Visitors, Visitors, Visistors:)

I hope each of you had a great Mother’s Day this past Sunday whether that means you were celebrated or you had the opportunity to celebrate or commemorate the lovely ladies that have been in your life-I hope it was a great one!

Since my last blog, we have had several visitors.

The first visitors were Michael and Aubrey Meadows. Michael and Aubrey will be interning with us through the North American Mission Board starting in June! They could easily be the cutest couple out there, and we may or may not be counting down the days till they join us!

The second set of visitors was a Sunday School Class with Mt Airy Baptist Church from South Carolina. We have a lot of teams we host, but this team was absolutely top notch! They came ready to serve, ready to share the gospel, and ready to support and encourage Tony and I. (Quick Side Note When Bringing a Mission Team Anywhere-please strive for those three things! Please make sure your team doesn’t think themselves above any task, isn’t timid to share the gospel, and isn’t quick to critique. Ok soapbox speech over:)) Despite the temps being at least 20 degrees cooler than what they were used to, this team rocked it out at our community garden going above and beyond what the garden leaders expected to accomplish. They then delivered food to several homes, helped an elderly resident with landscaping, and flyered the neighborhood. Several of the residents they spoke with even came to Church the next day! Mt Airy, thanks SO much for the impact your team made in such a small amount of time!

The next set of visitors were Pastor Steve Yowell and his wife Sherylyn from View Acres Baptist Church in Oklahoma. We had the blessing of receiving a group of their students led by Greg McElroy this past summer as a mission team, and we have the blessing again of receiving an even larger group from their church this summer! We had a blast showing off our city to them and sharing stories of all God is doing in the neighborhood! It was a really encouraging weekend. Can’t wait to see you guys again in July!

 

Our final group of visitors is coming this weekend, and they are my parents:) While it has already been staying in the 80’s so far this spring, Cleveland wanted to give them a proper welcome, and the temps are plunging back to the 50’s hahaha. Some things are just out of my control!

Thanks for checking out our update! Please pray for us as we continue our search for a music minister, get ready to welcome Michael and Aubrey to Cleveland, and prepare for this summer’s mission teams! I hope each of you has a terrific week!