A double blessing is a double grace.

"A double blessing is a double grace."

Shakespeare

We spent two weeks in Denver. We had a good time with family and took part in a great mission's conference there. While we were in the mountains one day, a pastor from Minnesota called and told us their church is taking us on for support. Also, we are praising the Lord for solid assurances from the Denver church that they will be voting soon with the desire to begin supporting us. While in Denver, Jim helped Joe work on a fence project. One Saturday, the family got together for a picnic and we snapped this picture of Dad and the three sisters.

We left Denver to travel to northern Michigan. (Yes, I finally got to see the Macinac Island bridge!) We had several opportunities to speak. While there we were privileged to meet another veteran missionary couple that have truly suffered physically for their missions call to the field of Russia. I was humbled and reminded to think little of my personal discomforts in light of this couple's faithfulness in suffering. We were also given strong assurances the church will be praying and hoping to take us on for support soon.

We are home now and the weather is pretty nice for the first of November. On Tuesday of this week the ladies in our home church blessed me with a shower of personal gifts and ministry items. I was so overwhelmed with the many gifts.

I cannot thank you all enough for praying for us. I believe God is encouraging us to keep hanging in there. We are home this week and then we travel to Georgia. Keep holding us up in your prayers.

"The power of prayer cannot be diminished by distance; it is not limited by age, infirmity, political changes or restrictions. The power of prayer in the life of an obedient Christian can only be undermined by neglect."
David Bentley-Taylor