High Seats!
Well, yesterday we got one of the new busses! These new busses will seat 70. That means that the seats are a little wider and consequently the aisle is a little narrower. This means that we MUST get everyone to sit down and stay seated in order to get people on in an organized manner. We do have a little trouble with that. I need prayer to help me get some more cooperation in that area. The only other problem I saw was the tall seats! That makes it very hard to get everyone's attention. Even the older kids are hidden behind those seats. "Lord, you have the answer!"
Our total yesterday was 53! We had 2 first time visitors. One was an adult that has been to church before but never ridden the bus. I hope to encourage him to keep coming. The other was an 8th grade girl that may start riding regularly. I saw a lot of potential in that one. She told me that she had gotten saved as a young child and baptized but had gone through a stage when she was a real bad girl. Now, she is trying to be better. Lord, help me minister here. Help me show her how to grow up and be free from her guilt of past sins and open to Your word.
One of the most touching moments on the bus was when I was talking with little Steven. He is in the second grade. He lives with his mother and her older boyfriend. I have such problems hearing on the bus but in the course of the conversation, Steven shared that his real dad left him. I couldn't help but see the hurt in those little eyes. I have no doubt that if no one else had been around that little one would have broken down in tears. I try to think why a man with any character whatsoever would leave his child and never even try to see him again. I did question Steven as to when he had seen his father and he couldn't think. I am not sure that he even knows his father. Clearly, he felt abandoned and hurt. Lord, how can I lead this child to see You as his Heavenly Father? You know our physical and emotional needs and You are not unaware of hurts involved with broken relationships. I ask You to help me minister to that little one in a special way!"
Ashley, a fifth grader, was baptized yesterday! She is very faithful and needs no special encouragement to do the right thing. Praise the Lord for that kind!
Ciara, once again, came forward for salvation. If you remember, she and her mother were baptized on the same day several months ago. Mom, got saved in January of 2005, didn't get baptized until almost a year later, has not been back to church since and is living in open sin. Ciara needs a lot of attention. Perhaps, she knew that she was saved and only came forward because she had guilt and didn't know what to do with it. Maybe the junior church workers assumed she came to be saved. Once again, Lord, I am at a loss!
We missed the Himes yesterday, as Bro. Himes preached in Georgia yesterday and is going to Kentucky, I think, to hold a revival this week. We enjoyed a couple of good sermons by Bro. Bookout and Bro. Garber; and some testimonies by four of the teens who went to the Youth Congress. God has blessed us mightily!
Philippians 4:4
"Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice."
Our total yesterday was 53! We had 2 first time visitors. One was an adult that has been to church before but never ridden the bus. I hope to encourage him to keep coming. The other was an 8th grade girl that may start riding regularly. I saw a lot of potential in that one. She told me that she had gotten saved as a young child and baptized but had gone through a stage when she was a real bad girl. Now, she is trying to be better. Lord, help me minister here. Help me show her how to grow up and be free from her guilt of past sins and open to Your word.
One of the most touching moments on the bus was when I was talking with little Steven. He is in the second grade. He lives with his mother and her older boyfriend. I have such problems hearing on the bus but in the course of the conversation, Steven shared that his real dad left him. I couldn't help but see the hurt in those little eyes. I have no doubt that if no one else had been around that little one would have broken down in tears. I try to think why a man with any character whatsoever would leave his child and never even try to see him again. I did question Steven as to when he had seen his father and he couldn't think. I am not sure that he even knows his father. Clearly, he felt abandoned and hurt. Lord, how can I lead this child to see You as his Heavenly Father? You know our physical and emotional needs and You are not unaware of hurts involved with broken relationships. I ask You to help me minister to that little one in a special way!"
Ashley, a fifth grader, was baptized yesterday! She is very faithful and needs no special encouragement to do the right thing. Praise the Lord for that kind!
Ciara, once again, came forward for salvation. If you remember, she and her mother were baptized on the same day several months ago. Mom, got saved in January of 2005, didn't get baptized until almost a year later, has not been back to church since and is living in open sin. Ciara needs a lot of attention. Perhaps, she knew that she was saved and only came forward because she had guilt and didn't know what to do with it. Maybe the junior church workers assumed she came to be saved. Once again, Lord, I am at a loss!
We missed the Himes yesterday, as Bro. Himes preached in Georgia yesterday and is going to Kentucky, I think, to hold a revival this week. We enjoyed a couple of good sermons by Bro. Bookout and Bro. Garber; and some testimonies by four of the teens who went to the Youth Congress. God has blessed us mightily!
Philippians 4:4
"Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice."
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