Sunday Evening, April 1, 2010, 

This evening, we met on the back patio of an old colonial farm  house just outside of Yellow Springs, Ohio. It was a beautiful meeting, with both young and old spontaneously sharing with each other in song and testimony. The weather was prefect for such an outdoor meeting.

There were over 40 who gathered for our evening meeting. We were glad to have 3 first time visitors with us. One brother is a church planter from the local area. He is an overseer of a network of house churches. He gave his testimony this evening and we were blessed to have him participate in the meeting. We look forward to fellowshipping with him and those of like precious faith.

One of the other men expressed an interest in coming back to our meetings. He is in need of salvation and said that he liked the openness of the meeting and that he wanted to get his life together. We pray that he will be led to the cleansing fountain.

Bro Joe brought some thoughts from the book of Job. He pointed out that even after Job lost nearly everything, he still did not sin against God or charge Him foolishly. It is our desire to face trials and tests such that when they are ended, we bring glory to God though our lives and actions.

After the gathering, we shared in food and fellowship. It was a spiritually rich environment to be in.