Happy Thanksgiving!

Well here it is two days after Thanksgiving, but I want to say I am thankful. We had a good day and went to have our thanksgiving meal with Sherry's family, the Townsends. We were at her brother Michael's house. Not everyone was able to make it but most were able to at least come by during the afternoon or evening.

Sherry is from a family of eleven children and now there are over 50 grandkids, I lose count. Makes for large famiy get togethers. Sherry's parents raised them to love and serve God.

I am adding a video of Sherry singing with three sisters and four brothers. Two of her brothers weren't there at the time they sang this and Sherry's twin sister died over twenty years ago. It was late in the evening when they sang this and the lighting in the room is really bad. Still, if you know anything about this family and their lives and service to the Lord, this song will really touch your heart. I have heard them sing it many times and it is a blessing!

My Wonderful Help Meet!

Today is our 32 anniversary and I want to say how much I love my dear wife Sherry. 32 years ago we started out on our journey together with a desire to serve the Lord. I told Sherry of my hearts desire to carry the gospel message and she said she was willing to follow me anywhere in the service of the Lord. She has certainly done that.

After being married only one year and three months we sold out, packed up, and headed to Mexico in February of 1978. Our first house had no electricity and no running water. It cost 18 dollars a month for the rent. Sherry washed all our clothes on a scrub board and that happened most of our first four years in Mexico.

Sherry has never complained about the conditions or the hardships we faced along the way. Three daughters and 32 years later, I am happy to say that she continues to help me and encourage me as we serve the Lord together.

Thank you Lord for my wonderful wife and thank you Sherry for your unconditional love. I am truly blessed!

Great Conference in Mexico!

We had a wonderful Pastors Conference in Atlacomulco, Mexico October the 20th through the 23rd. There was a very sweet spirit throughout the meeting and many pastors, missionaries and their families got a lot of help and encouragement. The church members there in Atlacomulco were a great blessing in serving and loving the men of God and their families.

There were a number of different preachers that preached and it was all a great blessing. I had the opportunity to preach twice a day and God certianly blessed through it all. Thank you all for your prayers for us on this trip.

I am with Jon and Rebecca Allinson in Mexico City right now and will be with them in their services today, Saturday and tomorrow on Sunday. I fly back to Atlanta on Monday.

Sunday Morning Service

I am having a wonderful time here with the Michael Hart family. They are missionaries with MWBM and doing a great job here in Bogota, Colombia, South America.

Here are a couple of pictures of the service on Sunday morning. As you can see it is a full house and we had a great time. The people listen so well and it has been a blessing to preach to them. I believe we had one saved so far and many lives have been touched.

Thank you Bro. Michael and Sister Martha for having me down here and for taking such good care of me.

Arrived in Colombia, South America!

Hello and I arrived safely here in Bogota, Colombia tonight. I had a good trip and a good visit with the Michael Hart family tonight. Pray for us as I will be preaching several times here over the next few days. I certianly desire to be a blessing.

I will try to update you more and maybe have some pictures in a day or two.

Guatemala Trip

I had a real good trip to Guatemala the 23 through the 28th. We visited with the David Moore family, missionaries with MWBM. A big thank you to the Moore family for their hospitality.

Here is a slide show of pictures I took while we were there.

Thank you all for your prayers for world missions.

Roger Townsend is doing fine.

Glad to say that Roger Townsend is doing fine after their car accident. It did total their vehicle but sure glad they are alright now.

Sorry I didn't get this updated posted sooner.

Roger Townsend in wreck.

This afternoon my brother-in-law, Roger Townsend was in a bad car wreck. It took them some time to get him out of the vehicle and then transport him to the Greenville hospital. After several tests and cat scans they feel he has several broken ribs but that is all. They sent him home and as you can imagine, he will be in a lot of pain for several days. It certainly could have been much worse.
They were traveling north on Hwy 8 from Easley to Pickens when a lady either drunk or on dope came over the hill in the far left hand lane of a four lane highway. She hit a pickup head on then a second car, before then hitting Roger and his wife. Janice, Roger's wife was driving and managed to swerve enough to keep from hitting head on but that left Roger pinned in the car until the rescue unit was able to get the doors open.
We thank the Lord He was watching over them and they weren't hurt any worse.

Last service in Mexico

Thank you all for your prayers. Tomorrow we make the trip back to the USA. We will catch a bus in Toluca that will take us to the airport in Mexico City (30 million people that need Jesus.) From there it is just under a four hour trip to Atlanta and our good brother Dean Hamby will pick us up at the airport.

The Lord willing I will be back in the office tomorrow (I think :-) I might just sleep in and play with the grandson before going in!

Anyway you should be able to reach me if anyone needs us for anything.

Pray for the service tonight here in Atlacomulco. It will be our last service and we are looking for the Lord to bless and touch hearts.

