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New Support from Mile Creek

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Sunday, we were up early for our meeting at Antioch Baptist in Sunset, SC. We were blessed to be with this church and the Pastor, Barry Pace! Bro. Brian, in Sunday School, taught on the trumpets of the tribulation in Revelation, and did a great job of taking a complex passage and teaching it simply! What a blessing to be with people that love the Lord! After the service, we were invited to eat with the Holcomb family for their family reunion. There’s no better eating than a potluck dinner at church! Thank you for inviting us, and treating us like family!

Sunday night, we were at Mile Creek Baptist in Six Mile, SC with Pastor Jim Roberts III. What an amazing Church, filled with love for missions! Last Saturday, they had a fund raiser for Jim Roberts IV, who is a missionary to India and a dear friend of ours. I believe they were able to raise $2,000 for the ministry in Inda! It is astonishing to see God work through His people!

Not only did Pastor Roberts let me preach, but they also voted to take us on for support! We are so thankful to be partnering with such a wonderful Church! Thank you for letting us come and share our heart for Japan!

Prayer Points

  • This Wednesday we are traveling to a meeting in Swainsboro, GA
  • 4 Churches have taken us on in May. Pray for one more to reach our monthly goal
  • OG camp is next week. Pray that hearts would be stirred to obedience to God’s leading!
  • I will be teaching some break out sessions next week at camp, pray they go well
  • Pray for our graduates, as they set out on their new journey, may they always seek the Lord first!
  • This week’s Key City – Chikushino City

New Support from Old Friends

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You know what it’s like to visit some friends that you haven’t seen in a few years? Well that’s what Sunday was like for us! We had a meeting at Grace Baptist in Brookhaven, MS where Wade Biggs pastors, and they are dear friends of ours. I wish we had longer to be with them, and fellowship. We praise the Lord that the services went amazing, and they took us on for support! I ask that you would keep them in your prayers as they reach out with the Gospel to the people of Brookhaven, MS!

It might have been a crazy Sunday afternoon driving from Brookhaven to Potts Camp, MS, but it sure was worth it! We literally drove from southern MS to northern MS between church services. I’m glad that it worked out, because we had a wonderful time with the people of Open Door Baptist Church. I love going to Church! Especially when everyone is in one accord to worship the Lord and hear from His Word! That’s always encouraging when you preach! After the service, Pastor Helmic said their missions conference was in June, and during that time they would be considering us for support! I ask that you would pray the Lord would bless their missions conference, and that we could become partners in taking the Gospel to Japan!

Rebel Support, Smallwood Family, and a JW

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We had the privilege to be with Faith Baptist in Staunton, VA this past Wednesday! We were moved by Pastor Brown’s passionate preaching! In the middle of the service he announced they wanted to support a Rebel going to Japan and took us on for support on the spot! I joke around that the first time I heard Rebel’s name it was love at first sound, and I’m loving her more and more each day!

After church, we went out with the Pastor and his family for supper. I didn’t realize it, but the Smallwood family was there. David Smallwood was in OH preaching a meeting, but we were thrilled to spend time with his family. I still remember his messages he preached while I was in high school. It was then I surrendered to be a missionary to Japan, and I believe the Lord greatly used Bro. Smallwood in my life!

During supper, we had the opportunity to witness to our waiter, John. I explained that we are missionaries to Japan. That’s when he told us he was attending a Kingdom Hall and interested in missions. I began to explain that we were going to Japan to preach the Gospel. What a door to talk about what that is! I explained that salvation is not about what we do or our good works. It is all about what Christ did for us. It is by grace, through faith and not of works. He began to open up to us about some things that he had read in his Bible. We didn’t have a lot of time to speak with him, but we were able to convey the Gospel. Pastor Brown told him that they could meet sometime and discuss what it further. John was excited about that! I ask that you would pray for him, and that he would accept Christ!