Bits September

Evie's birthday dinner

The gospel has been my meditating point for this month. How does the gospel directly affect our daily life? You probably say, well you are missionaries, so the gospel is pretty big as you need to take the gospel to all the world. Yes, that is true. But I have been more and more convinced of our daily need for the gospel. The gospel should affect how we live our lives, how we relate to others, how we treat our families. So if you have been around me this month, chances are you have heard about the gospel.

Tupanatinga church meeting

We started the month speaking at our church we attend in the Chattanooga area while we are here, Cloud Springs Baptist. On September 18 we went to Prattville, AL where we taught Sunday School and preached the morning service. Then this last Sunday I spoke at Alaska Baptist Church in Caledonia, Michigan where my friend Mike serves. Each church has been very receptive and in each church I have been able to preach about the gospel transformation going on in our lives.

We got hooked up with Bama tickets!

I am grateful for some other opportunities this month. Sarah has been able to encourage a friend in ministry as well as be encouraged by this same friend. She and I are also leading a small group at our girl’s school. Then last Wednesday I spoke at chapel as well. I am rather encouraged by the attentiveness and interest shown by the youth at that school as well as my brother’s youth group where I spoke on Sunday night. I pray that this generation will be a difference making generation! 

My brothers! 

I am writing this while in the middle of a ten day trip up north. I had a brother’s weekend where I connected with five of my brothers for three days and had deep conversations and Carrel competitions/activities. I have missed this being gone in Brazil and it really was a great time to connect. I am then going to a Servant Leader’s connect time where I can be with that community and connect and participate in what God is doing through Servant Leaders. On Sunday the 2nd we fly to Brazil as a family for the All Brazil conference. This every three year conference was pushed back two years cause of Covid and fell on our furlough. Since we have a required security training to do (that was supposed to be done by last year) as well as another meeting after the conference, we decided it would be good to go. We won’t be going back to Arcoverde, but a different part of Brazil. Pray for our safety! 

We are grateful for you! I don’t think I express that enough. Traveling to churches we hear of people who love getting these updates and are consistently praying for us. Many of you support us financially and we know that takes sacrifice and we really appreciate it. Thanks for your love!

All for HIS glory,

David, Sarah and our now teenager who is taking advantage of being able to raise her hand and answer questions in class, and our youngest who already has classmates bummed out that she won’t be there next year