Catching up!

The last couple of weeks have been filled with lots of miles and very little Internet access, so I've decided to just write this entry from my IPhone-not as convenient, but it gets the job done while we're driving along thru NH.

We left Ramola BC (Howard, PA)two Saturdays ago and made our way to Faith BC(Fairless Hills, PA) where we joined Pastor David Cashman and his Sunday school class for a nice dinner, then Tim preached all day for the church. We had a great time meeting the Cashman family and enjoyed good fellowship with the entire clan.

We left early Monday morning in a rental car for our home on the Bill Rice Ranch. Being an almost 900 mile trip and having a 3 yr. old, we chose to stop in Knoxville, TN, and enjoy some family time before jumping into the busy prep for the first annual Day of Champions youth outreach hosted by BRR. Tim led the music and refereed basketball for the event which turned out to be a super day of preaching and activities. At least two teenagers trusted Christ, and many others made decisions for the Lord. It was great to touch base with friends and church family while at home for one week.

We left on Monday to head back to Fairless Hills, PA, to pick up our truck and trailer and make our way on to ME for three separate week-long meetings. We stopped at an RV park in Sturbridge, MA, for three nights in order to catch up on rest and get our thoughts collected for the next three weeks. News spread quickly in the campground that a preacher was in residence, so the camp program director asked Tim to join the camping family for a potluck on Friday night in order to ask the Lord's blessing on the food and on the year's activities at the campground. This obviously seemed to be an opportunity from the Lord, and we attended. Usually, one would have some connection at a gathering like this, but we had NONE! However, we soon made friends at our table, and we pray that our time with them was not in vain for the Lord. We left the RV park this morning, and I am now writing from the passenger seat of our beloved F-350. She's hit a many a pothole today (I think of the jolting and jerking our pioneering friends must have experienced in their covered wagons). Anyway, we are seeing beautiful blue skies and 60 degrees in the state of ME, and we'll take it!!! Looking forward to reporting great things in the upcoming weeks.