Good Final Sunday of 2014

We had a good final Sunday to the year of 2014. The overall attendance was low, but the visitors were high. We had 5 public professions of faith made with one following the Lord in believers baptism. I am glad about getting the opportunity see another year through all the way to the end here at Lincoln Baptist Church.

God blessed our soul winning efforts on Saturday with us getting to see 13 souls come to the Saviour during our Saturday bus calling and class visiting. I look forward to seeing the greatest year ever in our church in 2015. The sky is the limit if we go forward by faith! God bless everyone and have a Happy New Year!

Visiting Missionary is a Blessing

This past weekend we had one of our missionaries visiting with us. It was Charles Schildnecht our missionary to Thailand. He and his wife came out soul winning with us on Saturday and he is pictured here leading a Vietnamese man to Christ. I had the extreme pleasure of watching and listening to him later in the day lead a Karen man to Christ in the Thai language. He and his wife both speak Thai.

Interestingly enough his wife can speak Spanish fluently as well. She and my wife met a lady from Angolia who spoke Portuguese, but could understand Spanish. Mrs. Schildnecht witnessed to her in Spanish, but said, she was mixing in some Thai by accident. Ha! Getting her languages confused!!!

Having the Schildnechts here was a great blessing. He preached on Sunday night and gave much testimony of the great things that God has done. The man has a great heart for the Thai people and we are happy to support him. He will be heading back in July and starting a church. I look forward to seeing the great things that the Lord will do through them.

Beka's Converts

This is my daughter Beka and her converts from Thursday night soul winning. (From left to right.) The boy on the end is Sa Paw, then Wa Way Paw, then Say Kay Paw, then Marry Paw, and then my daughter. Marry Paw was actually my convert from Saturday and a neighbor to the others who are all siblings. My daughter Beka won them to Christ Thursday night and was excited to bring them to church on Sunday as her visitors. These are Karen children and they rode the Karen Van route that we have recently started. We actually had 14 on that Karen route this week, which was really good.

These Karen people originate from Burma and one of my heroes of the faith Adoniram Judson was one of the first people to ever reach them back in the early 1800's. One might wonder what is so special about these people, but all people are special to God. I promise you this, God will bless us for reaching these people and caring about them. I also consider it a privilege to reach people that the great missionary Judson tried to reach.

Today was Bible Sunday and I preached about the Bible all day. This morning I taught on the King James Bible and what is wrong with all these other versions. One of our people came to me after wards and said, "Thanks, I never knew that, now I know the truth." That is great when you can help someone grow in the faith!

The Weather Cannot Hamper the Truth

Winter has come early this year with freezing temperatures dipping all the way into the single digits. However, we had a faithful crew of 28 people out on Thursday night last week to face a 9 degree temperature. We ended the night having 18 saved! Praise God!

Then Saturday the cold brought with it a snow storm. We received a couple of inches through the day, but we had almost 20 folks out to visit Sunday school classes and bus routes. My wife and I each had one saved out in the snow showers that morning. Our overall group saw 8 saved. Once again, praise God!

Then on Sunday our attendance dropped to 116 people who ventured out to face the snowy streets. However, we did have one girl who got saved several weeks ago, follow the Lord in believer's baptism. For the third time, praise God! He is good!

Recognizing Our Veterans

Our Veterans

 This past Sunday we recognized our military veterans in honor of Veterans Day on November 11th. We usually have about 8 or 9 veterans, however, this year we only had three present. A couple of them weren't here for one reason or another and a couple have passed onto Glory Land. However, we did have three men here. Pictured from left to right was Karl Gaiser (United States Army), Daniel Jager (United States Air Force), and James Phillips (United States Army). All three men are faithful members of our church and we thank them for their service to our country. Bro. Phillips served 36 years in the Army; Somebody say Amen!

Preacher with visitors

I had a couple of visitors come with me on Sunday morning; Ree Reh and Paw Kyit. Both had been led to Christ the week before and made professions of faith. We also had the privilege of having David Diehl here for our missions month. He is a missionary to Panama. He made his presentation of Sunday night and preached a wonderful message. Bro. Diehl's wife (Delight) is the sister of my daughter-in-law, Faith.

It was a great weekend overall. In fact our Faith Promise Commitments were due today and I was extremely happy with the amounts committed. More than we have ever had committed before. Now all we need is follow through with those commitments. Amen!

The two sisters and their families.

