June Article

I am certainly glad that July is in the books and today is August 1st. I guess July was car repair month, as many of you know our a/c compressor that we had been fighting with for awhile died while we were on our way from Maine to New York. After we got this problem resolved we had to replace our front brakes, have our transmission serviced, get an oil change, lube the bearings on our trailer and replace one of our trailer tires. I am glad that we got it all done and am amazed at God's provision and the generosity of His people that made all of this possible.

In July we were in 7 different churches in 6 northeastern states (ME, MA, NH, PA, NJ & DE). We saw God move in the meetings with salvation decisions and other important decisions made, saw some old friends and made some new ones along the way. All the services were good but the two that stand out in my mind are First Baptist Church in Perth Amboy where God met with us in a real way, and Slippery Rock Baptist Church in Slippery Rock, PA were they have had their pastor for about 18 months and the group that was 20 is now 200.

1) Provision-God has been so good to us and met our every need we saw Him help us out with huge repair bills last month. We need to say thanks again to the folks who helped during this trying time. He has also provided for us through our monthly support. When we started back on the road 15 months ago we had just over $200 a month in support. We now have about four times that coming in every month. We have a long way to go, but God has been providing for us in a great way.

2) Patience-One of the hardest lesson for me to learn is the lesson of patience. I always want everything to happen right now. It has taken a little bit of time to get our schedule built up, but God has and is doing so. We have just a few openings the rest of this year and are getting close to Half full for 2004. We are thankful for a busy schedule and ample opportunities to serve the Lord. When we began to ponder a truck and trailer, again I would prefer if everything happened right now but we trust that God will work this out in his time. At the present we have had $1,200 given towards this. Tonight we had dinner with friends that told us they were putting a $500.00 check in the mail tomorrow to our church for the trailer fund. So slowly but surely the money is coming in. Please pray for God's will regarding these things. Also pray that we will learn to depend on God's timing.

There are a number of new things up on our web site including our recent prayer letters and e mail updates, check them out at: www.isemingerfamily.org You can read the August article by clicking this link: http://www.isemingerfamily.org/Articles/August2003.htm or you can view our schedule which is up through September at: http://www.isemingerfamily.org/Itinerary.htm I am sure that he would prefer that I didn't mention him, but I would like to thank Luke Potter for all that he does maintaining our web site. I have had great comments from people who have viewed the web site and the Potter's were already doing so much behind the scenes for us before he took this on, but we are grateful for all he has done and continues to do for us.

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