I am thankful for everyone who has returned their Faith Mission Giving response cards, and I pray others still will. I am thankful for every person that takes part in Faith Missions Giving even if they do not fill out a card. I am thankful for every person that helps our church spread the Gospel right here at home in the Grande Ronde Valley. I am thankful for every person who is engaged in the work of the ministry of Summerville Baptist Church and making a difference for the glory of God faithfully every single week. I am thankful for every person who is investing in the work of God through His church here at Summerville. It would be impossible to do all that is done every week without many people investing time, energy, and finances in the work of God. I am thankful for the Deacons who supported me whole-heartedly in accepting Mitch Muller’s invitation to preach at Open Door Baptist Church in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. I am also thankful for them supporting the idea of seeing the Goodman family and ministering with Biblical Hope Baptist Church in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico while we were already in the same country. I am also thankful that Bro Greg Gross was willing to take his time and invest his own money to travel with me on this trip. It was a huge blessing to have his help in many ways and at many different times to make the trip a success. I am also thankful for Sister Sandi Gross arranging our flights and making it all come together smoothly for us. This trip to help our missionary families and invest in the Lord’s work with them in their field of ministry was only possible through the faithful giving of God’s people. This church helped us invest in a physical, tangible, personal way alongside of them in their ministries. I had the privilege of preaching 10 different messages in the two weeks we were gone. God worked in hearts in both churches; we saw one soul make a profession of faith, we passed out hundreds of Gospel tracts, and many church members responded in the invitations. God was very good to us on this trip, and I am very thankful that we were able to invest in this way in the Lord’s work in other places. I am also thankful for those who faithfully filled in for me in all the various vacancies that had to be filled during the two weeks I was gone from being here serving the Lord in His work at His church in Summerville. I am very thankful and blessed to have had this privilege, and I praise God for all that I experienced in the places we served.
To God be the Glory, great things He has done!