Another Karen Visitor

This is Mu Htee pictured with my wife. She was my wife's visitor this past Sunday morning. Mu Htee is of Karen nationality coming to America several years ago by way of Thailand. Our city has a large population of these people. I have a real burden for them, as well as countless other nationalities. Our missionary to Thailand; Dr. Robert Bowen is currently helping us locate Karen tracts and Bibles. Lincoln is the fifth largest Asian refugee relocation center in the Untied States of America. There is a great need for a man with a burden to help us reach this resource of people right here in Lincoln, please pray for us about this matter.

Our overall Sunday was a good day with good attendance. We had 136 in Sunday school and brought in 59 on the buses. We had two public professions of faith made at the invitation time Sunday morning. After the services I was at home waiting for my wife to serve lunch when my phone rang. I noticed it was a church member so I answered it right away. The member was very excited in their voice and was asking me to come to the hospital right away. He told me he had a friend who was going to die in the next few hours and wanted me to come and pray for him about accepting Jesus as his Saviour.

I had my wife hold my lunch and I arrived at the hospital in less than 20 minutes. Upon my arrival I saw our church member that had called me in the hallway with tears in his eyes. I thought perhaps his friend had already passed. He told me that he had not, but he just had to stay out in the hallway for now. When I came into the room they had two nurses in there along with a room full of family members. This man was a Sudanese man from out of town and one of the nurses who appeared to be Sudanese also was speaking to him in Arabic.

I then introduced myself and made my way through the crowd of people to the bed side. One of the ladies in the crowd had been saved and baptized at our church several years ago and told the people to "make way the pastor is coming through." Once at the bed side, I asked immediately if the man understood English. They responded that he did. I was able to get groaning responses and head nods to my questions. I began immediately to present the gospel to the man. He indicated with a head nod and a groan that he wanted to trust Christ. I was able to lead him through a sinners pray and asked him if he had prayed that prayer and accepted Christ. He nodded his head that he did. I was also able to lead his wife and his cousin to Christ before I left. Thank God for a Saviour who saves them right at the end of of their life just like the thief on the cross! God is a gracious God!

Not Forgotten Among the Trophies of Grace

So often we get excited about those we might consider to be "trophies of grace." I am referring to those who perhaps are saved from a life of gross sin and we might call them a trophy of grace and they are. However, we must never forget about the members kid who is raised in the home of faithful parents. They are just as important as anybody else when they come to Christ.

This past Sunday we had three trophies of grace as far as I am concerned. All three of them were just as important as the other. A Karen teenager from Burma named Zin got saved a few Thursday nights ago and got baptized. A Liberian lady named Lucy got saved Saturday and baptized on Sunday. Then a members kid named James (from America ~ ha) got saved several months ago and baptized Sunday night. James was so young (age 4) that I recommended we wait a few months to make sure he understands. We did and at age 5 now, he still stuck with the same testimony in good detail.

Some might think the first two I mentioned are really great and they are, but the third one is no less important. The members kid is just as important. I say Praise God for all three and congratulations to all three!
 

James

Zin

Lucy

Great Weekend with One of Our Missionaries

Dr. Bowen preaching morning service.

We had an absolutely fantastic weekend with Dr. Bob Bowen our missionary to Southeast Asia. We had 29 saved for the week and 8 public professions made on Sunday morning with 141 in attendance for Sunday school. Then Sunday night we had one saved and at the invitation she followed the Lord in believers baptism. It was a fantastic weekend!

Dr. Bowen preached Sunday morning and Sunday night a two part message on "What the Lord will look for when he returns?" The answer is faith! Praise God many great decisions were made.

The Gropp's on their anniversary!

In fact Sunday morning during the invitation, Dr. Bowen was able to lead a man from Iraq to Christ! Praise God for that too! Also, on Sunday morning my wife caught a picture of Rob and Mary Gropp who were celebrating their 23rd wedding anniversary. What a place to celebrate, at church, amen!

Trisha getting ready to get baptized!

Then on Sunday night Trisha (a first time visitor brought by a new convert of my wife's) got saved and baptized. Dr. Bowen preached part of the time with a hanker chief on his head to represent a crown. He kept it on for a long time until he realized I was taking his picture. Ha!

Dr. Bowen preaching about crowns with Bro. Looper standing in line who didn't have one. Ha!