We were with MWBM missionaries Kevin and Rebecca Sheridan in their service this morning. We had a good service and then some hot chocolate and sweet bread after the service. Sherry and Joanna sang and I preached. The Lord is blessing the Sheridans and the work there. Keep then in your prayers.

Church in Atlacomulco, Mexico

This is a picture of the Church in Atlacomulco, Mexico where we worked for seventeen years. This church is doing well and the Lord is blessing the other churches that have been started as well. We were able to be in the church in Acambay tonight and the Lord blessed again. The folks were very happy to see us and it was so good to see them again and to see their faithfulness to the Lord and His work.

In Mexico

Hello to everyone and just a note to let you know that we are in Mexico right now. We have had some great meetings and a great time with the people here. God is sure blessing the churches and the people are serving the Lord with gladness of heart. It is great to see the Lord's hand at work.

We have been eating at so many of the people's houses that I think I must be putting on more weight! Everyone wants us to come to their house and eat with them. They are all so sweet.

We will be flying back to the states on Monday the Lord willing so keep us in your prayers. We will be in some more services here before leaving so pray the Lord will continue to bless and touch hearts.

Baby Ethan

Keep praying for Lisa Simpson and her baby.

I spoke with Dr. Ronnie Simpson this evening. He is Andy Simpson's dad and he told me that Lisa is not doing very well. They are not seeing any improvements and are just trying to keep her and the baby holding their own. If there is any turn for the worse they will have to take the baby and it is earlier than they want to do that.

Just continue to pray. We just need the Lord to work on their behalf. Lisa is in the hospital and will stay there until the baby comes.

Thank you all for your prayers.

A very special prayer reqest.

Hello everyone,

Please say a special prayer for Lisa. She had to be admitted to the
hospital in Bozeman, MT today.

Her blood pressure elevated to 160 over 110 and her urine now is showing
up with large amounts of protein. On a scale of 1-4, her protein levels
were over 3. This is showing signs of preeclampsia which could become
life threatening to her and the baby.

We just left her at the hospital to return home and prepare for an
extended stay. I will be returning early in the morning for a
consultation with her doctors.

If the condition worsens, the baby will have to be delivered. She is
approximately 33 weeks. If the baby comes this week, we will have to move
to Billings, MT. The hospital there is better suited for pre-mature
births. The baby would have to remain in the hospital for about one
month.

We would appreciate your continued prayers.

Thanks,

Andy Simpson
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Bro. Andy Simpson is MWBM's Field Director for USA West.

Coming Home!

Hello to all and thank you for your prayers for Judy and baby Ethan.

Here is a picture of Ethan in his car seat and on his way home!

We can't thank you enough for all your prayers on his behalf. As many of you parents and grandparents know, know all mommy and daddy have to do is figure out the instructions on having a new baby!

God bless you all.

Latest Update.

Well, today they are saying that Ethan can't go home until Friday. Not real clear exactly what all is going on. Tonight Judy said he was eating better. They don't have him in the bed with a heater but he's still in the special nursery with some monitors on him. The only ones they are letting in to see him is mom and dad.

They let Judy out of the hospital this afternoon and they are staying in a motel just a few blocks from the hospital so they can make several trips to spend time with the baby.

Thank you for your prayers and we will update you as we know more.

Mommy got to hold him.

Thank you for your prayers and Ethan is getting better day by day. Sunday Judy got to hold him for the first time. They don't think he can go home until Tuesday though.

Again, thank you very much for all your prayers.

Update on Judy and Ethan

Thank you all for your prayers of Judy and her baby.

The baby is going to be staying in the nursery care here for a few days. He has what the doctors call “wet lung” which is when a c-section baby still has some fluid in his lungs after the birth. They said if they were to let him go home like that it would become pneumonia. It can take as long as seven days to get over this but hopefully it will be less than that. (The good ole internet says it takes less time than a week.) He actually seems to be breathing easier already.

Judy is doing as well as expected and thanks to the pain meds is feeling ok. Pray that she can heal and recover as quickly as possible.

Again thank you for all your prayers on our behalf. The Lord is certainly good to us and we can’t thank Him enough.

He has arrived!

Ethan Arlin Moses arrived at 7:43 AM July 11, 2008. 7 lbs, 19 inches long.

They did a c-section and are still in recovery but the proud daddy was kind enough to bring us some pictures out. Here is a look at the fine young gentlemen.

We will post another picture later and give more updates.

Grandpa

Still waiting.

Well it is nearly 5 pm and we have been here in the hospital all day with Judy and Daniel. They decided to induce labor and see how she did. Well, after a few hours of labor pains, nada, she didn't dilate any.

The doctor said he is going to stop everything and do a c-section in the morning at 7:30 AM. We will be back here then and let you know the news as soon as we have it.

Thank you for your prayers.