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2007 01-29
Since I last wrote we had an opportunity to visit with Community Baptist Church in Elberon, Virginia and to participate in the mission conference at Rural Point Baptist Church in Mechanicsville, Virginia. Both meetings seemed to go very well, and we look forward to working with these churches for years to come. The mission conference was long and tiring, but also very fruitful. There were meetings on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evening, Saturday morning and then Sunday morning and afternoon. The entire church was very friendly and we enjoyed the opportunity to meet and fellowship with these fellow-servants. Shown below are photos of the building for Rural Point. It is great to see what the Lord can use to meet the needs of a church in terms of meeting space. Community Baptist Church was meeting in a community center, but after we left had one more meeting before moving into their newly built facilities. God is good.

The entrance sign.	The banner slipped down during the week, but the church did actively promote this conference.	This home has been converted into a church and was very comfortable and well-suited for the task.	Another shot of the building, from the side.

Their fellowship hall.	They also have a playground behind the fellowship hall.
2007 01-19
The weather in Virginia has turned back to winter! Temperatures last night were in the teens, but so far the trailer is holding up. We're using a complete 30# propane tank every other day, but at least it is more or less warm in here. Some snow and freezing rain is in store for this weekend, but God is good and right now it looks like it will not interfere with the meeting we have scheduled, nor with our move on Tuesday. In other news, we completed our DVD ministry presentation this week. It was shown Wednesday night at our sending church and everyone seemed to think it was a good presentation. We look forward to being able to use this in our meetings this year, and are thankful that it was able to be completed. We should have it burnt to DVD soon and will be able to send it to anyone who wishes to have a copy. We are having one small problem with our computer burning the DVD's, but believe that it is an issue with the blank DVD's themselves, so today we are going to purchase a different brand.

2007 01-11
Just a quick update to inform you that we have picked up another supporting church as of today. Nebo First Baptist Church in Nebo, North Carolina becomes our 8th supporting church. We are very thankful for each and every one that has chosen to join with us in this ministry of bringing the Gospel to the people of South Texas.

2007 01-09
It's a new year and we are eager to see what the Lord has in store for us during 2007. We officially began deputation last year on July 2nd, but did not really begin full-time traveling until August. We finished the year having held 31 meetings (as best as we can count) and having raised almost 12% of our needed support. Our prayer for 2007 is that we will get to at least 60% supported, but would prefer to come as close to 100% as possible. We cannot do this without the Lord being able to work through individuals, so we pray that hearts and minds would be open to join us in this work that God has called us to do. For now, we are in Powhatan, Virginia. We still have another week or so until our first meeting of the year, and the beginning of some very busy times. We are using this period to try and fill out our 2007 schedule and to catch up on other items we have not had a chance to take care of. We have two meetings scheduled this month (one is a missions conference) and then we hit the ground running in February with 7 meetings, of which one is a missions conference. This continues into March with 5 more meetings, including 2 full-week mission conferences. We are thankful for these opportunities and look forward to what God has in store for us this year. Below are some photos of us relaxing on a Saturday at my parent's house in Powhatan.

Aaron flying one of the kids kites.	Addie Grace learning to pull-in on the kite.	Addie Grace is getting the hang of kite flying.	Braden reeling in his kite a bit.

"I've never flown this type of kite before."	Addie's kite.	Braden's kite.	Braden got the hang of kite flying pretty quick.

Aaron helping one of the kids out.	Our house parked in the front yard.	Untangling kite strings, with the kites still in mid-air, can be an art.