What has been happening with us during the month of April? After celebrating Easter with our home church, Calvary Chapel North Phoenix, we headed out to Dallas, Texas. Calvary Chapel Plano, Texas hosted the Texas/Oklahoma Pastor's conference, where we set up a Poimen Ministry table and were able to minister to many pastors and their wives.
We are sending out our newsletter in differing formats each month to see if we can keep them from landing in people's spam folders. Half of our previous newsletters did not get to our recipients.
Again, we give thanks to the Lord for all of you who have signed up to receive our monthly newsletter. He is faithful to supply all of our needs as they come up.
MINISTRY AND TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES
Jeanne and I served in various capacities during the month of March.
Our time of focused ministry at Calvary Chapel Surprise, AZ has been completed. We are once again making ourselves available to other senior pastors and their wives to come alongside them to encourage them in their ministries.
We have some opportunities set before us to return to the UK this summer to come alongside those pastors who are serving in difficult circumstances. This involves teaching at conferences and just helping them keep perspective. Pray that the Lord will make a way for this to take place. It will be from Mid-June to mid-Sept.
Jeanne and I were presented with an opportunity to minister to the congregation of Calvary Chapel Surprise, AZ for the next two or three months. We have prayed over this and believe that the Lord would have us accept that invitation. So we will not be at Calvary North for a while. We love all of you and know that you are in capable hands with Pastor Jesse and the leadership there.
As we look back on the past seven weeks we are amazed at the working of our gracious God. Every situation we encountered turned out to be a tremendous blessing, both to those we ministered to and to ourselves. Jeanne and I have experienced the grace of God in so many ways over these weeks. This has been the direct result of our God revealing Himself to us and through us. Your prayers have been instrumental in paving the way for so many "divine appointments". We were able to encourage several pastors and their wives in Scotland and England.
This past week has been full of unique and wonderful ministry opportunities. We had a great last Sunday at Inverness Bible Fellowship, Inverness, Scotland and met privately with a few families before we left on Thursday.
We are finishing our final days of ministry in Inverness. Thank you for the prayers you have brought before our Lord concerning our ministry here. It has been a restful, enjoyable time for us. I had the opportunity to minister to the church on four Sundays and five Wednesday nights. Jeanne and I also spent time during these weeks with several of the families that attend the church.
