Life after VBS

Thanks for your prayers for our VBS June 15-20. The theme was LifeWay's Boomerang Express--It All Comes Back to Jesus. We ended the week with an Outback Carnival for kids and parents on Saturday evening, complete with a three-in-one bounce house, rock wall, and slide. If you're interested, check out the photo slide shows of the week on our church blog. Four college-aged missionaries serving in Las Vegas for the summer were here during the week to help us. One of the girls, Erika, stayed in our home for the week. We praise the Lord for their help.

Center row (from left to right): Mamie from Mississippi, Claire from Mississippi, Erika from Georgia, and Joy from West Virginia

The most important result of the week is that 11 boys and girls made professions of faith in Christ! As a follow-up, we will offer a new Christian's class for kids on the next two Mondays from 10 a.m. to noon. Please pray for these boys and girls and their families.

This week Jane began a certified nursing assistant (CNA) course at the hospital in our county. The course involves 60 class hours, 40 clinical hours, and three 12-hour shifts in the hospital before taking the state certification test. Incredibly, the course is free with the hospital even covering the cost of the test. The only cost to Jane is her time, the gas it takes to travel 30 minutes to the hospital (although she is carpooling with three others), and some scrubs (uniforms). We praise the Lord for this opportunity and are anxious to see how He will use this in our future.

We're making plans now to take a family vacation the first week of August. There's plenty to see and do in just three or four hours away and we'll keep you posted as the plans are finalized.

Thanks, again, for your prayers for the ministry here.