. First, thank God that we have a couple of nurses on the combined team. Vickie Blackburn who is traveling with us and a nurse with the KY team were faced with a… Read More »
Haiti Team – Day 4
Another great day in Haiti. We headed to our work site where Raymond asked Doug Hurst, Jessica Shaver and me to spend some time with the kids hanging around. We sent the kids to get there friends and prayed about what to share. With our interpreter, Richie, I told the story of Noah and the… Read More »
Haiti Team – Day 3
Another fantastic day. We spent the day at the school painting, picking up rocks, sifting sand, and interacting with Haitian people. Again the children with their bright eyes and wide smiles. They are so attentive to us and are always ready to sit and talk. We have had many opportunities to share the word of… Read More »
Haiti Team – Day 2
Well day 2 is winding down. Hard to believe that 48 hours ago our major concern was a broken bus on the side of I85. Amazing what 48 hours can reveal. We started the day with prayer and were blessed attending the church here at the mission home. For 2 hours we heard the word… Read More »
Haiti Team – Day 1
The Haiti team left Rock Hill on Friday night, June 24. After dealing with a bus breakdown, they finally arrived at their hotel in Atlanta early Saturday morning. Their 8:30 flight from Atlanta to Miami was delayed for almost 2 hours. But they arrived in Miami with plenty of time to spare for the flight… Read More »