Blessed

We are in awe to have seen souls saved and lives changes. We praise God for those, and that He would use us. We had car problems while we were in Wisconsin. The check engine light came on while we were out on visitation. After driving down to Green Bay we sought a mechanic to see what was happening. After calling and visiting many mechanics we found one that told us to go to auto zone to see what there diagnostic test said since his was not working and then call him back. So we did that and the clerk told us of another mechanic and thanked her for that. We found out that the mechanic we went to would not get to it for a few days and at that time God sent the mechanic the clerk was talking about in the store. After hanging up disappointedly with the first mechanic she called the one she new over and told him what was going on. He was hispanic and did not speak much english. He agreed with the first that the problem was not the real problem and he wanted to try cleaning some filters first. We went to his shop clean the engine air intake filter and the light went off. Praise God! One foe sending this guy even if we dismissed it at first and second that it was not a major problem.

In Texas

We are in Texas and will spend time with Crystals mom for Christmas. While we were in Wisconsin, I was able to lead a teenage boy to the Lord. PRAISE GOD. We are praying about our support. It seems to have leveled out for now but at the beginning of the new year, we are hoping to see many new churches partner up with us. Please pray that in January we will have a jump in our support for the new year. We will be leaving for Mexico in January 2010 unless the Lord changes this date.

Where has timed flown?

This month has flown. We have been in Ks, IN, IL, and WI. We saw souls saved and was able to witness to many souls. Crystal got sick with a stomach virus. We are heading south because we have been in snow for 2 weeks now and when we think we have headed out of it crystals mom calls and says that they are expecting snow in TEXAS! It must be following us. We had a wonderful time at the IL state fellowship meeting.

KC

We are in Kansas City and had some good meetings. We will be heading to Indiana for Thanksgiving and then on to Wisconsin. Traveling again and thankful for the low gas prices.

St. Louis

After being in Maryland for a month we are now back in the Midwest. We had a wonderful time with the churches in Maryland. This week we will be in St. Louis and looking forward to seeing some friends here. Our support is slowly increasing and praying for mire churches to partner with us so we can see souls saved in Mexico. Thank you for your prayers.......

D.C.

What a history lesson today? We stood in wonder of the history as we walked around D.C. today. Here are some pictires

what a blessing

We came over to delaware this week to visit with some friends we made last year. Well this week was their churches mission conference (which we presented in last year) and we get to hear some wonderful preaching and fellowshiping with other missionaries. We are really enjoying ourselves. They went all out on decorations this year. The theme is soul-vivor. Southside baptist church has really out done themselves again this year and what a blessing to see the church wanting to increase their faith promise what a rarity in this economy that churches see the vision to increase and not maintain.

We are in MD

We have the wonder opportunity to be in MD this month. We just finished a wonderful mission conference and saw some decisions made for Christ. They had their services interpreted for the deaf ans it was nice to talk to them about sign language and deaf ministry. We will be heading over to delaware this week to visit some wonderful friemds of our that we have not seen in a year. We have had some churches take us on for support and are thanking God for that.

Dad surgery and more

We have been in Indiana for a week now. Dad has surgery and is doing good. We have will be heading to Maryland in a few days. Nothing really new happening. We did hit 100,000 miles on our car heading to Indiana. I will try to place some pictures on the blogs but my memory chip in the phone broke and i need to get a new one. Please pray for us as we have some personal things we need guidance on. We found our crystals thyroid is slow but they do not want to place her on medication yet.

ike update

Well we are completely safe, no rain, little wind and complete fine. However crystal's phone card has been destroyed. We are excited about everything going on. Please pray for us as we have some personal choices that we are praying about and seeking Gods leadership.

IKE

We are in San Antonio and are preparing for Ike. They are saying that all we are suppose to get rain and wind. They are saying we are suppose to be safe here. We are presenting our ministry Sunday night to a church here and then leaving Monday morning to head to Springfield, Mo. Crystal has a Dr. appointment and blood work. Please pray for this that everything will be fine. They are saying there are problems with her thyroid but are not sure exactly until they do more blood work. We have been doing our dvd and making copies to give to pastors. We have been printing of labels and placing them in the case.

San Antonio

We are on the road again in San Antonio. We will be traveling a lot this next few weeks. We will be in Texas and then to Missouri and then to Nebraska and on to Indiana. We be presenting our ministry in these wonderful states. Please pray for us as we travel that God will open the doors to present in more churches. We have been in some wonderful churches lately that have been such a blessing to us. Thanks for you prayers and love

praises

This week we have had noticed 1 new supporting church that has sent in, another one emailed saying they will, and we have a few that we are promising to send in. We have had 3 new churches scheduled this week. We have our dvd and was wanting to make copies of it but are not able on our computer but was able to get all the pictures to the same format as the other. Now I am just working on the audio files to get them to work smoothly. As soon as its done then I will post it on the web site for anyone who wants to see it........

