I experienced my first snowfall in mid February, after I had returned from India. Since I was in South Carolina and Haiti at the end of 2009 and basically stayed out of Michigan all that time (except for a few days in December and a few more in January) and was in India and SE Asia in Jan-Feb, I wasn’t often in a region where I would experience a snow storm (of course, even SC got lots of snow this region). There was snow on the ground when I was in Michigan, but no new snow falling. But now my deputation schedule is taking me over to northern WV and southern PA, the places that have been hit very hard with snow.
I’m in Schaumburg, IL, right now. I was planning on driving over to West Virginia today, but decided to put that off a day, partly because of all the snow predicted for Ohio and West Virginia. Hopefully, the roads will be clear as I make the 9-hour drive. Please pray.
I had a great meeting in Galesburg, IL, on Sunday. I developed a new message on missions and enjoyed delivering it for the first time. I also had some great meetings with pastors in western IL. I have been able to schedule two missions conferences and have promising possibilities for three meetings in March 2011.
Sadly, my support hasn’t gone up much this year. I’m thankful that one supporter increased their monthly giving, I’ve also experienced some decreases. Health insurance charges went up, and some church’s giving went down. I was really hoping some new churches would take me on, as many vote at the beginning of the year. But that hasn’t happened, unless it’s just a matter of waiting for BMM to process some new information. Please pray that the Lord would increase my support soon. I hope to finish deputation by the end of this year. There’s much work to be done!
Please see the “Translator’s Page” for an article I wrote on an issue that came up in a workshop in India a few weeks ago.
