Mt. Moriah has a very special family in our membership--the Pettersens. They are from New Zealand, but are missionaries to Scotland. Recently, Eli Pettersen was baptized. I have heard of baptisims in the creek, pond, swimming pool, and church baptistry. I guess this is the first time I've heard of one in a bathtub. Although, we use what we have in order to obey God. Here is a letter from the Pettersen family.Hi church family!
We trust and pray that things are going well with y'all. The Dickersons left for the U.S. at the beginning of February, so it's just the Pettersens on the field here for the next 5 months. Our Monday night study out at the church office continues. We have one gentleman who faithfully attends that every week (even throughout the cold dark winter), and he is occasionally joined by others, too. We've finished our study of Daniel and have begun studying through the book of Judges. Several people have expressed interest in both Sunday Services and Monday night study, so please be in prayer that something may come of their interest. Our daylight hours have almost returned to normal now (the sun is setting about 5:30pm now, compared with the 3:30pm that it sets in December). It has been a cold and very wet winter (January was the wettest on record!), so we're looking forward to being able to get outside after being stuck indoors for several months. We're intending to try to start something up with High-School aged youth, and are still in the planning stages for that, so could really do with your prayers there, too. It was such a fantastic thing for us to see Eli baptised a few weeks ago, and he continues to look at ways to serve God with his life (even including his choice of school subjects!). All the children are doing well, and their teachers are all very happy with the way they've integrated. The photography courses that I'm teaching have been helpful in building relationships, albeit slowly. The current courses finish up at Easter, but the institution where I teach on Tuesdays is keen for me to begin another round of classes after the Easter break. Nicki continues to enjoy her job at the pharmacy and has recently begun doing diabetes and cholesterol testing for people which has lead to new opportunities to meet others. We're very much looking forward to Pastor Donis and Missy's visit next month. We can't thank y'all enough for all your help, support and prayers as attempt to share the love and truth of Christ here.
Enjoy your Spring!
In His service,
We trust and pray that things are going well with y'all. The Dickersons left for the U.S. at the beginning of February, so it's just the Pettersens on the field here for the next 5 months. Our Monday night study out at the church office continues. We have one gentleman who faithfully attends that every week (even throughout the cold dark winter), and he is occasionally joined by others, too. We've finished our study of Daniel and have begun studying through the book of Judges. Several people have expressed interest in both Sunday Services and Monday night study, so please be in prayer that something may come of their interest. Our daylight hours have almost returned to normal now (the sun is setting about 5:30pm now, compared with the 3:30pm that it sets in December). It has been a cold and very wet winter (January was the wettest on record!), so we're looking forward to being able to get outside after being stuck indoors for several months. We're intending to try to start something up with High-School aged youth, and are still in the planning stages for that, so could really do with your prayers there, too. It was such a fantastic thing for us to see Eli baptised a few weeks ago, and he continues to look at ways to serve God with his life (even including his choice of school subjects!). All the children are doing well, and their teachers are all very happy with the way they've integrated. The photography courses that I'm teaching have been helpful in building relationships, albeit slowly. The current courses finish up at Easter, but the institution where I teach on Tuesdays is keen for me to begin another round of classes after the Easter break. Nicki continues to enjoy her job at the pharmacy and has recently begun doing diabetes and cholesterol testing for people which has lead to new opportunities to meet others. We're very much looking forward to Pastor Donis and Missy's visit next month. We can't thank y'all enough for all your help, support and prayers as attempt to share the love and truth of Christ here.
Enjoy your Spring!
In His service,
The Pettersen family
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