Charlevoix, Central Lake, and a Prayer Request

Pastor Phil Green

After leaving the conference in Grass Lake, Michigan we travelled to Charlevoix, Michigan to be with the Bible Baptist Church there. The pastor is Brother Phil Green who has been the pastor here since 2014. He had me preach their evening service on Thursday night. On Saturday I went out visiting and door knocking with him. Then Sunday I attended the men's prayer meeting before Sunday school and attended the pastors class before preaching the morning service. 

The pie judging

They then had a pie baking contest after the service. The judge was the pastor's sister in law who was visiting from Wisconsin. Then afterwards the pastor preached the afternoon service. He preached a themed message to go with the pie contest called "A Slice of Humble Pie." Then on Sunday evening we dropped into Grace Baptist Church in Gaylord, Michigan. Pastor Tim Rader was filling the pulpit since Pastor Jenkins was out of town. They had me give a testimony and pray for the offering that evening. We handed out prayer cards after the service and visited with several members about Thailand. It was a blessing!

On Wednesday evening we were at Bible Baptist Church in Central Lake, Michigan. Pastor Russell Tharp has been the pastor here since 2007 and is doing an excellent job. I was able to visit with him on Monday before he left town to go preach in South Carolina at his brother's church. His son Brother Matt Tharp who is his assistant pastor, handled everything Wednesday night. I presented our mission and video before the church and then preached the evening message. This is a great missions church in the middle of a rural area here in Michigan. Please pray for them as they reach this surrounding area.

Brother Matt Tharp

Prayer Request: This past Sunday one of my adult daughters who live in Lincoln, Rachel; was working on the Karen Bus Route at our home church when she fell. It was snowing there and she slipped while going up a stairway at an apartment complex and fell down the stairway. She broke three bones in her leg including her shin bone. She is scheduled to have surgery on October 29th after the swelling goes down. Please pray that the swelling goes down and that the surgery goes well. The recovery time is said to be twelve weeks after the surgery. We will be finishing a missions conference in Lawrence, Kansas the day before and plan to make it back for her surgery. After that my wife and I will be flying out October 31st for a conference in Parkersburg, WV. God has worked this out for us, just pray it all goes off smoothly. Thank you ahead of time for your prayers. We will be heading to Rosemount, MN for a meeting this weekend.