Pastor's Blog

We had a good Wednesday.  I was blessed by the number of senior high students who attended our Bible study at 6:00PM and the young professionals who came at 8:00PM.  Not to be outdone, our Wednesday morning attendance continues to increase weekly.  Of course, I am grateful for those who attended each of our Bible studies or worship services.  Wednesdays are pretty awesome at Friendship!

Carla Felps Kyser is having a port placed into her body this morning.  David Boutwell has been moved into a regular hospital room.  Tom Russell (Faith Academy) remains hospitalized in isolation.  Genesis (Casa Aleluya) has several problems following her transplant surgery.  Bro. Johnny Tucker and his team are ministering in the Philippines through May 28.  The citizens of Burma are going through a terrible tragedy as they are now estimating the total number of deaths could reach 100,000.  Pray for these situations. 

The IMB website is reporting today that the nine year old daughter of IMB representatives in Indonesia died of head wounds caused by a fall from her bicycle.  Pray for the Borger family.  (You can read the brief story at www.imb.org)

We now have six of the high school graduates photos in hand.  Diane Vickers came through but Deanna Wetterer is still lagging behind.  Remember, we need those by this Sunday, 5/11. 

It is definitely graduation season.  Wes Bates graduates from the University of Mobile and Alisha Vice graduates from William Carey University this Saturday.  Congratulations to Wes & Alisha.  On Monday, Wes & Rebekah (the good one) go to Greece with the University of Mobile for a mission trip.  Alisha leaves on 5/24 for an assignment in Europe.  Pray for these respective efforts.

My family and I are leaving today following the Castlen Elementary 5th grade honors program.  We will drive to Memphis in order to attend a luncheon tomorrow and Deidra’s graduation from Mid-America Seminary tomorrow night.   

On Saturday morning, Bret Hart and a host of hundreds from Faith Baptist Bartlett will load a U-Haul truck with Michael & Deidra’s belongings and I will drive it to Grand Bay.  (Bret and his crew will allow me to sleep in while they load the truck – what nice guys!  They also want to pay for the fuel for the U-Haul truck but I am going to draw the line as enough is enough!)  Michael & Deidra will go to the Dominican Republic on 5/26 for a mission trip. 

I don’t know if I will post tomorrow or not.  I will try but it may be later in the day. 

I pray that you will have a great Thursday with Jesus.