Glorious Home Going

Brother Edward Fauth, one of our faithful members, went home to be the Lord on September 28, 2014. Let me tell you about it; it was our big day of our Sunday school campaign that morning and the Lord had really blessed our services with 13 making public professions of faith in Christ and 5 following the Lord in believers baptism. We came back to church Sunday night and had the service. It was a good service and after the invitation we dismissed and went downstairs for a potluck dinner.

Brother Fauth was seated downstairs waiting for the food to come out when he suffered cardiac arrest. Paramedics were summoned and an attempt to revive him was unsuccessfully made. However, he died a very peaceful death as he passed over the river to the shores of Heaven! Many wicked men have screamed as they died, most likely heading to the depths of Hell. Not our dear Brother Ed, he died a peaceful death and the arms of Jesus carried his soul over to Heaven! Praise God for Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour and His loving arms!

Brother Fauth was a faithful man at Lincoln Baptist Church. I came here and started this church in June 2002, and Brother Fauth was there from the beginning. Having been led to the Lord by our song leader Daniel Jager, he stayed faithful to all the services each week for all these years. Helped with building up keep for almost 11 of the first twelve and half years. Only his health stopped him from continuing to do so. He loved our church! He loved his pastor! I loved him!

In the picture he was giving out donuts and coffee like he always did on Sunday morning. He stayed faithful to that until he had another health set back about a month ago. He would always tell me to please not take him out of any of his jobs. He always wanted to keep doing them. I always let him know that they were his until he couldn't do them anymore. Thank God for faithful servants!

Although, he will be missed here at church, I fully believe it was the Lord's will for him to depart at this time. He also went in the Lord's way. He died here at church, just a few feet away from where he continually served every Sunday morning. We will celebrate the home coming of my brother and friend on Thursday morning at 10 AM. Please pray for the family to have comfort and for the funeral to go well. May God bless you one and all!  

Week Three of Back to Sunday School

This is Bobby who I met out soul winning last Thursday night. It was really funny because as I was driving the soul winning bus this man had walked right across the street in front of us. Somebody sitting behind me said, "I have seen that guy all over town today, he must really cover some ground in his walking." We weren't going soul winning in that particular section, but much farther to the east, so I proceeded to our area and dropped everyone off. I then parked the bus so the rest of us could get off and go soul winning. As I parked the bus and began to get off, Bobby came walking out of on alley way and into another right in front of the bus. I was surprised to see him, so I flagged him down and gave him a Gospel tract. We were in a little bit of a different neighborhood from where we had seen him before. I witnessed to Bobby and he bowed his head and trusted Christ as his Saviour. Thank God for the opportunity to witness to this man we had seen just a little earlier in the night.

Our campaign weekend really starts on Thursday nights around here. This gives a boost of excitement into the weekend. This past Sunday we had multiple visitors and had several saved at the invitation. There were five public professions of faith made. It was another exciting week of our campaign and I look forward to making our biggest push for this last weekend. Please pray for us to have record setting attendance this weekend.

Week 2 of Our Sunday School Campaign

 Week two of our "Back to Sunday School" campaign was a very good week. We had ten visitors total with several coming to Christ at the invitation. Susie pictured at the top was on of my mother's converts as well as Deleta pictured directly below Susie. Both followed the Lord in believer's baptism. Susie's daughter Betty also got baptized, along with a convert I picked up named Mary Ann.

We had a couple from Cameroon also come forward at the invitation and trust Christ as their Saviour. They came because of a tract left on their door. Never under estimate the importance of leaving a tract behind. Total we had 6 public professions of faith made and 4 follow the Lord in believer's baptism on Sunday morning. There were 53 on our two buses and 136 total in attendance. God is good.

Then on Sunday night we had Francisco come and visit our services. At the invitation our assistant pastor went to speak to him and discovered that he need a little Spanish help. So one of our fine soul winners, Bro. Gaiser, was summoned. (Bro. Gaiser can speak Spanish.) He was then led to Christ by Bro. Gaiser and followed the Lord in believer's baptism. So we finished the day with 7 public professions being made and 5 baptisms. It was a great second week and now we start working toward a third one. Please pray for us to have a great weekend!

Week One of our Sunday School Campaign

 We had the first week of our campaign which is called "Back to Sunday school. We ran two buses for the first time and brought in 56 riders including the workers. Overall we had 146 in Sunday school and 35 saved for the entire week. There were four public professions of faith made with three adults following the Lord in believers baptism.

