Going South

We found out today that Charity's Grandma in Utah died last night, so she will be going to the funeral on Satruday. Then because her brother's wedding is on the next Saturday she will probablly just stay all week. So Tadd will be a bachlor again for a week. We could use your prayer as we are both away from each other and lots of stuff going on.

One of the really cool things going on is, we got an e-mail on Monday from another pastor in town who said he had seen our website and noticed we meet at the park on the first Sunday of the month. He wanted to inform us ahead of time that they had rented the same park and were doing a BBQ and outreach service and thought we should know before sunday. We checked our receipt from the park and sure enough we had it rented also. We called the Parks service and after checking their records, they were very apologetic and said they would call the other church and tell them to relocate. We really did not want to make another church try to reschedule on such short notice, so Tadd called the pastor to see what we could do. After talking they decided to do a joint service and BBQ for both churches. They are wonderful people and we are so excited to get to know them better. God is so good to make these meetings and do His work through them.

We also just finished dropping off our "Exit Baskets" to the woman's shelter. As part of the woman's ministry we decided to pair with the woman's shelter and make baskets full of kitchen and bathroom items for the woman who are moving out on their own from the shelter to an apartment. When they move out they have nothing and so the woman in our church purchased and put together beautiful baskets complete with Bible and the "Love letter from Jesus" tract. Please pray for the woman who receive them, that they would read these with an open heart. Here is a picture of the finished product.

Charity has her hearing with CPS on Tuesday the 8th and apparently will be in Utah for it. It is a phone hearing so it should work out OK. As always though we would really appreciate some prayer for that this week, that the hearts of the people involved would be softened and the Neglegence charge against her would be reversed. Also prayer for Tadd as he teaches 120 more people this sunday, than he is used to and that the Lord would bond our churches together for no other reason than that we are all a part of the Body of God. Lastly that Tadd would not have a heart attack from all of the frozen pizzas and hot pockets he will be eating while charity is gone.

Here is a picture of what the girls, do while the dad's are taking care of them during the woman's activities.

We will keep you posted on all the goings on, as we know God is in them all and they will all turn out for His glory.