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The mission trip to Pearlington, MS was a wonderful success. The church is a recent plant after some hurricane relief work took place in the small town. The congregation has about 20 members who are attending services on a weekly routine. It was nice to work with the Hartsville Pike congregation and with an old friend Jeffery Hall. He was a young man that was baptized from the community. It was nice to be in the southern part of the country, but it is always better to be home.
Once again great things are happening at the Waynesboro congregation. Reagan Skelton was baptized by Mitchell Skelton, her father on Wednesday night. It was a great time of rejoicing. I called Mitchell up the next day to rejoice with him. I told him that “I hope to have the honor of baptizing one of my children for the forgiveness of their sins.” This was certainly a special time for the congregation, the family, and most importantly, Reagan. She is a wonderful young lady.
We were blessed once again with another baptism on Sunday night. Ginda Inman responded to the invitation and had her sins washed away in baptism. Ginda has been attending the congregation for some time and it was a blessing to see her make that good confession that Jesus is the Christ. We rejoice with her and her family over this super decision. Ginda has a bright and glorious future in the Lord’s Church.
It seems that the Lord is truly providing the increase at the congregation. We had 197 people at services on Sunday morning. The best part was that we had 151 people at Bible Class too. It is wonderful to see the positive atmosphere and growth that is taking place in the congregation. We are growing stronger each week in the Lord. Praise God for the growth and the faith of these two new Christian sisters in the Lord.
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What a great report. The baptisms are wonderful, Praise God! But, I am equally excited about the percentage of your folks who come to class. This must be some sort of record!
Someone is doing a great job!
His peace,
Royce Ogle
I love to see these reports about the good things happening in your ministry. (Let Mitchell know that I am happy for him and his daughter, too.)
Thanks for the encouraging comments Matthew! I can’t begin to describe the feeling of baptizing my own daughter into Christ. Hearing her make her confession of faith in Christ was wonderful, she has grown into a faith of her own. I’ll also have to admit that as I looked into her eyes after I raised her up from the water, I had some mixed emotions. Of course I was proud, as a father would be, I was excited as to the prospect of her future, but I was also a little sad, my little girl has grown into a young lady and I don’t like that very much at all.
Thanks Terry for your comments, I appreciate you so much.
Mitchell
I do not blame you Mitchell. God has been very good to us in Waynesboro.