Feast and Famine

I know there is an element of feast or famine in everything we do. It’s very easy to get discouraged when things are not going as well as I had hoped, but it is also exciting when things seem to get better for a time. I must admit I am a very results oriented person. When there does not seem to be as many results from work being put in, sometimes it gets hard to push on. I am thankful that the Lord knows this and He is able to send encouragement in different ways.

Growth in a Christian’s life is unending. I know the Lord has worked on me in these same areas before. I have both heard and found that growth is an unending spiral. Just when we think we’ve come around, it keeps going. We come back to the same area and grow more. I am thankful that God is so patient with me.

The past few weeks have been so encouraging. For the first time God has allowed me to schedule 10 meetings in 2 weeks – Praise the Lord! This Fall was looking a little sparse, but thankfully it is really filling in. Also, God has provided financially in amazing ways. I am excited to say the Lord has provided 15% of my needed monthly support! Praise the Lord for all He is doing!

Update

The past two months have been quite busy! I am grateful for the mission conferences I had the privilege to be a part of the past two months: New Life Baptist Church in Dalton, GA, and  Kenwood First Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA.  I am always encouraged to see churches with a burden to reach the world with the Gospel.

Last month I was also able to be a part of the Macedonia World Baptist Missions Annual Conference held up in North Carolina at New Hope Baptist Church. What a tremendous blessing that was!! The church was so kind and worked hard to be a blessing. Each day they had an amazing meal. I was able to get to know more of my Macedonia family. Missionaries are always scattered around the world. It was a blessing to be able to sit down and talk to them and to hear about what God is doing all over the world.

I am very excited to say that last month the Lord provided 3 new supporters! This brings me up to a total of 10% of my needed support level. What a great start! I look forward to my upcoming meetings. I ask that you keep me in your prayers as I labor to schedule more meetings and in turn prayerfully raise the support I need to go to North Africa.

I have one special prayer request. North Africa, especially the area I worked in, is going through a bit of turmoil. Many missionaries who had been in the countries for many years were deported. Please pray for the missionaries there, as well as the new believers.