This past month has been a fruitful month for ministry here in the United States. This time of year, I try to keep our meetings in the South and that has been true this year as well. My home church Clearview Baptist Church has always been one of my favorite places in all the world to preach. The day after our winter revival closes, the entire church meets in the fellowship hall to assemble 5,000 outreach packets that we then distribute to every door in the community until we run out. (This distribution process takes a couple of months.) The whole process is very organized and profitable in that it gives everyone an outlet in which to participate in getting out the gospel. Additionally, we have seen good fruit from the packets that we hand out. This routine has been a part of my family's life and service to God through our local church for many years, and though my three oldest were unable to be there for it this year due to their college commitments, Daniel and I still participated. There is nothing quite like working to get the gospel into the hands of other people.
Additionally, we were also in Beaufort, South Carolina, for a meeting. God blessed there as well with a soul trusting Christ as Savior. My traveling evangelistic team has shrunk from 6 to 2 people now. Daniel and I go to meetings and try to provide what special music we can in addition to the preaching. Things are about to change, though. A friend of mine named Dale Lieser has agreed to travel with us in the month of March. Dale is an accomplished pianist and a dear friend. We are testing the waters to see how this arrangement will work for us. Dale is blind, and I need wisdom to be able to meet his needs while we are on the road. I have no doubt that he will be a great blessing in the churches where we minister.
My podcast proceeds more slowly that I wish it would. As soon as it is online, I will let you know. For those who wish to have more current news than once a month, you can follow my wife on Facebook (Sarah Crow). While I am not on FB, I am on Instagram where you can follow me at @crowing617. I will announce the opening podcast there.
Several months ago, we noted that water was dripping from the upstairs bathroom of our home down the wall into the downstairs bathroom. After putting off the problem for a while, I decided to deal with it while the rest of the family was in NC. I tore out the downstairs bathroom down to studs and am in the process of redoing it now. By the end of next week, I hope to have everything completed. After working on this project, I have come to the realization that one of the greatest blessings of human existence is that God does all the work on my heavenly mansion without me having to lift a finger in the process. Other than seeing Jesus, one of the greatest blessings of heaven may be no more remodeling projects.
Before too long, we will celebrate two graduations at our house: Esther from high school and Josiah from college. Life is happening fast. Thank you all for all your prayers.
