Yesterday morning I had a good meeting with my pastor as we discussed everything from golf, health, theology, and the church.  I was blessed to be able to catch up (since I’m out so much) and share my heart of evangelism as the pastor shared his vision of the missional church.  Good to be on the same page since I am on staff, sort of.  It’s a very unique and not so common position, the Staff Evangelist.  A church has to have a vision of, and a conviction to take care of God’s man as he does a work that keeps him relatively “invisible” in his home church.  Out of sight, out of mind, is the danger in this type relationship, but Hillcrest has not fallen into that trap in the least.  Rather, the support we are given enables us to do the work all over the country and some other parts of the world.  I am so grateful for God’s leadership.

Patty checked in on her dad yesterday to find he had slipped and fallen in the shower.  Praise the Lord that he was just bruised and nothing worse.  We’ve been trying to get Life Alert for about a month and it finally came yesterday, late.  Not in time for the fall, but now it’s there so we feel much better now.  Patty plans on going into Yazoo City next week and checking up on everything as well as getting him to his oncologist follow-up on Friday, Feb. 1st.

Your prayers and support are such a gift of God to us and we thank you.  Please continue.

Blessings,
John