Greetings to you all this time from the shoreline in New Jersey!!
We arrived home in the States on June 23rd and enjoyed being here for the birth of our newest grandson Lucian who arrived on July 11th to our daughter Rachel and her husband Ian. It was so nice to be able to be here to hold him and be around for weeks afterwards to bond a bit with him.
I was also able to visit and share at several of the assemblies in the Connecticut area during that stay as well. We visited the saints at Branford four times and were able to do a series on Psalm 1 which I enjoyed very much. We also had visits at Westville, Wellspring, Waterbury and Cheshire. It was such an encouraging time for us. It was so good for us to have that time with good friends and family. A special thanks to all of you who had us over for meals and great times of fellowship.
Currently we are at CMML in New Jersey and enjoying the quiet of this wonderful place the Lord has provided. It is a great time to be refreshed. We will be speaking at several assemblies in and around NJ for several weeks and plan on being here until the middle of October. Yesterday evening I was able to join a group from CMML and the Belmar 5th Ave assembly to visit the Auditorium in Ocean Grove where Luis Palau was speaking for the last meeting of their Summer Sessions. It was a nice time with a good devotional message followed by an old fashioned Hymn sing accompanied by the huge pipe organ. A good time of fellowship and encouragement was enjoyed by all.
Joyce is visiting with her parents in Florida this week to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary, and is enjoying her time with family there. She will by flying back here to NJ on Thursday the 5th.
From here we plan on returning to Connecticut for a couple of days and then head out to Chicago. We will be in Chicago for three weeks speaking on Sundays at Warrenville and Palos Hills, two assemblies that always feel like home to us. From Chicago we will head to Kansas City and visit with an assembly there, pick up a car from Missionary Motors in KC and drive down to Florida to be there in time for Thanksgiving with the Ken Brooks family…it will be the first time all the children of Ken and Elaine will be together for Thanksgiving in over 30 years.
Please keep our travels in your prayers. We will be home this year for a number of months. Thanks for all your kind notes and support. Our Lord is great, and greatly to be praised.
