Alabama

 I decided to take a much needed break before I get ready to go teach in Puerto Rico. I came to Alabama to spend time with my youngest sister and get to know my nephew Colton better. It has been so much fun! He is turning one next month, and already he is running around, learned to jump this last week, and learned to do somersaults from daddy this week. He is a ham. We can already tell he will be sarcastic like the rest of our family as he does fake falls, fake coughs, fake laughs, and fake cries. He is a good baby overall and smile all the time.

I was able to share my missions ministry with Grace Baptist in Scottsboro, AL. I really miss the spirit of southern churches. I love the people in other churches I have been in, but there is just something about a good, old fashioned, southern church. 

Please continue to pray for my mom's health. She has several appointments coming up to talk about her hip muscle tears and some natural health things. 

Please keep our church in prayer as my dad continues to try to grow it to reach the community. Please pray as we try to restart our kids program. Pray for faithful workers and faithful kids, and pray that we can reach many more kids for Christ. Housing and cost of living is a big issue as well.

Please pray that everything continues the go well as I prep for Puerto Rico.

A New Year with New Opportunities!

Yay! I am heading out again on missions trips. I have booked my flight to Puerto Rico for the first part of March. I will be teaching for the last nine weeks of the school year. I love the people, the ministry, the food, and the weather in PR, so I am very excited to be returning.

We are gearing up for a reboot to our kids program at our church. Last year we had a pirate theme, and this year, we will begin with a cowboy theme. I have ordered backdrops, cowboy hats... Please pray that we can get this ministry to grow again. We have lost several children over the last few months due to some moving.  

Please continue to pray for my mom's health. She has tried several different medicines over the last few months, but they have not helped. She now has several oils which we hope will improve her heart rate issues and blood pressure. So far we have seen some smallchanges.

Please pray that God keeps flight issues down so that I don't have to worry about getting stranded somewhere. Please also pray that countries remain open in Europe as my hope is to be there by the end of the year.

Please pray for Uriel, a Jewish man I am communicating with. I have asked him quite a few questions about the Jewish culture and beliefs, and I have shared the truth of the Gospel several times. I believe he is a Rabbi, so I am sure it will take awhile for him to receive Christ if he ever comes to that decision. Pray that God can send someone by who knows how to witness in a way that will help him to to think about Christ. 

Another person who needs prayer for salvation is Veronica. My mom and I have picked her up a few times, and so far she has been very responsive to us. We have not yet witnessed to her, but we have invited her to church several times.

Please pray for a lady in our neighborhood who lost her husband in October. I have visited her a couple times, and I plan to do so again. I am hoping to invite her to church and that she will come.