Alabama Church Plant

   This past week, Simeon and I had the privilege to lead a group of Crown College students to help a pastor start a new church in Chelsea, Alabama. What an amazing weekend we experienced! Pastor Kilpatrick has a burden for church planting. He has bought a store front, and has put much prayer and work into starting this church. We went down to help pass out literature about the church. We covered much of Chelsea in a day and a half and got 20 prospects!

  Our hearts were strengthened and encouraged as Pastor Kilpatrick shared his testimony of starting Gospel Light Baptist Church and now the Chelsea Baptist Church. He shared instances where time and time again, God came through just when he needed Him most. To stand there and see all this man has accomplished, but watch him giving God all the glory was amazing. We serve a wonderful God who delights in answering the prayers of His children, and who rewards us for our total surrender and faith!


Please pray for the Chelsea Baptist Church and Pastor & Mrs. Kilpatrick as they prepare for their first service on Easter Sunday!

Update On Our Survey Trip

Most of you know that we've been praying through the planning stages of our survey trip. Well, the big news is that we have flights scheduled for this September! We're very excited to see what all the Lord has in store for us as we take this small step of faith.

We've been working with two missionary families while working out the details of our trip. I'd just like to introduce you to them so you can pray for these dear people when you pray for us. The first step of the journey, we'll be in Sydney for a week. Pastor Hernan Hullana will be hosting us. He's married with three adorable kids. They have a primarily Filipino church as there are many Asian immigrants in Australia. Please pray for these sweet people who are willing to help us even though they don't know us at all. They are doing great things in Sydney!

                                                     

For the second week we are there, we will be  with the Marshall family in Brisbane. They've been incredibly helpful as we've planned this survey trip. Bro. Marshall has aided us in searching for flights, getting us visa information, and introducing us to the Hullana's. He has a great reputation in Australia with local pastors and has provided us with good insight into the state of existing Australian churches. Please pray for this man and his family as they serve in Brisbane!

                                        

We'll give more details soon as we get things worked out with these families. These are great Christian people, and they have been so very helpful to us! Please add them to your prayer lists! Please continue to pray for Brettnay and I as we have a lot more work to do as we prepare for this trip! Thanks for your prayers thus far!