September 2. Early to rise this morning. Left the house before 8:00 to pick up Christy and Connie and head for Weddington. We’d been wanting for some time to visit Maple Grove Baptist Church again, and this seemed like a good day to do that. Christy and Connie wanted to go too. We left the girls’ house around 8:20, made one pit stop along the way, and arrived just before 9:45. It was a blessing to be there today and to see how God is blessing the church too. It is a very small church, but growing. They had the pews all taken out and a roll of pretty new red carpet partly unrolled at the back so people could see what it looked like. They had chairs set up temporarily for the people to sit on. Pastor Simpson had Daddy give a brief update during the main meeting. Then they took up the missions offering. After that, the pastor had everyone stand up to show honor to us as missionaries—very humbling. And then he said that they are starting to double their missionaries’ support and had the church vote right there to double our support. Praise the Lord for that additional support. The preaching was such an encouragement as well and just what we needed for the day. The pastor was starting a series on “Can God?”, specifically talking today about “Can God win in the valley?” His main text was I Kings 20, dealing with Ahab’s war with Syria, and how Syria thought that the Israelites’ God was a God of the hills (because Israel had defeated them in the hills) and not of the valley. And even after Israel had gathered together for the battle in the valley, the Lord still had them wait seven days before they went against the Syrians and won the battle. Yes, God can win the battle in the valley, but we need to wait on God’s timing and not rush into the battle. It took us longer getting home as we detoured through South Carolina to fill Christy’s car with gas. Since we came right close to our apartment on the way back to the girls’ house, I asked Daddy if he would drop me off there. I was so thankful to get out of the car. My feet were hurting from being cold, and the rest of my body was hurting from being so cramped in the front seat. I had already started my nap before Daddy got back from taking the girls home and swapping vehicles. Didn’t really sleep as my body was hurting too much. After nap, I spent some time painting. In the evening, I cooked a pot full of napa cabbage and carrots, did the dishes, and did some crocheting. Daddy and I also listened to EBC’s morning message on youtube. “39Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) 40That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.” I Kings 8:39,40 Only God knows the hearts of all men. No man can deceive God. God will recompense to every man that which is just and right. Knowing these things, we must therefore fear God all the days of our lives.
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