A week long training for new home missionaries was held at the Home Missions office during the week of October 19. Seven new church planters attended.
Pictured above (from left to right) are Danny Elliott (Quebec), Brian Williams (New York), Barry Long (Colorado), Josh Bennett (Arizona), Donnie Burke (Colorado), Jeff Goodman (Arizona), Richard Atwood (Home Missions Staff), James Kilgore (California), and Larry Powell (Home Missions Director).
The discussion was informative and encouraging. Two missionaries on the field - Howard Gwartney in Arizona and David Sexton in Virginia - talked to the guys by webcam over the internet.
Here's pizza one day at the office.
Here's supper one night at the Atwood's house. Sandy Atwood makes great lasagna. That's Emily, Lauren, and Leah Williams near the front of the picture.
Of course, we had snacks to hold us over between lunch and supper.
Besides great discussion and good fellowship over food, some of our best times was the prayer together. We had times of laughter, but also times of tears. These are all sincere men with a great burden to reach unsaved people and build a new Free Will Baptist Church. I felt honored to spend a week with them.
It was an Awesome week. I feel honored to be among such a passionate group of men!!! Thank you Bro. Richard and everyone at Home Missions! It was great. And yes the Lasagne is amazing:)
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We had a great week and it was awesome to meet all the new missionaries. The Home Missions Dept. Treated us with such a geniune Love and the sessions were both helpful and encouraging. I will miss each of those men but I will pray for them as they continue on this journey. Thanks Bro. Richard and Bro. Larry for believing in us and for all your support and care.
ReplyDeleteThis thrills my heart to know there are so many who want to go out and reach people for Christ. We're so happy to have the Brian Williams family come and be our "neighbors." So glad you all had such a great time of fellowship (and food!).
ReplyDeleteThanks to the great folks that make it happen at Home Missions! We so enjoyed learning your heartbeat for a few days. It was challenging and informative. You guys are great! I am so glad to be a part of the team!
ReplyDeleteThe week will not soon be forgotten if ever. It was great to spend time with each of these men, to see true passion for the cause of Christ. Brother Atwood shared not only relevant information but also his heart with us as well.
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