Hurricane Ike update - 9:00AM Saturday

Update on Jonathan & Sarah Lee -

Their home in Pearland, TX is due south of Houston, south of the outer by-pass. They lost power about 8:00PM Friday night -heavy storm winds started about 2:30AM til 6:00AM Saturday morning. They slept(?) in their closet. Still raining @ 8:00AM, as back of the eye wall passed over. They still had cell phone service this morning @ 8:00AM, but are trying to conserve battery life.
Jonathan's brother, Matthew & his new wife, Emily, evacuated their home at Clear Lake, TX, which is closer to the coast. Early reports on Clear Lake indicate widespread flooding, but no specific reports regarding Matthew's home.
Many of the believers who fellowship at Manvel Bible Chapel (also south of Houston, and where Jonathan & Matthew fellowship) evacuated, and several of the believers lived down near Galveston.
Thnak you all for your prayers - more to come as the storm passes through this afternoon.
In HIM,
Scott & Kathy Leach

Needham Women's Conference Notice

Eighth Annual Women’s Conference

Needham Bible Chapel

September 20, 2008

Speaker

Mary Lou Phelan

Nashville, TN

9:30am Coffee and Snacks

10:00am First Session

12:00 Noon Lunch

1:00pm Second Session

There is no charge for this Conference

Contact Lavon Bonner

2081 Bonner Town Road

Needham, AL 36915

251-843-5734

Or

shortyb@millry.net

Ron & Carrie Young

Ron & Carrie Young, Missionaries to Albania, were commended to the Lord's work by the assembly in Alamosa, CO in 1989. They have visited with us twice in the past, and we look forward to Ron's visit this month. He likely will be accompanied by one of his sons, and will be speaking both in the morning and evening meetings on September 21.

Regarding Albania, Wikipedia reports the following: "The totalitarian regime, which took control of Albania after World War II, suppressed religious observance and institutions and entirely banned religion to the point where Albania was officially declared to be the world's first atheist state. Although religious freedom has returned to Albania since the regime's change in 1992, the majority of Albanians today do not practice any religion whatsoever, but affilate themselves with one of the four traditional religions."  An obvious call to pray for the Lord's work there.

Rockville, MD Outreach - Prayer Requested

In the will of the Lord, there will be a gospel outreach in the Rockville, Maryland area, this Saturday, August 23. We are thankful to the Lord of the harvest for the laborers that He has raised up for this work. Several of the believers from Rockville Bible Fellowship will be going door-to-door in one of the neighborhoods close to the hotel where the Sunday and Wednesday meetings are normally held. Seed sower packets consisting of a John 3:16 picture Scripture text, along with a copy of the "Uniqueness of Christianity" CD and other literature based on the Word of God will be offered/shared.

The "CHRIST died for you" team is scheduled to meet briefly at the hotel at 10:00 am for prayer, group assignments and supplies. The team will then proceed out into the harvest from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm. Lunch will be served at a nearby park at 1:30 pm. The team will then go back out into the field from 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm.

We would greatly appreciate your prayers to our Lord for this outreach.

Please pray for the following items:

Glorification of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Prepared hearts to hear the gospel.

Working of the Holy Spirit to convince of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

Holiness in the lives of those working together during the outreach.

In the Lord Jesus Christ,

The "CHRIST died for you" outreach team

Ken Hardisty update - 8/15/08

We finally arrived HOME in Baguio yesterday. Joyce is a bit worn out from the trip, and a bit sore, but doing well. Being home will go a long way toward her healing... It is so nice to be back in our own place and back to the quite and coolness of the mountains. We are planning on laying low for a couple of days and let Joyce rest. We are looking forward to seeing the saints at Navy Base on the Lord's day. Thank you all so very much for your prayers, it is nice to be on THIS side now of all the surgery etc....Ken

Deep South Familiy Youth Camp - update

Please remember the following young people before the Lord: Ashley Miller, Brooke Scott, Addie Smith, and Morgan & Russell Kelly. These five, as well as perhaps others, professed to trust the Lord Jesus as Savior at the recent youth camp.

Update from Ken Hardisty 8/6/08

Thank you all for your prayers. We went to the oncologist last evening and learned that he had removed 47 lymph nodes during Joyce's surgery last week. All 47 are cancer free, for which we are thanking the Lord. Ken