Prayer Update

Thank you all for praying. Again, we know God is moving in reponse to your prayers. Since the last update, the woman we mentioned has come to salvation in Christ! Praise God! Jamie is going to begin meeting with her both as friends and as a mentor/discipler. We've given her a Bible and she has started to read it. Continue to pray for her and her family, as the Evil One will be at work. This Sunday we're having a mini-concert by a local group called The Fourth Part, and afterward a potluck.

Thursday Josh met with a couple who is planning to get married at our church in September. We went over things like pre-marital counseling, fees, and reasons why I would not marry a couple. One of those is if one is a Christian and one is not. Our discussion focused on this topic, as the woman is a nominal Christian and her fiance a non-Christian. It's so tempting to post more information, but I won't. Just pray that through our meetings they would come to Christ or to a fuller commitment to Him.

We are going to Indianapolis again next Tuesday through Thursday for a New Pastor's Orientation at the Wesleyan Church Headquarters. Pray for safety and a good time meeting other new pastors (probably some of the same people I graduated with...who knows?).

Again, thanks for praying. Updates on last week's prayer requests:

1. Our leadership team found a time to meet for last week, but still no set time. We will be going to Madison on the 11th for a church health conference. We hope it will open our eyes to the desperate needs of our church, as right now there is no sense of urgency.

2. We haven't had any other conflicts.

3. Jamie and I both still have our days of restlessness. We were blessed to have Janet, Shawn and Tiffany with us last weekend. Thanks you guys (Shawn, we just bought a new computer. Thanks for the advice.).

4. This one will be a long-running prayer request I think. But keep praying. We'll let you know how our church responds to be asked to help with things (such as the new nursery).

5. God is still giving us His grace. Without it we would be either extremely depressed or back in Indiana. HAHA! We're doing great, and we praise God for Himself, the Great I AM.

Love you all,

Josh