Míří do Prahy ~ Headed to Prague!!

Míří do Prahy

Headed to Prague!!

 

On December 26 we leave VERY early for Prague

to 'Stand In The Gap' for

missionaries Jon and Emilie Rettig.

 

We are excited about the opportunity to help them

as they go on furlough. 

 

Our address while we are there is:

Leo Paine

c/o Rettigovi

Toskanska 2500/1

253 01 Hostivice

Praha-Zapad

Ceske republika

Mail can be sent and appreciated to this address until April 1!

 

We will also spend a couple of weeks in a small work in the

Netherlands and we can be reached there at:

Leo Paine

c/o Richard & Antoinette Groenewold

Grobbenhof 31

6932 ck Westervoort NL

 

We leave the Netherlands April 24 to return home.

 

We covet your prayers during this time and we will be

praying for YOU!!!

 

Have a blessed MERRY CHRISTMAS.

Standing In The Gap in the Czech Republic!

Once again the Lord has opened the door for

us to stand in for

Bro. Jon and Emilie Rettig in Prague, Czech Republic.

The plan is to be with them late December 2013 until

late March or early April 2014.  

When we leave the Czech Republic we are praying for an

open door to be able to preach for a church in 

Holland ~ please pray about that for us.

Valley Avenue Baptist Church ~ Pastor Ben Moore

Sunday, August 4th we were with Pastor Ben Moore and

Valley Avenue Baptist Church in Falls City, Nebraska.

We gave a report of our time in Nauru and preached

the afternoon service.

 We really enjoyed our time with this great church.

Pastor and Melissa singing the morning special. We love 
to hear them sing!!!

Love the banner!!

 

Sharing with Valley Avenue BC what the Lord

did while we spent 11 months on the island

of Nauru for missionaries

Adam and Christie McGeorge.

 

A church with babies and teens is a growing church!!!

Thank you to Pastor Raymond Smith of Plains Baptist Church

in Lincoln, Nebraska and Pastor Tim Ruegg of Calvary 

Baptist Church in Seward Nebraska. Our time on Sunday, 

August 11 was a great time. When we visit your

churches it is like 'coming home'.

Pastor Raymond Smith and April

Pastor Tim Ruegg and Peggy

 

A New and Fresh Look!!

A New and Fresh Look!

Thank you Mike and Michelle

for helping us with the

new and fresh look

of our prayer cards.

You are a real blessing to us!!



Travels ... Home Again

We have returned home after nearly 2 months on the road, it is great to sleep in our own bed. We traveled accident free and no breakdowns with the van, what a blessing. Tonight for the first time in two months we will be in our home church of Bible Baptist Temple in St. Joseph, Missouri.

We traveled 5,221 miles and  it took us to Mississippi, Tennessee, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Indiana, and Illinois. We saw family, friends, pastors and supporting churches.  In August we will be in Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas.

We are praying for an open door to minister to a missionary and their family and church. We have definite plans to return to the Czech Republic in May 2014 but are asking the Lord for an open door in the meantime. If you know of a missionary that needs to return home for furlough and needs someone to 'stand in the gap' please contact us or our church/pastor.

 

~ HOME ~

 

Our 'family family' and some of

our church

family were there

to greet us upon our

arrival from Nauru.

 

What a surprise AND blessing.

Thank you Bible Baptist Temple for

being so supportive of

'Standing In The Gap'!!!!

We love you.

 

Time Marches On ~

Yes ~ time is marching on and it seems it marching faster and faster.

 

 

Today we pulled our suitcases out of the closet to make

room for the McGeorge's suitcases when they return on Monday.

It is hard to believe that our time in Nauru will be up in just a short time

and we will be home in Saint Joseph, Missouri.

 

We have been so blessed while being here in Nauru and we are

praising the Lord for the opportunity to serve HIM here.

 

We are looking forward to what God has in store for us next.

 

We covet your prayers not only for us but also for the McGeorge's

as they transition back to island life.



Look and see...

 

We have been praying for Pastor Adam and family as they will return

to Nauru ~ you guessed it ~ 29 days. The folk do not show a lot of

excitement but they always check to see how many days

it will be before the McGeorge's return to the island.

 

 

Look and see who our March Missionaries are ~

Independent Baptist Builders, John and Amy Foster.

During the month the church will be praying

for them and any needs they might have!!

 

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace,

whose mind is stayed on thee:

because he trusteth in thee."

Isaiah 26:3



Zach loves 'Teen Time', he is a faithful young man.

He rides the wagon every Sunday and helps people on and off the wagon.

 

Jameson the young man on the left took Leo Noddy bird hunting

Saturday night. They do it with long poles and nets.

You kill them by biting the heads and crushing the skull, NO Leo

did NOT do that but Jameson did.

Leo brought two of them home. Some of the feathers had been

removed, Leo removed the wings, head, and feet and they are ready to

eat. We have to figure out how to cook them and we will give it

a try.

 

 

This is B-Beak he is Washington's youngest son. He is patiently waiting

for the grownups to figure out how everyone will get home

after Sunday am service and we discovered a flat tire on the wagon.

Never fear everyone got home ~ thanks for your help Elizabeth.

 

 

 

 



Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013

Some of the Sunday morning, Feb. 17, 2013, children

that attended the service. They were a handful ~ ages ranging

from 3 to 12 and there were 21 of them ~ it was a challenge

keeping them focused. 

 

 

Taraetoa is faithful to attend both Sunday morning and

Sunday night!! Last night at song request time

she selected a song (for the first time) but

had Rhondo give us the number.

 

 

There are so many children on the island that need

the Lord. Like all children they love to run and play.

Did you notice they are all barefoot??

 

 

Last night after we took Taraetoa home we decided to

take a drive around the country. As we

approached Anibare Bay you could

see that even the Nauruns thought that it was

very hot yesterday. They were out in large numbers

cooling off in the ocean.

 

As we were headed home we once again were praising the LORD

for the opportunity to be in Nauru.

 

Please continue to pray for International Baptist Church and Pastor Adam McGeorge.

He and his family will be returning to the island soon and we will be

returning home to Saint Joseph, Missouri.

 

We are praying that the Lord will open doors for us to serve HIM where

a missionary is in need!!!

 

 

 

 



Pictures and bulletin board

Since our ministry is a 'temporary' fill in for the

pastor we always keep the pastor and

his family before the people.

Whether it be by notes they have sent or by pictures.

Here in Nauru we have posted some pictures on the bulletin board of
the McGeorge family.