Fighting Giants

I was reading today in 1 Chronicles. I've been trying to read through the Bible in a month. I am a bit behind because of our extensive travel schedule, but doing well nonetheless. 1Chr 11 talks about David's elite group of warriors called "The Three". His 3 most valiant fighters. They were so faithful to him. Whatever he would even want, it was their desire to make David happy and satisfied.
Once in a battle when all the army turned and ran for their lives one of these “Three” stayed and fought, along side none other than David himself. Kings aren’t supposed to put themselves into a mix like that where they could easily lose their lives. But there is no greater form of leadership than putting oneself alongside the followers.
I hope that I can follow God so strong as David and his “Three” did. I wonder if I would be considered one of God's Elite? Would you be considered?

Thanksgiving

We've enjoyed spending some time with Crystal's family this past week for Thanksgiving.
Our thoughts are ever filled with "lasts" that we will have before we leave. It's a somber feeling, but we know that God is in it and will lead and guide where He will.
Needless to say Thanksgiving was great. We are feeling very "benefited" and in need of a good treadmill!

Car Problems

After our meeting at Florida Bible Church we left to travel north to be with Crystal's family for Thanksgiving. Miami to Murfreesboro, TN is about 850 miles, so that's quite a stretch, so we left soon after the morning service to get a good jump on the driving. On Monday we were going to drive the rest of the way. Just before we drove into Atlanta, we decided to stop and top off and take a short walk through Wally World and stretch our legs. After we came out, we found that our truck wouldn't start sounding like the battery was dead. Very strange since we had been driving for hours all day. We eventually found without much trouble that our battery had kicked the bucket! Praise God we were at Walmart, and were able to just get a battery there and change it out. Fun times!

Miami, Florida

This weekend we were in Miami at Florida Bible Church. It's one of our newest supporting churches. it was all God who allowed us to be a part of this church.
We are so excited to have them as part of our team now. They were so excited to have us a part of their church, and were so willing to help with the expense of our airfare to Costa Rica this coming April. All we could say after this weekend was, "Wow"! God is really at work through this great church.

These Past Few Days:

These past few days we've had fun. God is so good to give us good friends to spend time with. Crystal and I believe that an essential part of our deputation is raising a family of supporters who are dedicated to just ministering with us through prayer and encouragement. He has given us some like this, and we are so grateful.
We've also had a few meetings these past few days, and we are especially grateful for them as well. God is given us a full month of meetings this month and they have been an encouragement to us, and we hope we have been to them as well.