Dear Friends and Supporters,
Here we are in
the middle of September already. We have been relatively busy on the east
coast. We left south GA and moved up to Sumter SC. This is familiar
territory for us as we lived in SC for about twelve years. We visited Sumter
Baptist Temple there and look forward to making new friends and return
visits. We then moved on to the Baptist Tabernacle in Ladson, SC. We had not
been there for some time so it was an extra blessing to visit there again.
There is nothing like southern hospitality and both of those churches know
how to take care of the wayfaring stranger. We found ourselves with a few
days open in our busy schedule over Labor Day weekend. We decided to head
north by way of the extreme east coast. We had not visited Cape Hatteras and
the Outer Banks of NC since our kids were very small so we arrived at the
nearest ferry just in time to board ship and embark on our adventure. The
weather was beautiful and although I thought it would be terribly crowded we
nearly had the place to ourselves. The two and a half hour trip was great
and when we got off the ferry and continued up the coast we had no trouble
finding a camp site for the night. The next day we continued up the coast
and actually went on every ferry, through every tunnel and over every bridge
we could find all the way to Coney Island, NY!! The ferry from Lewes,
DE to Cape May, NJ was pretty scary. It was nearly dark when we boarded and
the sea was very rough. All I could think of was the Poseidon Adventure and
the Titanic! Praise the Lord for a strong stomach and safe passage!!
Once we hit NY it was time to get back to work. We
definitely enjoyed our brief sightseeing trip but we were eagerly
anticipating our upcoming revival meeting in Harvey’s Lake, PA. When we
arrived there we decided to camp for the week so we set up in a beautiful
private site behind the church building made special for us!! We had a
wonderful set of meetings and want to thank all the folks who were involved.
The meetings were very well attended in spite of it being a holiday week.
There were many visitors from neighboring churches. Butch preached some
powerful messages and there was some great special music by the children and
several folks from the church. Our travels have taken us to northeast PA
several times this year. The list of senior centers and retirement homes
continues to grow with each visit. We have a real burden for these folks and
they really love to hear the gospel. Our prayer is that more people would
become involved in the senior’s ministry. Modern medicine helps them to live
longer so we have a responsibility to take the gospel to as many as we can.
After we finished our PA meeting we headed to Beckley,
WV. New Prospect Baptist Church had invited us to share in their annual
homecoming. We had a grand time with Bro. Gary and Cindy as always and big
thank you to the Vass and Evans families for putting up with us in their
homes. We actually were in Beckley on Grandparent’s Day. The founder of
Grandparent’s Day is Marian McQuade and she lives in a nursing home in
Beckley, WV. She has 15 children and 40 grandchildren. The first day
celebrated was the first Sunday after Labor Day in 1973. Congress sanctioned
it in 1978. We have had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. McQuade and she is a
delightful soul. We then continued to Home church at Victory Baptist Church
in Fairmont, WV. They were celebrating their 24th homecoming
revival. We were all set to spend several days visiting family (our son John
and his family live there), friends and nursing homes. We had the
added blessing of meeting Evangelist Jerry Chaney and his wife, Sue. It
seems they also have some Texas blood in their veins. We thoroughly enjoyed
his messages and their fellowship. We also enjoyed our midnight suppers with
Bro. Bob and Rose at Mom’s Restaurant. Thank you “Home Church” for
everything.
But alas we can not stay in one place to long which
brings us to our friends in Morristown, TN. There we visited with our
friends at Open Door Baptist and Morristown Baptist Tabernacle. We also got
to visit Dandridge Senior Center, Heritage Place and the Life
Care Center among many others. The Life Care center is one of the first
places we visited when we came to TN. We have some very fond memories of
visits with the residents there. For a while it seemed every time we came to
Morristown our bus would break down so we accumulated a large list of
seniors to visit in this area. But we Praise the Lord for directing our
paths to these dear folks.
We now have our new mini-bus just over three months and
already we have 22,000 miles on it. What a wonderful blessing it is!!! We
are constantly aware of God’s goodness as we travel down the highway. We are
grateful for His watch care and provision.
YEAR TO
DATE
-- 2007
people /
25,664
meetings /
417
miles /
82,224
Till next time
------!!
…....... Roxann Hinkle