"O give thanks unto the Lord for he is good:  for his mercy endureth forever.  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;" Psalm 107:1-2

As part of the redeemed we want to give personal thanks and praise to our Lord for giving us traveling mercy and safety as we have traveled thousands of miles since our last prayer letter.  Thank you also for your faithful prayers.  We thank you for your financial support, but it is your prayers that we covet the most.  When we were hundreds of miles from home and the bus we were traveling in broke down, we know that it was the prayers of God’s people that got us going again without major incident.  The Lord hath redeemed us from the hand of the enemy and we thank him for he is good!  We also thank you for your prayers!

During the month of July we took a few days off to spend time with our family, especially our grandbabies.  It was a wonderful time of rest and refreshment which we needed very much.  But our vacation was over too soon and we were up and running again.  I preached a Camp Meeting in Burnsville, NC and two mission conferences in July.  We also made the trip to Pierre, South Dakota for the Mid-Western Camp Meeting.  I can not begin to tell you what a wonderful time we had!  Many missionaries, not only Macedonia’s, were encouraged and helped.  Praise the Lord!!  Thank you if you helped make this possible.  Only eternity will reveal the blessing it was for the missionaries and their families

As I look over my calendar I see no let up in August.  The first of August we will be interviewing two new men at the Mission Board that have applied to go with Macedonia to be church planters out West.  One of these men is Brother Steve Sykes that we mentioned in the last prayer letter.  Thank you for praying for him.  I am hoping to spend some time with one of our missionaries Brother Richard Johnson in August and help him raise  money to buy a building in New York City for a church building.  Jan and I will also be spending time in August out West to help some of  our missionaries there.  Please pray for our safety.  I will  be preaching several mission conferences this month as well.  Pray that these churches will grasp a greater vision for reaching the world with gospel.

In closing I have a special prayer request.  Please pray for our missionaries that are on deputation. Some seem to be struggling.  There are four men in particular that desperately need to be on the field.  They are Danny  Vaughn, John McKinney, Mark Shumaker and Andy Simpson. Please help us pray that the rest of these men’s support will come in soon so that they can be gone.

Thank you again so much for your prayers!