We drove from Syracuse, New York to New Castle, Indiana last Thursday and Friday Our home has is at the Steve Alford All American Motel. Steve has had a public testimony of his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Back in the late l980’s and early 1990’s he was an All-American on the Indiana team that won the NCAA championship with Bobby Knight as coach.
New Castle has had enough snow to cause us to cancel two services . The rest of the services were well attended and the people were ready for the messages. I preached on Proverbs 10:29, “The Way of the Lord is Strength to the upright” and “Equipping the Saints with the skills of Grace” My first meeting with Grace Baptist Church was bsck in 1992. The snow then was so severe that we had to cancel the meetings entirely.
We appreciate prayer for our clan of twenty-six. We continually find ourselves in a place of great dependence on the Lord for spiritual and physical strength and wisdom Finances are tight but sufficient, jobs are desired but scarce. One of our grandsons and his wife and three children are about to leave for the Canary Islands to serve as missionaries.
We have the privilege of seeing God recruit, call and place new pastors and missionaries in places of His choosing. Grace Baptist Church in New Castle has a group of five to ten young men who attended all of our meetings. They participated ,sang and were resposive. They were respectful to the preacher when often it is not cool to even shake hands with an older person.
We count it a privilege to be in the ministry.