Last weekend we had the opportunity to speak to Grace Presbyterian in Arcadia, FL.  Although we didn’t personally know anyone in the church initially we left feeling as though we had many new friends.  The church blessed us through their proclamation of the Gospel, genuine interest in our calling, warmth and encouragement.

Link to the newsletter Grace put together before the week before we arrived.

Below you will find the flier for St. Paul’s mission conference. We thought this was really neat. Make sure to look at the tree carefully!

While in Virginia we had the opportunity to meet with many people.  We had a few one on ones, an opportunity to speak to the Blue Ridge Presbytery in Martinsville, a dessert, we spoke at both services at Grace Presbyterian, a lunch after church and had the opportunity to meet with the Sunday night small group over dinner.  (Did I mention Mim (Grandma) and Janice (Aunt) stopped in for a surprise visit?!)

Although we were exhausted by the end of the trip we were grateful to spend time with many friends and our family throughout the three days.  The groups were all very supportive and encouraging.  It was a blessing to start our intineration process with such friendly supportive faces.

The trip highlights included meeting multiple pastors from various PCA churches in S. VA, seeing all our friends, hanging with the family (and watching the Gators win), the surprise visit by Mim & Janice and meeting new folks who had recently moved to Lexington who although we didn’t have a previous relationship were extremely supported and interested in our ministry.

This is the water tower in Martinsville. The leaves were beautiful,
but we forgot our camera.  This was taken from a cell phone.