Virginia meetings

Our hearts are full this Saturday morning as we update you while traveling along I-81 south in Virginia headed towards HOME!  Besides being excited about getting back to the Bill Rice Ranch, we are so grateful for what The Lord has done over the last couple of weeks.  Let us give you a glimpse into what The Lord has been doing.

Our first week of services took place at Trinity Baptist Church of Keysville, VA.  Pastor Wayne Wells, a college friend and fellow evangelism student, planted this church just over 2 years ago in response to folks from the Keysville area driving 45 minutes to his home church in Blackstone.  Still a small yet growing congregation, the folks at Trinity seemed very encouraged by the week of meetings.  Almost every weeknight attendance exceeded Sunday's numbers due to several area churches supporting the meeting as well as family members and friends of church members coming out for special nights.    One particular couple was greatly encouraged by the wife's wayward father showing up for two services.  We are confident that The Lord is working on this man's heart to come back to Himself and that The Lord will use his daughter and son-in-laws' beautiful family in the process.  Pastor and Mrs. Wells had a particularly exciting and busy week, as The Lord allowed them to finally close on a house just minutes from the church.  We were happy to be with them for this exciting transition and hope that this move will allow them and their eight children to more effectively reach the area folks.

Just this morning, we left Marlbrook Baptist Church in Raphine, VA, after a wonderful week of meetings.  Pastor Larry Wright, a friend and former co-worker at the Bill Rice Ranch, is doing a fantastic job and has a stellar, supportive church family.  We arrived on Saturday for the church's annual wild-game dinner and outreach.  After shooting competitions and a superb meal, Tim preached the gospel to the 180 people in attendance and five individuals raised their hands, signifying that they had trusted Christ.  Sunday morning officially kicked off the week of meetings, and each service was very well attended.  The people were extremely kind to our family and seemed to be especially blessed by our Seth's singing in the services:)  Last night's service was Teen Night, and one particular teen had invited a foreign exchange student who likely heard the gospel for the very first time.  Tim had opportunity to speak with him for a while, and although he is not open to the gospel yet, we are confident that The Lord has begun a work on him.  Many husbands, wives and children made important decisions regarding their roles in the home in response to Thursday night's service.  We look forward to hearing what The Lord will continue to do in this congregation.

Lord-willing, we will arrive home either tonight or on Monday, depending on how travel goes on this rainy Saturday.  We look forward to being a part of the Day of Champions youth conference next Saturday at the Bill Rice Ranch and will immediately after, travel to Tuscaloosa, AL, for meetings with our friends, Pastor Mark Falls and his wife Sherry.  After that, we have a packed April schedule
in Ohio and Pennsylvania.  We look forward to reporting to you from these Family Conferences and meetings for revival.

Trailer Repair Times

We had our final meeting with Dr. Bill and Mary Rice at Brittany's home church, Gospel Baptist Church (Claxton, GA) this past Sunday and enjoyed a profitable day of ministering in music and benefiting from solid Bible preaching.  Originally, we were also scheduled to be with the Rices this weekend in Texas for a family conference; but due to scheduling conflicts, the meeting was cancelled, and we have stayed in GA to do some minor repairs and one MAJOR repair on our trailer.

The "minor" repairs included painting trailer tire rims and working on trailer brakes, but the major repair of the week was replacing water-damaged materials on our bedroom slideout.  We are so thankful for the Lord's provision of time off, materials, skills and wisdom for this project.  Despite the unfavorable weather at the beginning of the week (highs in the low 40s with LOTS of rain), Tim was able to get much work accomplished under my parents' carport and bring glued pieces of material in to dry by the fireplace.  You have to be creative, right?!  Today has been beautiful with temperatures near 70 degrees, so Tim was able to put the slide out back in and has been working diligently on trim, caulking and lots of things involved with waterproofing RVs that would bore you. :)  We hope to leave this coming Tuesday for VA where we will have two weeks of revival meetings.

Looking forward to updating you on these upcoming meetings.  We appreciate your prayers for the Lord's special working in these services.

Brittany