May 9, 2008
Dear Pastors, Prayer Partners, Family & Friends,
Just as we are to enter into God’s presence with thanksgiving,
we want to begin this letter by expressing how grateful we are
to have so many that prayerfully support us! These past two
months have been quite trying due to some family issues, as well
as, learning of some new tax issues here in the UK. We know that
it was your prayers that helped to sustain us. Satan is so
cunning and knows how to distract, discourage, and cause us to
doubt, but prayer is powerful and we have felt those prayers and
have experienced God’s peace and comfort at this difficult time.
As we mentioned in our last letter, we were hoping to begin much
needed repairs in the area that we are now using as our Sunday
School rooms, and were waiting on quotes for the damp proofing
work that needs to be done. We have finally received some quotes
for the work and were quite shocked at how much it is going to
cost to properly damp proof these rooms – for just the main
Sunday School room alone, it is going to cost $5,000! We had
recently received $1,000 from one of our churches before we even
got the quotes and were so excited because we thought that the
gift would more than cover the cost of the work – we were
mistaken! We ask you to please pray about helping us get this
work done. We could just replaster over it and save money for
the time being, but it would not take care of the damp problem
that we face with these old buildings, and in a short time, we
would need to do it again. Our teens really appreciate the nice
room that they have to meet in, and we are hoping and praying to
be able to make the Sunday School rooms nice for our children as
well.
Speaking of teens, we have been having over 40 teens attending
our Friday outreach sessions on a weekly basis!! This is very
exciting, but it has raised the problem of needing more adult
help/supervision. Many of the teens that are coming to these
meetings have never been to church and can be quite a handful.
Please pray that God will raise up laborers for this ministry,
as well as, other ministry opportunities that we would like to
see happen in the future.
Kim’s parents will be arriving in Wales on May 13th! Their
church, Simmons Baptist in Cabool, Missouri, graciously supplied
the curriculum from their last VBS that we will be using for
Junior Camp this year. Dad and Mom will be showing the leaders
of the Junior Camp how Simmons Baptist used the curriculum,
helping with some odd jobs around the church and our home, and,
of course, catching up on enjoying their grandchildren!! We are
so looking forward to their visit and getting to show them the
ministry here in Llanfairfechan, as well as, some of the beauty
here in North Wales!
Please pray for our children, Troy and Bethany, that are in the
states; for Drew as he begins his GCSE exams on May 18th; and
for us and the other missionaries here in the UK, that God will
give us guidance and wisdom regarding the new tax law and how it
will affect our ministries in the future.
In His Service,
Kevin & Kim Davis
