Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

 

This is the Lottie Moon display at FSBC Garden City. What a fabulous job they've done showcasing the life of this woman and her commitment to Jesus demonstrated through sharing His love and salvation with so many in China.

The Lottie Moon Christmas offering is named in her honor. In Southern Baptist Churches all over the States you will hear about this offering which is promoted at Christmas. The proceeds of this offering go, in their entirety, straight to the mission field. This one offering makes up more than 60% of the IMB budget for the year. 

The goal this year is $175 million. This is the 175th anniversary of the existence of the IMB. We pray ALL NATIONS will hear and have an opportunity to respond to the good news of Jesus Christ!! 

You can contribute to this offering through your SBC church or can go directly to the IMB website and give. 

https://www.imb.org/lottie-moon-christmas-offering/

Here's a video link if you'd like to see how Lottie Moon dollars are being used to share Jesus in Africa.

https://vimeo.com/showcase/7416888

Fall celebrations

 The kids made cookies with Nana and had cocoa and gingerbread tea. Yummy! Thank you, Nana, for a delicious tea party! 

Then they got to carve pumpkins at Aunt Deanna's house! Thank you, Grandma and Deanna for the pumpkins and such a special afternoon! 

Painting pumpkins at our place. Thank you, Dad and Donna for the pumpkins!

Visiting Oklahoma

 

I am so so thankful that the Lord gave us a sunny day when the care center was open for visitors that I could visit my grandparents. This was a very special day for me. My Grandpa just turned 96 and my Grandma is turning 93 in a few days. I have a lot of really special memories of visits made to their home in SE Oklahoma during my childhood. My Grandma was a member of the WMU at her church in Hartshorne. The WMU is the Women's Missionary Union. She was a faithful prayer warrior and supporter of missions. Thank you, Grandma, for loving Jesus and prayerfully supporting missions through the years. Thank you for praying for me, Grandma. And Grandpa, it did my heart so much good to laugh with you! It was fun to talk about four wheeler fun and the steadfast love of the Lord with you. 

My sister Juli took care of the kids so Mark and I could go see Grandma and Grandpa. Thank you for this gift, Juli! Thank you for a yummy lunch and day spent together! 

It was great to see Aunt Donna, too! 

Fast and furious one day road trip to Edmond. 

Special visits

 We've been so blessed to have opportunities to see people we cherish! Fellow IMB missionaries who are on their Stateside Assignment in KC drove down to see us. 

Thank you for coming to see us, Randy and Kim!

We drove to western Kansas to see our dear friends, the Harms family. Their church, FSBC Garden City,  helped us with transportation by letting us borrow a car from one of their members who volunteered to share it and we are so grateful! We had a really special weekend together. Thanks for all the fun, Pastor John, Amanda, Quinlynn, Keagan, and Hattie!

4 Wheelin'

 

A very kind couple from FBC Burden invited us over for dinner and 4 wheeler rides. Thank you, Mr. Ken and Mrs. Geranne, for such a memorable evening! 

Fall fun

 

There's a gorgeous park in Winfield, the town we shop in, which is about 16 miles from us. We took advantage of this beautiful fall day to have a picnic and play at the park in short sleeves because we knew the weather was about to change. God sure did make autumn so lovely! Look at this tree just declaring His creativity and majesty. 

Brrrr Kansas is COLD

 We had a small snow storm and lots of ice last week. The kids LOVED having TWO snow days. They slipped and slid all over the church parking lot and in the driveway. This is Kansas in October, folks!