Saturday Night on the Coast

This morning got off to a slow start. While everyone slept a little later than usual, I caught up on some e-mails. We finally headed to Mobile and finished a good bit of our furniture shopping. GULP! Thanks to those of you who have sent some financial support to my family, we were able to pay for it without running up any credit. Thanks also to Chris Lockhart for his consultation in these matters. It should be delivered in three or four weeks. Thanks also to all of you for your input on the IPOD world, I sure didn't know much about it. I haven't gotten one yet, but I hope to sometime down the road. About eighty young people entered our world today. They are looking forward to serving the helpless along the Coast. I appreciate so much their love for God and for strangers to do this. We are so blessed to have such a spirit coming in to be a part of the work. We should have a good crowd at Central tomorrow and I'm looking forward to preaching. After church, Maggy and I will head to Brookhaven, Mississippi. The Johnson Grove Church of Christ has for many years been a friend to our family. This church provided a heating / cooling unit for our flooded home. We were so thankful for their love and interest in helping us get back into our home. Otis and Sandra Bowman are the minister and wife there. We're looking forward to seeing many old friends at Johnson Grove tomorrow night. If you are in the area, come on out at 7:00! Monday - Wednesday nights we will have a Spring Bible School for k-6th graders. This will be our first time to try something like this, so I'll let you know how it goes. Several other churches have offered to do a VBS type program here ... but we have several limitations which require us to make it a kind of youth rally for kids. I'm thankful that the group from Lexington, KY wants to do this, and I hope it is a great success! Next Sunday will be special as Marvin Phillips and Craig Hicks will speak at Central. Marvin will speak during the worship hour and Craig will speak during the Bible class hour. Marvin will also speak Monday - Wednesday nights. If you're in the area, it's worth the trip to see these brothers preach! So, even though the 31 nights of preaching is over, there's plenty of work still going on. We are not giving up! "... the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world..." (1 John 4:4)