The meetings are running in full tilt right now. We have been in Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, and now California as we preach the Gospel in different churches. God has been good to us to keep us safe and to have everything going well.
When we took our trailer to Louisiana, we discovered a serious water leak that included the need to replace our water heater. This was a difficult process that included tearing out a lot of rotten wood from the trailer and replacing it with new 3/4 in. plywood. This task we completed while in a meeting in our home church in Mississippi. When we left with trailer in tow, we thought that the water could be fixed at the next church. After a couple of days of showering in a different building, we got the leak fixed--or so we thought. It seemed that each time one fitting was repaired another leak showed up in its place. Then, the leaks would seemingly stop for a while only to return the next day. It was not until Monday of this week that I got the final fitting, I hope, fixed. At least, there was not water the next morning when I looked at it. I will probably take the bay apart and look again soon just to make certain that the hose that didn't leak when I put everything back together is still water tight. What a circus this has been!
Sam was standing in line at a local auto parts store here in California when he heard the pastor offer a tract to the clerk behind the counter. He requested that he might have a tract as well, and the pastor was only too happy to oblige. In the process of the conversation, the pastor was able to lead Sam to Christ at the auto parts store. Sam was in church this evening. Please pray for him as he grows in the Lord.
Please also pray for a woman named Saida (spelling?) who works with a church member here in California. She is going through a difficult divorce and needs to be saved. Please pray that God will overcome every obstacle so that she will come, hear the Gospel, and trust Christ.
One of the great burdens I have is to see people under the sound of the Gospel. In all that has taken place in the name of COVID-19, it is difficult to miss the fact that the scare over the virus has been disruptive for churches. Especially disrupted has been evangelistic outreach of different kinds. As hard as it was to get unsaved people to church before, it seems even harder with the fear of disease thrown into the mix. It almost seems as if Satan concocted this plan to further alienate sinners from the truth that will set them free. Would you pray that God will give you and me, both of us, utterance to give the Gospel during this time? As always, thank you for your prayers.
