Speaking the Truth in Love
Today we took a trip a few miles down the road to the Ulster Folk Museum. It is an out-door museum that consists of buildings that have been moved, brick by brick, from their original location. The buildings are hundreds of years old and hold a wealth of amazing information.
Today we held our final service in our Spring Bible and Life series. Layton Kelly, from Lifegate Bible Baptist Church, Dublin, came up for the day. Layton has a tremendous testimony of how the Lord saved him from a life of drugs and destitution. The change in Layton's life can only be accounted for by…
Today we took the opportunity to go to Bangor, a seaside town about 45 minutes from home. We had to get some new shoes for Ashleigh, whose feet keep growing, and we wanted to show Chelsea Bopp some more of Northern Ireland. Chelsea Bopp has been with us since the 5th of June and will…
We returned home from England yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening I was on my way to preach at a Gospel Mission in Limavady. I went to Reo Valley Baptist Church (http://www.roevalley.org/) which was started by Pastor Ronnie Smith. Pastor Smith is a missionary from the USA. Pastor Smith and I first met about two years…
This past weekend my family and I had the blessing of visiting with Pastor Moore and his family in Milton, England. Pastor David Moore and Hazel Moore have been a great blessing and help to me since I first met them about 6 years ago. David Moore was my pastor while I lived in Northern Ireland…
On Friday May 11th I met with Mr William McCrea and Mr Gordon Topping. The outcome of the meeting was not exactly positive. Mr Topping explained the process involved when a governmental building becomes available. First, it is offered to other government bodies. Any who are interested would pay an agreed fee to the seller.…
Yesterday we began our Bible and Life Series by looking at what the Bible has to say about two bioethical issues, abortion and euthanasia. I was disappointed that we had no visitors but encouraged by the response of the church. We did have three visitors, but they are believers and members of other churches. Two…
This afternoon I recieved a phone call to arrange a meeting with Mr McCrea, the MP who I need to meet with concerning our building situation. God willing I will meet with him on Tuesday 17 April 2007. Please, please, please pray! When his office first called me they said the meeting probably would not…
This afternoon I met with two of the men at the church and we spent two hours going from door-to-door. Believe it or not, the weather has been beautiful! Clear blue skies and a bright sun have been ours for several days running! When visiting some churches in Florida they did not understand what I…
As many of you know the church I currently pastor was started 7 years ago by Pastor Tom Fittis. Since its beginnings it has met on a second floor above some shops. We have made repeated attempts to purchase land or buildings or to rent something on the ground floor but so far we have…