Everyone is excited about the buses. We have had a bus route and a van route for several years, but this is the first time we actually ran two buses. I am actually using the van now to start a third "route" by picking up adult converts and a few Karen children that live in the way south part of town. Please pray for us as we continue to reach folks in Lincoln, Nebraska the Midwest gateway to the Eastern world. Somebody say Amen!

Two Good Soul-winners with Two Good Converts

This past Thursday night we had 29 soul winners out with 31 souls saved. Two of our soul winners were my wife and her partner Miss Erika. While they were together out soul winning they met these two ladies that each of them were able to lead to Christ. Pictured to the right is my wife and her convert Dorey. Dorey understood English and my wife was able to lead her to Christ.

Then below is Miss Erika (on right) and her convert Maria. Maria is Dorey's mother and doesn't speak much English. Miss Erika lead her to the Lord in Spanish. Interesting note her is that for a long time Miss Erika has seen Maria ride the city bus that she was on. However, she had never spoken to her to her before. She was delighted at the chance to witness to Maria and then lead her to Christ. These were two of many good soul winners and their two converts.

The Converting of a Buddhist

These little girls were won to Christ by my wife last Thursday night and came to church on one of our bus routes on Sunday. The interesting thing about the whole story involves the parents of these two little 2nd graders. The little girl on the left has a mother named Kyi, she was of the Buddhist faith. The little girl on the right has a mother named Ta, she was already saved 15 years ago. Ta speaks good English and Kyi speaks almost no English. They are neighbors and both are Karen folks from the land of Burma.

This past Thursday night I was invited inside to talk with the parents while my wife was allowed to witness to their daughters. As I spoke with the parents I used Ta to translate the Gospel into their language for Kyi. I asked Kyi about going to Heaven and if she wanted to know how? She said yes, and after about a ten minute Gospel presentation she bowed her head and trusted Christ. It was exciting! I never get tired of seeing another soul come to Christ! Then to my amazement both wanted their kids to ride the Sunday school bus. Praise God!

New Bus

                                                                                                       The past several weeks have been busy while we are rounding out the Summer time. The last two Thursday nights we were very successful in our Summer Soul Winning 101. We had 52 saved the first Thursday night and 47 saved the second one. Then last Tuesday we were taking our bus in for some new tires and had the fuel line start on fire. After looking like the bus was toast I began to pray about what we would do for a bus. Within two hours we were offered a bus ten years newer for a donation to our church. It is also a diesel instead of a gas bus. What a tremendous blessing this is going to be to our church. The bus ran on Sunday and I look forward to using it for our Thursday night soul winning next week. God is good to us!

College and Career Class Outing

This past Friday night our College and Career class had a class outing to go putt-putt golfing. They took on the teen department and got killed from my understanding. Ha! However, they all had fun! The picture to the right is the College and Career class, not the teen department. I was happy to hear about all from the class that came out.

We just started this class about six weeks ago. At the bottom of the stairs is Bro. Josh Looper and his wife. Bro. Looper is the teacher of the class. We started this class because of a great need to have something for young adults that are that age. We have a teen department and we have a Home and Family Class along with an older saints type of Sunday school class, but nothing for the young adults. So far the class has been a success. Please pray it will grow and the students will grow spiritually.

This past Sunday was a good day in the morning with 2 public professions of faith being made with both following the Lord in believers baptism. We had a good crowd overall and several visitors and return visitors. On Sunday night we had Brother Warren Storm and his wife with us on Sunday night. I had him preach and he did an excellent job. The altars were full at the invitation time. Bro. Storm stayed over and did some work on our bus Monday. We are glad to have the opportunity to support him.  

Summer Soul Winning 101 Update

 We have had our Summer Soul Winning 101 emphasis going on for almost a month now with one more month to go. We have yet, to break over 29 soul winners out on Thursday night, however, I am not discouraged because we have had several new comers out for soul winning. If we can create excitement for soul winning in a few new folks than I will be happy. Besides we want to create more of an appetite for soul winning 24/7. We want our people to become everyday type of soul winners here at Lincoln Baptist.

