Georga Mission Trip Part 2

God is working this week and we have seen another person saved! One of the ladies in in the community accepted Christ yesterday. Pray for Mr. Cole, who lives near the church. He does not know Christ and is not willing to talk about his relationship with God right now, but many team members have been building a relationship with him and hope he will at least listen before we leave.

Today the coaches will share the plan of salvation with the children and tonight Bro. David will use illusions to share with their families. Please pray that the Holy Spirit will speak to hearts and the people will be willing to listen and accept Christ.

We have had one ER trip and three trips to the clinic this week. One of the ladies cut her finger in the kitchen, our camp nurse had an allergic reaction, Sawyer has a sinus infection and Jasper has an ear infection (he had a shot yesterday and has to go back for another today). Brantley got a small piece of metal in his eye that was removed in the ER last night. So the trip continues to be an adventure!

The Mize bus is supposed to be ready today so we should be able to leave in the morning as scheduled. We will stop in Atlanta at the Georgia Aquarium and World of Coke on the way home.

Please pray for a uneventful trip home and for the health and safety of the team!

You can tell by the length of the blog that this is Marsha filling in for Dave again! He is gone to find a replacement window pane broken in a mystery accident.

Praise God and continue praying for us!

Marsha

Georgia Mission Trip

This is Marsha Hays, blogging for Pastor Dave this morning. We are currently in Morganton, GA on a mission trip. The trip up was adventurous for the rest of the group. We left later so Dave could attend the funeral of his best friend's dad. First, the Mize bus ran out of gas due to a broken gauge. Shortly after, the same bus threw a belt. Although the group left at 6 am and we left at 12 pm, we caught up with the hot crew on the side of the road about an hour from our destination.

God provided a Christian mechanic who stopped on the roadside and assisted our group. His church bus came and picked up our crew and trailer, then he invited the Mize driver, Joey Adcock to stay in his home as the two worked on the bus. They were able to repair the belt, but the air conditioning compressor also went out, so the bus is currently in a repair shop in a nearby town. Pray that it will be ready by Friday for the trip home!

The last two days our team has led Upwards basketball, football, and cheerleading camps in order to share the gospel with the children in our area. Many of our 60 member team have been coaches, while others cooked and performed servant evangelism. Dave has spent much of his time running errands and overseeing the details. I have spent most of my time watching Sawyer and keeping an eye on the other children as they played between activities.

We are staying in Morganton Baptist Church, which is in an old school. We have 2 showers among 60 people, but the kids had a bath in a little pool with a hoola hoop shower curtain last night! They loved it and finally got clean for a little while!

Brantley and Britt spend most of their day coaching basketball and football during the day, then playing basketball with the team teenagers and adults on the trip in the evenings. They are doing a great job!

Praise God for one profession of faith among our team last night. Each evening we have team worship in the sanctuary. Last night Adam Hughes accepted Christ.

Please pray that more children will come to the camps each day. Also pray that Pastor Dave will get some rest--he is having trouble sleeping on the air mattress! Pray that those involved in servant evangelism will have more ways to minister and know the value of their part of the team. Pray for strength for all team members and that we will persevere despite the attacks of satan on this trip!

More later!

Filling in for my wonderful, busy husband,
Marsha Hays

I can't wait to worship with the people of Union Baptist Church Sunday. It has been a day filled with joy. My Brother Jay got saved and he is on fire for the Lord. We talked on the phone for a long time discussing what the Lord has done in his life. It also has been a sad day. I went to visit Mr. Billy C. Smith at St. D. and there has been no change. Please pray for him and his family during this difficult time.

Revival

What a great time of revival. I feel like we didn't just have revival services but true revival. I have not experienced anything like this in all my years of church service. We had around 20 decisions with 12 salvations. GOD IS AWESOME! The key to this revival was that it was bathed in prayer. We have prayed for this revival for months and God answered our prayer. This was great for my family my 5 year old son Jasper, my Brother Jay and his wife Amanda, my sister Amanda all got saved and my brother in law rededicated his life. I want to thank Nolan Bishop and his family for an awesome time of worship and Chad Grayson for delivering God's Word in a way that people could understand. Well I got to go but I hope you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior.

It's been a while since my last blog, I promise I'm going to better in the future. This has been a busy week with hospital visits and other pastoral duties. We have a lot to be thankful for at Union Baptist Church. John Lawerance Butler had to have a biopsy to see if he had cancer, but praise the Lord the test came back negative. We rejoice with John and Colleen for this great news. Also this week I was able to share Christ with a teenager at church and they came to know Jesus personally. God is so good.

Today Bro. Andy Boles, Jay Clark and myself went turkey hunting. We had a great time. And before you ask, no we did not kill anything, but we enjoyed being outside and enjoying God's creation. Another turkey hunt is in my near future.

For the past couple of weeks I've been preaching a series of messages on being a healthy church member. This Sunday we will continue that series and focus on being a faithful church member. I hope this series has been helpful to my members. I look forward to continuing this series until we take a break to focus on Easter.

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healty church members

This Sunday I'm going to start a new sermon series titled "What is a Healthy Church Member?" Were going to look at some marks that people can look at to see if they are actively helping or hurting the church. As most of you know my desire is to see our church be what God intends for it to be so I hope each one of you is praying and seeking what God would have you to do to make this happen. Paul says in 1Cor. 16:13-16 "Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love. I urge you, brethren—you know the household of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to the ministry of the saints—that you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us." Paul gives us instruction on what we as members of a local body can do to protect ourselves and Church for the plans of the devil. I pray you are doing these things.

Sunday's blog

Well the Arts Festival is over. I had a great time teaching magic to kids and adults. I was able to meet a lot of nice people, people who want to use the things they learn at the festival for ministry. It was very refreshing usually most people just want to learn a trick to show their friends. Church attendance was down this morning I don't know if it was the weather or what. It can be very discouraging when half the church s empty. I am very thankful for the ones who were there and I look forward to do my best to grow our fellowship. I preached on what a lukewarm person is. I pray our people fall madly in love with the Savior of the world, It is refreshing to know that he loves me far more than I could ever love Him. When I got home from church I went to bed and sleep for 3 hours woke up with a sore throat, I could hardly talk. I am tired of being sick it's getting old. I hope everyone has a great week in the Lord.