Great Time in Athens, Alabama

Pastor Kennedy

This week we hit the road again and rolled into Athens, Alabama on Wednesday. Our meeting was at the Madison Street Baptist Church. It is led by Pastor C.W. Kennedy who has been the pastor here for a little over two years. We presented our ministry on Wednesday night and I preached the evening message. We enjoyed spending time getting to know some of the people afterwards. Pastor Kennedy is doing a great job leading the church and they recently finished remodeling their auditorium. It is absolutely beautiful!

Out door knocking on Thursday

On Thursday morning I went our door knocking and visiting with Pastor Kennedy. We were out for several hours and I really enjoyed my time with him. It is always fun to do the Lord's work and fellowship at the same time. While we were out Pastor Kennedy led an older lady to Christ who is going to come to church with him on Sunday. Praise the Lord!

Missionary Stan Kiefer and his wife took us out to lunch and we enjoyed spending time visiting with them about Southeast Asia. Brother Kiefer will be heading back to the Philippines in January. Then we ate dinner at some friends house in the area. The Snider family who go to Madison Baptist Church in Madison, Alabama. We stayed with them during the missions conference last June at their church. They are a wonderful family and we appreciated their hospitality for the evening.

At the Snider's house

This weekend before we left for Alabama we were out visiting on the Karen bus route and following up on contacts. We had signed up several new bus riders and had arranged to pick a couple of adult ladies on Sunday morning. One of the ladies my wife had met out door knocking on Thursday night. Her name is Tin Win, she used to be Buddhist, but told my wife she recently became a Christian by getting baptized. My wife was able to sit down with her and explain the Gospel to her, explaining to her that baptism doesn't save anyone. Tin Win bowed her head and trusted Christ as her Saviour, she began to cry and gave my wife a hug, continually thanking her when she left. God is good. The other lady that came is Kler Say, she is already saved, but wants her husband to be saved. Please pray for him, he told me he would come to church but then did not. I will be home the last several weeks of December and will try to get him to visit church and talk to him more about Christ. Both ladies are starting to go through "Grow in Grace" booklets, please pray for their continual growth. Also, pray for us as we travel to Georgia for the weekend! 

Tin Win and Kler Say on Sunday