Thursday, May 15, 2008

Thank You To All!

We had a good, but tiring time in Tennessee and hit the ground running again when we got back to Maryland! Sometimes you can still be tired and have a good time, but it is good to have a couple of days to relax mid-week.

I was given the opportunity to preach last Sunday and the church gave us an ice cream social to celebrate my graduation. I want to thank everyone at Victory Baptist Church for their love and support for our family. We have been greatly blessed by helping in this church and look forward to the upcoming months (and maybe years), as the Lord allows. We really do not know how long God wants us at Victory, but we have a feeling that it will be a while yet. The Lord Jesus did not start His ministry until He was thirty years old, and I agree that most believers need to help in a church first, then start their own ministry. Not everyone can pastor a church right off the starting block! We also believe in leaving people behind to take up where you left off (aka: Teaching Others Also). I am not leaving Victory without training someone to take up the music and carry on from there; it is not biblical to do anything else!

I would like to thank everyone too who was praying for my upcoming schedule change with Comcast. As of right now, I am going to a Tues-Sat 7:30am-4:30pm shift, which is awesome! This will allow us to do so much more in the church and get some rest during the week! Having a day shift will allow for us to go to nursing home services once in a while and actually be at Sunday School gatherings. It may open up some other things in the future as well. This shift will take effect on 05/25/08; please continue praying that all continues as planned.