 Pictured to the left are two converts baptized this past Sunday. Both of these were won to Christ on a Friday morning a few weeks ago. We must never give up on lost souls, nor on following up on those converts. The top picture is Vinh Van Ho from Vietnam and the bottom picture is Athiang Arop from Sudan. I thank God for the opportunity to try to reach such a diverse city. Just a couple of weeks ago, we had a lawyer from the state auditor's office saved and baptized. You never know who you will have an opportunity to encounter. We reach the poor and sometimes the well to do. God loves them all. We reach people from multiple nations, working our own little world-wide mission field. We had eleven different nationalities present in our services last week. I even witnessed to an Italian last week on Saturday. The most important thing about it all though, is that we warn them all. God has given it to us as our responsibility and even our duty to do it. Please come and join us in this task. There were 29 soul winners last Thursday night for 300,000 people, that means a lot of work to do. The harvest field is ripe, let us reap it.

  

Citizenship Ceremony

Yesterday, I had the extreme privilege of attending a citizenship ceremony at the district courthouse for one of our Sunday school teachers. Claudia Gaiser, officially became a U.S. Citizen yesterday. She is pictured here with the judge that presided over the ceremony. The judge spoke very passionately about the United States flag and what it represents. I appreciate that, as I too love our nations flag.

Mrs. Gaiser and her husband are both Sunday school teachers and faithful members of our church. I am very happy to have such a fine family in our church and do not take lightly the opportunity to be their pastor. Congratulations Mrs. Gaiser on your citizenship!

As far as our Summer Soul Winning 101, we had 27 out on Thursday night and 13 trust Christ. We have been working in a few more upscale type neighborhoods the past couple of weeks which makes it a little tougher plowing. I am thankful for the faithful folks who are coming out to help us.

Saturday morning at our follow up and Sunday school visiting time we had 24 out and 4 saved. I appreciate our faithful workers and teachers. I actually require that the teachers come out visiting during that time (unless they have to physically be on the job clock somewhere) so we can go out as a group. That a way we have a unity together as teachers and bus workers. All on the same page, doing the same thing, during the same time period. I figure then the students and bus riders always know to expect that someone from Lincoln Baptist Church will be coming by on a Saturday morning. We are trying to create team concept here in our church, instead of a bunch of individuals that just go to church with one another. Somebody say, Amen! Of course those that are physically at work during that time may have to visit their class later in the day, but either way I am thankful for those that are willing to commit part of their Saturday for the ministry.

A Parent Dedication Day

We had our first week of Summer Soul Winning 101 and had 29 soul winners out Thursday night. We had an incredible 34 saved that night and finished the weekend with 50 souls saved. On Sunday we had four of them make public professions of faith in Christ. Praise God for soul winners.

Pictured to the right with me is Longa, one of my favorite little fellows. He was sporting a new pin stripe suit and I asked him for a picture. I love pin stripe suits! Longa is saved and has been coming to our church with his family for about 6 or 7 years. This is one of the reasons why we must go soul winning, is to keep reaching families like this one.

Pictured below is the Joshua Looper family. They had requested to have their two youngest children dedicated several weeks back. So we held a parent and baby dedication during the Sunday evening service. I presented the father with a red rose to be symbolic of the blood line that comes through the father and the responsibility for the spiritual leadership of the home that comes with it. I presented the mother with a yellow rose to be a symbol of the mother's love. There is something special about a mother's tender hand and loving prayers. Then I presented the two boys with white roses to be symbolic of being pure and spotless. My prayer is that these boy's souls will be pure and spotless before the Rapture comes! AMEN and AMEN!

Holiday Weekend

 This is Nay Say who asked me if he could have his picture taken with me and my wife to send to his family back in Thailand. He has been coming to our church for a long time and of course I was more than happy to have my picture taken with him. It was the Fourth of July weekend and we actually had a decent day. We had average attendance with a couple of visitors. One such visitor was Lance (pictured below) who got saved at our invitation time and then followed the Lord in Believer's Baptism. Praise God for a church that still wins them and baptizes them in the same day.

We had just returned from a six day vacation to East Texas. It was a relaxing time for our family and we enjoyed being in our old church (LBT) for the Wednesday night service. While on vacation our family was able to see seven people trust Christ as their Saviour. What a tremendous blessing it was to give out Gospel tracts and win souls along the way.

On our return trip Saturday, I was able to stop by a small Nebraska town where I would love to see our church be able to start another church some day in the not so distant future. Please pray that the Lord will allow us to start some churches in the next several years.

On Sunday night we had a patriotic service. I preached a message about our nations first independence day and the altars were full at the invitation. I was pleased to see our newest member Lance back for church that evening. I look forward to the start of our Summer Soul Winning 101 this next Thursday night as well. We are praying for 35 soul winners to come out and help us reach our city for Christ! Pray that we will be successful in accomplishing this task as many times as we can for the next two months.

