Let's Hear It For The Good Guys!

We are amazed every day how God has been sustaining us. So many people have been so good to us during this time of transition and uncertainty that there is a danger in naming some and not naming them all. Despite that, we are going to risk it.

• Arizona Baptist Children's Services www.abcs.org is headed by John Elder. This is the organization that owns the house where we are living. ABCs has been absolutely incredible in blessing our family with this place.

Churches (all of the churches below give toward the operation of "our" house)

• The Church at Arrowhead www.tcaa.com is pastored by Dennis Adams. We were working with a member of Arrowhead in Quito and the church took the lead in getting the ABCs house ready for us to move in. Also, we are driving one of their cars.

• First Baptist Church of Sun City West www.fbcscw.org provided work teams to rehabilitate the house before we moved in. One of their pastors, Paul Kinnison, has been a great encouragement to Julie and me.

• Grand Community Church www.gcombc.org was another of the churches that provided work crews, especially electricians.

• First Southern Baptist Church of Phoenix www.firstphx.org is an amazing church. They provide the accounting and bill paying for the group of churches and are a missions dynamo. The church is not extremely large, but they have four congregations going each week, touching people from 5 continents (my apologies to 1st PHX if you are reaching out to Australians and Antarcticans and I was not aware :)

• First Baptist Church of South Peoria www.spbch.org is a going church, as well. I think the church helped with work crews and furniture. They have a Filipino Congregation meeting in their church each week.

• The Church on Mill www.churchonmill.com has been very involved. It was one of their members who started pushing for a mission house.
  

State Convention

• Just this past week, we learned that the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention www.azsobaptist.org wanted to get involved by paying for our car insurance! We just continue to be blessed.

There are so many others! There is my former Director of Missions, Doug Pilot, who calls and encourages us. Tim Pruit, the Director of Missions in Casa Grande, Arizona does the same. Matt has a friend who picks him up and takes him to class each day and brings him home. God has been good and continues to be.

Things I Am Loving in Arizona

10. Heat
9. Sunshine
8. Family Drops By
7. Knowing the Friends of Our Older Children
6. The Nearby Air Base and Daily Flights Remind Me to Pray For Our Country
5. Sunshine (Nice Enough to Name it Twice)
4. Having Bryan Come By Each Weekend
3. Being Able to Thank The Churches That Support Us
2. Running Into My Mom at the Mall
1. Seeing my Whole Loud Rowdy Family Anytime I Want To But Especially If The Steelers Are Playing.