In the Saddle Again

 Frequently, as we travel in the Western United States, songs of Gene Autry come to my mind.  This year has been no exception.  As the miles pass by moving us from Mississippi to the West, I can scarcely keep from singing "Back in the Saddle Again."  After the cancelations of COVID-19, it is great to be in meetings and in the West particularly.

This month will be our southern portion of the West tour as we are in southern Montana and northern Wyoming.  As we move into October, we will be in more places in Montana and Idaho as well.  It is a blessing to see the work that God has done among these men here in a place that, not so long ago, had few churches preaching the Gospel.  We are excited to see what the Lord will do through the meetings that remain in the fall schedule.

Please pray for a Crow Indian man named David.  He came to our meeting in Lodge Grass and seemed to be impacted by the preaching.  As I sat and talked with him, he seemed very shaky on the matter of salvation.  Please pray that the seed sown in his heart will bring forth fruit.

Our children are in the normal round of school, or maybe I should say the grind of school.  There is Geometry, Spanish, History, Chemistry, piano, and the usual work that occupies their day.  In addition to school is their regular trailer chores, plus the evening services.  Still, they find time to spend with others their age and have fun being children.

Whenever we have been in this area in the past, we have gone down to Sheridan, Wyoming, and filled our freezer with deer meat.  Out of state tags are very cheap for that area and up to this year have been unlimited and over-the-counter.  We are endeavoring to do the same this year, although the loss of some private land that we used to hunt has made things much more difficult.  In fact, I hope we can fill the two tags that we purchased so far.  We will see what happens.

Josiah is back in college and continues to do well.  The car that was given to him is a great addition to his college experience.  Seeing the Lord reward his work is great for us as parents to watch, albeit from a distance.  We are excited to see how the Lord will use him.

We are making progress on the post production work on our recording.  That is all the news to relate.  It will be out sometime before Christmas is our hope.

Thank you always for your prayers.  It is great to be able to serve the Lord.