Revival Meeting

We started our Summer Revival Meeting this past Wednesday and so far it has been a refreshing time. Each night we have been enjoying great singing. Pictured to the left is the King's Quartet singing a special. We also have had great preaching by Dr. Steve Johnson the pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Aurora, CO. Each morning we had been going soul winning in the streets and have had 42 people saved so far this week. Praise God for every precious soul!

In the morning service there were several regulars missing. However, we still had a decent attendance day with several visitors. We also had 2 get saved and make public professions in Christ. I praise God for every chance we have to win another soul to Christ around here. I know this sounds a little bit like I am just repeating the same thing over and over again, but I guess I am just excited about getting to see souls saved. To quote my Preacher, Somebody say Amen! I spend much of my life being in churches where almost no one ever got saved. So I guess I never get tired of seeing another one come to to the Saviour.

Ordination Night

Brother and Mrs. Jonathan Painter

 We held our first ever ordination service this past Saturday night. We presented Jonathan Painter as a candidate before our Ordination Council and Church congregation. Our Council listened to Brother Jonathan Painter answer a few questions and then give his testimony and call to preach. The Council made a motion to recommend Brother Painter for Ordination to the Gospel Ministry. Brother Jager made the motion and it was then seconded by Brother Miller. The vote was unanimous by both the Council and the Congregation.

Brother Painter giving his testimony

We then had all the Council Members all lay hands on him and pray for him. He was then presented his certificate and of course one of the tools of our trade... a new King James Bible. I then preached the charge of "Seven Important Three's for Every Gospel Preacher."

Council Member Gaiser praying 

Council Member Miller praying

New Sunday School Class

This past Sunday we start some new Sunday school classes. One of them was an adult class called "College and Career." Here is a picture of the class on the first Sunday. They had nine in the class which is a good number. The teacher is Brother Joshua Looper (tall guy in the middle). It was a good start to a new class which will fit an age bracket that we had a need for.

We had a good day in attendance (Sunday) over all and had a few visitors attend. One of the visitors got saved at the invitation during the morning service. In the evening service I preached a message from Hosea chapter 10 and called it "Revival 101." There was a good response as I am trying to prepare our church for the start of our revival meeting Wednesday night. As I am writing this Dr. Steve Johnson is busy travelling here to preach for our service tonight. We are excited about hearing from him and excited to see some revival break out. Please come out and join us tonight for the start of our revival.

Newest Grandpa

At the top is pictured some new singing outfits that were worn by our "Ladies Quintet." Mrs. Faith Painter made them and did a really good job and so did the ladies singing this morning. Over all we had a good father's day service as we had good attendance and one baptized at the invitation. All father's received a Mr. Gooddad bar. It was a real treat for them. Thank God for good fathers in our church.


Right after the announcements this morning my son who is our assistant pastor jumped up to the pulpit to tell about "what a great father I have been to him" ha, ha.... Then he gave me this t-shirt I am sporting to the right. It says on the front of it #1 Grandpa. That means that Mrs. Faith Painter is going to be having a baby about next February! Now I am a grandpa. I told my wife that means she is a grandma. Then I told my mother that means she is a great grandma. We are all getting older in a hurry now! I thank God for the good day on all counts.

Nursery Worker Appreciation

 This past Tuesday night we had an appreciation dinner for all of our nursery workers. Then after the dinner, we held a meeting and I addressed the ladies thanking them for all their hard work in our nursery. Some of them have served in there for all twelve years of our church's existence. Then at the meeting I introduced our new nursery director, Mrs. Faith Painter.

 She then addressed the ladies and announced a few changes that we are making to our nursery. She also introduced a new smock uniform that we are going to be using for those while they work in the nursery. I really liked the new smocks and also liked the fact that the nursery director made them herself. She did a great job. I am looking forward to the future of our Noah's Ark Nursery.

 Wednesday night after the Bible study, I was walking out some of our fine folks when I had an opportunity to meet a man named Ramone who was passing by our church building. He was from Cuba and has lived in the United States for four years. He has lived in Lincoln for one year. I was able to lead him to Christ. I praise God for the opportunity to bring another soul to Jesus. Then Thursday night we had 31 soul winners out and had 20 people saved. Thank God for soul winning!