Thank you, Bethel!

Today we had the great pleasure of presenting to Bethel United Methodist Church in Hymera, Indiana. This small congregation was very warm and welcoming. We feel like we already have the beginnings of a great relationship. We will be so excited to share news from the field with them over the next few years. Bill gave a message about missions and I shared about Tanzania. The church took up a love offering and also will be adopting us as missionaries! They have also committed to pray for us....and they certainly have some prayer warriors among them. How thankful we are for the events of the day. Getting to go out to lunch afterward with the pastor, his wife, and several other church members was a special blessing on our day. When CMF challenged us to plan our support raising strategy, both Bill and I wanted to seek out smaller churches to partner with us. Even though our large home church has been one of the biggest blessings of our life, we know that great relationships could be made with small churches and that a lot of missionaries bypass the churches in more rural areas and tend to visit large churches near metro areas. They are missing out! This photo is of our display table. Many of the women loved looking at the beadwork and baskets and were excited to learn about micro-enterprise programs. God is so good to us and we thank Him for our new friends in Hymera!