Great Kickoff to a Month in the Pacific Northwest

Pastor Jeremiah Baird

We kicked off our month of July in the Pacific Northwest at Central Baptist Church in Silverdale, Washington. This church was started four years ago by Pastor Jeremiah Baird who had previously been a pastor in Fredonia, Kansas before coming to the Pacific Northwest. There was a good crowd as we presented our mission during his Sunday morning service time. After we presented, the Baird family sang a special and then Pastor Baird preached a great message out of the book of Genesis.

Baird family singing special

There was a luncheon following the morning service and the evening service was held in the afternoon. I preached that service for the church and the folks seemed to enjoy the message. Please pray for this young church as they continue to go forward reaching their area for Christ.

Pastor Rick Wilder and his wife

Then Sunday evening we were with Olympia Bible Baptist Church in Olympia. This church is led by Pastor Rick Wilder, who started the church in 2002. This was great for me to meet him, because we started our church in Lincoln just about the same time and shortly after we started there was a missionary on deputation that came through our church in Lincoln named Daniel Wilder. This is a younger brother of Pastor Rick Wilder. His brother Daniel was the second missionary that we ever took on for support and our home church still supports him to this very day. It truly is a small world sometimes!

Preaching the evening service

Pastor Wilder is doing a great job as his church has a great group of people and they have been blessed by God with a fantastic building and property. Pastor Wilder had me present that evening and preach the evening message. His people seemed stirred and a man came forward and got saved at the invitation. Praise God! I also enjoyed visiting with so many of the members after the evening service. I think every single adult got one of our prayer cards.

Victoria Ann Painter

After returning from Thailand and before leaving Lincoln to head to the Pacific Northwest, we received several blessings. First one was the birth of our fifth grandchild. My son and his wife were blessed with their second daughter, Victoria Ann Painter. She had a little rough go in NICU for over a week, but she is out now and doing well. Please pray for her and the family as she was diagnosed with down syndrome. It is considered to be a milder form of it, so we are thankful. Praise God for His goodness!!!

Shelia after getting baptized

Secondly, I was please to see one of my converts Shelia follow the Lord in believers baptism. It is always a blessing to see a convert go forward in their growth in Christ. She was actually one of two baptized that day. God is sure good! Please pray for us as we continue in the Seattle area trying to get the rest of our support needed to head to Thailand.