NEXT STOP - OLD TIME BAPTIST CHURCH - Hamburg, New York

We arrived home last night and are thankful for a safe trip back from Alabama.  We enjoyed our time there visiting some new churches (getting to preach in one of them) as well as churches we have been to before.  A big 'thank you' to our friends - Evangelist David Evans and his family - for letting us stay in their motor home while there.

I am excited to be able to preach a revival meeting at our home church (Old Time Baptist Church - Pastor Lou Guadagno) starting this Sunday and going thru Wednesday.  I have preached at Old Time literally hundreds of times, but this is the first meeting I have had there.  Pastor Guadagno asked me back in June of last year to work out a date and it is now upon us.  Please be in prayer for the services.  God has given me a specific theme and direction for the week and I am asking and expecting God to do some great and mighty things.

The services will be live streamed:
Sunday School - 10:00am
Sunday Morning - 11:05am
Sunday Evening - 6:30pm
Monday thru Wednesday - 7:00pm

Church website - CLICK HERE
Live streaming (at the above listed times) - CLICK HERE

HAPPY VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH - Villa Rica, Georgia

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3rd - After the morning service at Central and quick lunch at Pastor Thorn's house, Bro. Evans, his wife, Stacie and myself headed from Lanett, Alabama to Villa Rica, Georgia to be at Happy Valley Baptist Church where Eddie Wyatt is the pastor.  Bro. Wyatt and I were together in the meeting in Cape Coral, Florida back in January and he invited me to preach for him.  He mentioned to me that their missions revival would start the next night.

I have known Bro. Wyatt for about 15 years but this was our first time at his church.  It was a blessing to get to meet these folks and we enjoyed a great service.  The congregational singing was lively and worshipful.  Bro. Wyatt's son, Levi, and his wife sang the special music and there was a good stirring as they sang.  Several people came to the altar while they were singing.  I sat in my seat praying for God to make it clear what to do because I sure did not want to hinder anything.  The Lord gave good liberty to preach and the Holy Spirit was working in a big way in the hearts of the people.  The altars were full during the invitation and Bro. Wyatt said some very kind words at the end of the service.  Bro. Wyatt invited us to come back in the future and we are looking forward to returning.

Bro. Evans and I went back over on Tuesday evening for their missions revival.  Church planter Harvey Ware was the preacher for the week and it was a good service.

UNEXPECTED STOP & VEHICLE ISSUES - Central Baptist Church - Lanett, Alabama

Our original plan was to head to Villa Rica, Georgia this past Sunday to be at Happy Valley Baptist Church.  I was scheduled to preach in the evening service there.  However - the Lord had other plans.  We still made it to Happy Valley and that update will be coming up tomorrow.

I will give you the short version of what happened.  Our van developed a transmission leak a week ago today.  Bro. Evans' cousin is a master mechanic who owns his own business but he could not look at the van until after the weekend on Monday.  Bro. Evans was willing to drive us to Villa Rica and we are so thankful for that.  We ended up going with them to their sending church for the Sunday morning service.  After we arrived, Pastor Jeff Thorn asked me if I would preach the morning service.  I was grateful for the invitation and we had a good service.

Pastor Thorn shared our van situation with the church and they took up an offering to help out.  By and by, the transmission problem ended up being a bad rear seal and was a relatively easy and inexpensive fix.  The offering was more than enough to cover the cost of the repair.  We are thankful to the the gracious folks at Central Baptist Church!

NEXT STOP - HAPPY VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH in Villa Rica, Georgia

This Sunday, February 3rd we will go to Villa Rica, Georgia. I was with Pastor Eddie Wyatt down in Florida in January in a camp meeting together. While we were there Bro. Wyatt asked me to stop by and preach for him on our way back to New York. Please pray as I preach in the evening service to start off their missions conference.

VISITING CHURCHES IN ALABAMA

We have been in Alabama for a couple of weeks now and have had the privilege of visiting three churches and preaching in one.

On Sunday morning, January 20th we went to Sardis Hill Baptist Church in Piedmont. This was a great little county church and we enjoyed meeting the people. Not counting Bro. Evans, his family and us there was about 7 people there. They love The Lord and sure do love church.

That evening we went to Reheboth Baptist Church in Boaz. Bro. Evans preached that night and the pastor, David Sauls, invited me back to preach that following Wednesday. We enjoyed going back and had good services both nights.

Last Sunday we went to Central Bapist Church in Lanett, Alabama. This is Bro. Evans' sending church. It was good to see Pastor Jeff Thorn and the folks there again. We enjoyed a good morning service, dinner on the grounds and then the afternoon service.