Calling pastors

We are now back in Texas. We have spent some time with Crystal's family. I have been calling pastors trying to get into churches. We have scheduled a few new churches. Crystal took this picture when David was calling pastors after our niece decided David needed my sunglasses and her hat on. Just thought we would share this picture of what david does during the day.

Missionary retreat.

We arrived at the missionary retreat. Last night message was wonderful. Enjoying our time here. Very restful after being on the road and also camp for over a month now. Our car broke down yesterday and it turned out to be the alternator. We got it fixed and now it running but seems to be rough a little. It seems to have smoothed out but we are going to drive it around for the next few days to see if it is fixed. Please pray for this.
Here are the missionary ladies on the mw list.

on the road again

Well since the last post of the salvations we have had 3 more. Wednesday we went back to Reynosa and was able to lead 2 deaf to the Lord and our friend with us lead a hearing lady to the Lord. We have left the border and are very sad. We hated leaving. We wanted to stay and start ministering to the deaf. We have deaf in different cities begging for us to come and work with them. Pray for us as we travel that we can get into churches and they can take us on. We have some churches that have promised support but have not sent in yet but we are estimating we are over 1/2 way there with the new changes. Please pray for us this month as we are busy with churches that the Lord will open the doors for support.

camp

Wow camp was so wonderful. We had 6 saved and one come forward for asurrance of salvation. Wow what a blessing it was. David was able to lead one of the 6 to the Lord. Crystal worked with the kids during the sessions and one of the mothers got saved. We are on cloud nine. Please pray for us as we travel around to gain support that we can get back to the people God has called us too. The week went by so fast that as soon as we got there we were packing our stuff up to come back. =( We are really hating to leave Mexico again, each time it gets harder and harder. There is a leader meeting in April at the church in Guadalajara, please pray that we will have the opportunity to go since they are planning meeting for camp and plans for the deaf churches. Thank you all who have helped us to come here this week with your finances and with your prayers. The seven are worth it.

We are here in Mante

We are here in Mante. Our week something like this. Tuesday driving to oklahoma. Wednesday to Texas. Thusday got somethings ready for camp and went to a church service in Reynosa. Friday finish getting things ready and went to reynosa, spent 2 hours getting our visas and then crystal help make tamales. That night we had 23 in the deaf service there. Praise God! We presented the gospel although no one got saved, the seed has been planted. We were amazed by the turn out for the first time meeting. Pray for them as they need a church as so does the deaf all over Mexico. Went visiting the deaf tonight had a good time of fellowship. Having services in the morning for them and then heading out to tampico. We will be in tampico for church tomorrow night and carry some people to camp. As we pass through mante we are hoping to have 1 come with us. Please pray for the deaf here the JW are very strong and the deaf are like a sheep with out a shephard going every which way. We need to get back here soon. Camp starts in 2 days and can not wait to tell you about it. Dios Te Bendiga

on our way

We are on our way for a two week trip to Mexico. We are so excited about this we can not wait to get back "home". We will be spending a few days in Cd Mante to encourage the deaf to come to camp and also have a church service while we are there. Please pray for us during this travel. We will try to keep you updated while we are down there but it maybe hard. We are praying for souls to be saved and lives changed, we are asking you to partner with us in this prayer.

update

Well this last week has been full of mixed emotions..... We had a church scheduled cancel on us. We scheduled a new church. We had one church dropped our support and then another say they were going to take us on..... We are seeing God bless through all this. Please pray for us as we try to schedule more churches. We are praying to have 30 more by the end of august. Please pray for us to be able to present our minstry to more churches and the support will be coming in soon.

We leave Missouri this week and head to Indiana and Ohio. In July we will be in Mexico for 2 weeks. Please pray for us during this time as we minister at camp. Deaf souls will be saved and that lives will be changed. We are praying about having our car loaded full of people going to camp.

quick update

We are in Missouri for the whole month visiting churches. We just celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary. We are praying about our support and getting into more churches. Please pray for us on this that we can be on the field by the end of next year. We have been spending our time with our nieces and enjoying it. The picture is of my youngest niece losing her tooth. We thank God for every one of you who read this and pray for us.

Fellowship week

This week has been a blessing so far here in Missouri. We have ran into many friends, pastors, and missionaries. Wow what a time of freshness. We leave here and head to Texas for some metting and then back up to Missouri. God has been. We saw so many new missionaries approved today and it just thrilled our hearts. Please continue to pray for us as we try to schedule church to present our ministry and that God will provide us with the right churches. Next week is David's 31 birthday. Thank you for all your prayers for us as we travel around. If there is anything we can pray with you about please email us or post it to us.

