This summer was a busy one. We started out the month of June with the wonderful people of New Testament Baptist Church, Kinston, North Carolina. The missions conference was a great blessing to our heart. We enjoyed meeting new missionaries and being involved in every aspect of ministry at the church during the missions conference. Pastor Daniel, Pastor Jackie, and the people there have a real heart for missions.

From there we headed home and quickly transitioned to camp mode. The majority of our summer was spent ministering one last time at Living Water Christian Camp. This is the camp our church operates. What a great joy it was to be involved in staff training, program, services, preaching, and much more. God blessed the summer with many souls saved, and many more taking their next spiritual step.

We did have a few meetings sprinkled in during the summer months. We were able to go down to Alabama and minster at First Baptist Church, Double Springs, Alabama. A college roommate of mine, Phillip Twilley is the pastor there. He is doing a great work there and it was so encouraging to see God growing His church in that place. From there we headed to Lighthouse Baptist Church, Columbus, Mississippi. What a great time we had with Pastor Banks and the people there. Their hospitality is second to none! We thank God for the opportunity to present our ministry and preach on a Wednesday night. The church voted to take us on for support and we thank God for partnering us with another great supporting church.

The next week was spent relaxing as a family with Edwin's mom in Florida. We were able to celebrate our 10th Anniversary while there. It was a much needed time or rest and rejuvenation. During this time Edwin injured his back trying to pick up Canaan (I guess at 34, he is getting old and his body is falling apart). It took Edwin quite a bit of time to recover, but he is doing much better now.

After finishing up summer camp, we loaded up and made the long drive from North Carolina to Maine. We made stops in Maryland, to visit one of Cassie's favorite places growing up. We also stopped in Boston to see Edwin's sister who is a student at Harvard.

Our time in Maine has been very profitable. We had a great time ministering in a few different churches and have enjoyed some great fellowship with the Lynn Family, who used to live in North Carolina, but now minister here in Maine. Pastor Lynn now pastors West Hampden Baptist Church and they have been so kind to open up their home to us during our time here. One of the great blessing so far was actually at a church we weren't schedule to be at. We had an open morning on Sunday, August 24th and went to a church nearby. The Pastor asked me to present our ministry and preach in the AM service. They took up a special offering for us and want us to stay in contact. On top of all that, one lady accepted Christ after the service! Praise the Lord!

Next week we head to Connecticut. We have meetings there, in New York City, in Pennsylvania, and again in Maine before we head home for a few days. We are eagerly anticpating our trip out to Oregon and Washington during the month of October. We will be in a Home Missions Conference, a few individual church services, and a Missions Weekend at a church during our time out there. We plan to do some preliminary looking for housing and a place for services.

As many of you know, our plans are now to move out to Oregon during the late March/early April time frame of next year with a desire to plant in October of 2015. There is much to be done between now and then and we are still staying sensitive to God's leading concerning all the timing and details. Please be in prayer for us concerning all of this.

Thank you again for all your support and prayer. God bless!!!