Missions Conferences

I told you in our last post that we were going to be busy over the next few weeks, and have we ever been busy. It is missions conference season and we have been blessed by having some great conferences. We started in Lupton, Michigan, a small town in the northern part of the lower peninsula. We were able to spend three days at their conference. One downside was the 14 inches of snow that we got while there. Apparently no one told Northern Michigan that it doesn't snow in late March. One highlight of that conference was speaking in chapel one of the days. I spoke about the little girl that told Naaman's wife about the prophet in Israel, the point being that even kids can tell others about God. One of the boys that was in chapel that day, came to me at the meeting that night to tell me that he was able to give a tract to two people at the restaurant he ate dinner at before the meeting. What a humbling experience to see God work through our ministry. I hope that feeling never wears off.
Our next conference was at our home church, North Love Baptist Church here in Rockford. We were so excited to share our burden and the excitement of deputation with all our friends here at home. We had a very busy conference in which we were able to speak to my favorite people in the world (the students at North Love Christian School) every morning. They also had activities for us in the afternoons and of course the meetings in the evenings. The conference was without exception, the best we've been to, but all that stuff kept us running.
We had a couple of days to recover from the fast pace before we were drove down to Benton, Illinois (near Carbondale in Southern Illinois). This was also a great conference that we were supposed to be at from Monday until this Friday. Unfortunately, Leah and I both came down with the stomach flu on Tuesday morning. We laid in bed all day and I was able to go into church that night to present. After I presented I immediately went back to bed. Showering made me tired, so needless to say, presenting finished me off for the day. Pastor Flach in Benton graciously allowed us to come home to recover on Wednesday. He also extended an invitation to come back at some point to give us another shot at presenting. We were grateful for the opportunity to recover in our own home.
We are now at home eating a BRAT diet and trying our hardest to get better in time to be able to go to our friend's church in Lancaster, KY. It will be great to see the Lerchs again as well as be able to present our burden to their church for the Russian speaking Jews in New York City. Thanks again for your prayers and care for our ministry!