Hello

We just finished a mission conference tonight here in kansas and sitting in the hotel thinking of all the blessing God has given to us, and what a blessing you have been to us. We know that you have been prying for us and loving us. Please let us know how we can pray for you by sending an email or a note on the blogg. Or just drop by and let us know that you have read and prayed for us so we can be praying for you thanks.

Update

Our last post Worries are for God. We have seen the Lord blessing in this situation. Our finances where off and we had paid off our taxes and our car repair bill, thinking we had enough money. The money was in the account but it made it very tight for us while traveling considering gas was around $3.50 to $3.60 a gallon. Thank you for your prayers. We saw people in churches we were visiting since we were in the area and also in churches we presented in just hand us cash for gas. Which amazed us considering noone but God knew that is exactly what it was needed for. We have been traveling around and we are now in MO and head to KS this weekend and then on to TX. We are somewhere in the ballpark of 62% of our support right now. That might change some due to the mission office redoing their family allowance. Around 8 months we have increased from 35% to around 62%. Praise God!!!!!

Worries are for God and Praises

God has been teaching us yesterday and today to rely more on Him and not worry about whatever it maybe. Have you had a time of worrying about something? What did you do? We have been praying, reading our Bible and letting God take control of it. We know that we will see His hand in this. Maybe later will be able to post more about this and how God answered.

Crystal got a phone call from her mother saying that Jeremy (her husband) was in a accident while driving his 18 wheeler. However no one was hurt and the only thing was that Jeremy had to sit still for a few hours while a tow truck came and was able to pull him off the embankment. Oh did i forget to mention that it was filled with water. We thank God for this.

Blessed.....

We were just at a mission conference and was blessed so much by the mission heart of this church. I was so amazed by the generosity and love from the church. Saturday they had a "missionary shower", and was so blessed by all the wonderful gifts they gave us. We walked away thanking God and them for the wonderful blessing they were to us. Thank you for the blessing you were to us Wick Rd Baptist Church!!!!

Update

We have had a whirlwind of a month traveling from In to Ohio to NC to WV and now we are heading to MI. Crystal had her birthday last sunday. We have had some new churches take us on but however a couple of our previous churches have lower there support and had 1 that we think that has dropped our support so we have increased but barely. It was more of an equaling out type of balance. However we are thankful that it was not a drop in support but we are sadden with the balancing of our new support. We were hoping the new churches would increase us to almost 60% and closer to returning. We gave also gotten sick these last few weeks and ended up going to the Dr. and getting some medication. We had a blessing of seeing some friends from college/church that are on deputation too at a mission conference in WV. Please pray for us as we try to get into some churches for more support.

Traveling

We recently have started our busy schedule again with 3 mission conferences and 1 mission month, plus Easter. We start a mission conference tonight and looking forward to seeing what the Lord will do during the conference. Last night we went to church in North Carolina and ended up getting bad directions and arriving a few minutes late to church. The church was a very nice church and the people were very friendly. Praying all is well with you please leave us a reply of any questions you have on deputation, field or personal. We have had an answer to part of a prayer request please continue to as we seek the Lord's leading in this prayer.

Prayer

We are asking prayer for a special prayer request this week. We are wanting God's leadership and guidance. Thanks

Snow

Six inches of snow! Thats right 6 inches. We were heading to a church but had to turn around because it was really bad. Cars had slid off the road, wrecks, and people not being able to see the roads. It took us almost 1 hour to drive what should have taken 10 and then had to pull over. Thank you for praying for us while travel even in snow.

Dial up vs High Speed and Wifi

I know this has nothing to do with our deputation but after having dial up for a few weeks now.... I am wanting the WiFi back..... Dail up is extremely slow.... anyways with that said!!!!!!!

We are traveling around on deputation few new churches and one that has lower our support due to problems in the church. Lets see car is running good. Had a good time in IL with the church there. Scheduled 2 new churches. Crystal fell and hurt her hand but is doing good. Nothing too exciting or new besides that. Miss Mexico and can not wait to get back.

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nothing new

We got the car fixed it was the transmition. Things are going good. We head to Il this weekend to present our ministry at a church. Please pray that we can get into more churches and also that we can increase our support so we can return to the people that God has called us to. We miss being down there and ministering to the people God has called us to.

Finally internet.

We finally have internet. Been to places that we have not been able to connect with the internet to update our blog. Update Car problem is not electrical it was the transmition. It is being repaired right now. Missing Mexico a lot. We had a wonderful Christmas and New years with Davids parents. It has been a nice time with the family and refreshing time for us except the car problem. Well hoping your Christmas was wonderful and God centered.