One of the things I find most interesting in this ministry is the people that we meet. We were at a senior center the other day and Butch just happened to mention that he lived in Hazleton, PA when he was a kid. After our program he was eating lunch and a woman setting at the same table asked him where in Hazleton he had lived. What a coincidence when they discovered that they actually lived right next door to each other and then to meet nearly forty five years later in a senior center in South Carolina!! We were in south Texas some time ago and after our church service a young woman came up to us and told Butch that his uncle Bob used to pick her up for Sunday School when she was little and lived in Weatherly, PA. It turned out that she was a distant cousin of mine. What a blessing it is to meet and talk to all the people that the Lord sees fit to bring into our lives as we cross this country. We also have met the parents of some famous people in our travels. All types of people end up in nursing homes and retirement homes and need someone to come by  and share the gospel and bring them some encouragement. Praise the Lord for the opportunity to meet these folks.

From South Carolina we moved on to visit all our friends in south Georgia. This is one of the places we went to when we first started our ministry nearly six years ago. They welcomed our ministry with open arms!! We have many wonderful supporting churches there and some of the best friends that a person could have. As it is written, “ There is a friend  that is closer than a brother” – Proverbs18:24. We visited our friends at Harmony Baptist in Blakely, Ga. They all have become treasured friends. Please pray for Bro. Carlisle as he is in poor health. That can be very painful. We also stopped to see the folks at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Valdosta, Ga. We had not been there in quite a while so it was a real blessing to see them. We had a great meeting but our time flew by much to fast. Then on to Hickory Head Baptist in Quitman, GA. What a beautiful country church full of the sweetest people. I could be tempted to stay a while. But I think I will wait until winter comes!! We next visited the Joyful Heirs at Trinity Baptist in Jacksonville, Fl. Virginia had us in stitches with her funny stories and their chicken delight was to die for! There I go talking about food again. Believe it or not food is a big part of our ministry. You know most church folks can’t get together for fellowship without some sort of food being involved. Then we came “home” to Victory Baptist in Thomasville, Ga. This was one of our very first supporting churches. We have been going there for six years and they have watched our family grow up in this ministry. We were so new at this I praise the Lord that they even invited us back the second time let alone five more. But we have grown to love them and they treat us like family and spoil us rotten when we are in the area. They also allow us to call their prophet’s chamber home. Our friends Lila, Joyce, Betty and Nina always make the rounds to all the nursing homes with us and we really appreciate their support of our ministry.