I want to praise the Lord for his faithfulness in our lives. We are finishing up a three week trip in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. We have been blessed in missions conferences, visiting old friends and meeting new friends in new churches.

We went to be a blessing to some old friends who are going through a rough time and we were the ones who ended up being blessed. As my dear friend Andy who is learning to deal with the amputation of his right foot and ankle has said that "it must be that God has him going down a path that is too narrow for two feet." There is a great example of someone who sees a way to glorify God in the situation that he is dealt. Praise the Lord!

As we travel there always seems to be some type of automotive repair needed. But Praise the Lord once again as we started this trip with a transmission leak that I was able to diagnose and replace the part myself for less that $20. Now the air conditioning isn't working right and a brother from the church we were at took a look at our van before the service and found a leaky pressure switch that should be fairly inexpensive to fix.

As we begin our journey back to New York early tomorrow morning we look back on a wonderful few weeks with people encouraged, challenged and people being changed from the power of darkness into His marvelous light.

Once again we praise the Lord for His faithfulness.

Continuing on...

As we continue to present the ministry in churches all across the eastern half of our country, it becomes more and more clear that truly this calling is from God. We are excited to have people commit to pray for our ministry, and humbled because they would take their time to do so. We realize it is for the Glory of God, and do not take that lightly. We pray like Paul that we would walk worthy of this calling, and know that it is only by his mercy and grace we are enabled to do this.

We are also impressed by the fact that many things will be traded for following Christ. We are right now missing our college student's home coming for a short break from school, in hopes that presenting our vision to a church on Sunday will generate support. We have missed family birthday parties, weddings, memorial services, and camping vacations because we are pursuing Christ in the path he has called us to.

Please don't get me wrong, I am not complaining. Merely counting the cost. Is HE worthy? Yes. That needs to be the only answer. While many may not understand, our focus needs to be Christ, and that will have to be enough.

Also, just saying "yes" cannot be the end of it. Actions must follow. Daily committing the steps we take to the furthering of the Gospel, and getting to our destination... Zambia!