July 10, 2007
Dear Pastors, Prayer Partners, Family and Friends,
We’ve been back here in Wales for a little over a month now and
have much exciting news to share with you! Upon our return, we
were so thankful to find that Libanus Baptist Church was doing
well! There were several new faces, and the people had thrived
under the leadership of Mark Young, a young man in our church
that Kevin has been discipling and training for ministry. The
church had voted to step out in faith and help financially
support Mark for the three months that we would be away since he
had taken a sabbatical from his job to oversee the church in our
absence. This was very exciting for us to see the people of
Libanus stretch themselves and trust God to help financially
support a church leader. It went so well that they have now
extended their financial support of Mark for another 6 months as
he continues working in an associate position at Libanus. During
these six months we will be praying for God’s continued
financial provision and direction regarding a permanent position
for Mark at Libanus Baptist. Mark would then begin working on a
theological degree and eventually be ordained. In addition to
other responsibilities, Mark has now been able to hold a weekly
teen outreach on Friday evenings that has had great success! The
number of teens attending the teen services has steadily grown
as a result of these outreaches. We also have another young man
that Mark has been discipling making plans to attend the Baptist
Bible College here in the UK in September! That will be two of
our young men attending Bible college, as well as, Mark studying
by correspondence for ministry! God is so good! Please
pray for Mark and his wife Eve during this time as they seek
God’s direction for them. It has been a huge step of faith for
him to quit his job and take on more responsibility in this
ministry!
Recently we had two very exciting opportunities for outreach. On
Saturday, June 30th, we performed a Wedding Blessing for a
couple in our church. Many of those that attended were unsaved
family and friends that live in or near our village. Then on
Sunday, July 1st, we had another baptismal service. It was a
wonderful service where each of those being baptized gave their
testimony and then we sang each of their favorite hymns. The
church authorized Tom Jones (one of our young men that is
attending Bible College) to baptize his father, and Mark Young
who baptized the young man he is discipling that will be
attending Bible college in the fall. The first two baptisms were
done inside the church and then our church, along with the many
friends and family that were visiting this special service,
headed down to the sea where Kevin baptized two more young
people. We then stood out on the beachfront and sang a few
hymns. Even though we were experiencing normal Welsh weather of
clouds and rain, our spirits could not be dampened. The gospel
was given at both of these services and more than 80 people,
most of which never attend church, heard a very clear
presentation of what Christ had done for us on the cross. We
heard from many of the people that they enjoyed the services and
also saw several who were obviously touched by the singing,
testimonies, and messages. Please pray that the seed that has
been sown will have opportunity to be watered as some of them
return to visit our services and that we will see fruit from
these two outreach opportunities!!
Camp is coming up soon and we have 25 senior campers going to
camp July 30th through August 3rd. We will also be taking
approximately 5 to Junior Camp the week of August 13th. Be in
prayer for those campers that are unsaved and for growth in
those that are!
Lastly, we hate to mention this again, but the
medical/dental/vision bills that we incurred while on furlough
were quite high – approximately $3,000. We have had $200 come in
to help us with these expenses. Thanks so much for all that you
do! We do not take for granted your prayers and financial
support!
In His Service,
Kevin & Kim Davis
