Meetings, Support, & Flight Updates:
We are still here on the planet! My apologies,……I’m late in getting out my newsletter for May, but here it is! Sunday, May 19th we had our last 2 scheduled meetings of churches that took us on for support earlier on in this furlough; On June 2nd I preached at our sending church in the evening service; and On June 3rd by 2:30 pm we were at the airport leaving for Ghana W Africa. Our flight went well and we arrived in Accra Ghana, the Capital, on the 4th. Out of 15 footlockers 1 is still missing and it is one of mine. It has all of my daily wear in it.That is kind of important – ha, ha, ha! That is not so funny, but it could be worse, like the kid’s school books, some of my books and papers, or my wife’s new plastic dish set with flowers on it! I had 2 other sets of daily wear, one on me and one in my carry on bag just in case. Pray that the airports find it. It would be nice to have my normal everyday clothes. On another note, we thank the Lord for 2 more new supporting churches that took us on in April and May!!! That brings our support level to 93.57%.Thank you Riverside and Hilltop! We need another $450 to reach our 100% support mark. Please pray that we can get 100% of our support raised. We still have some churches out there that we went to that, I believe, are looking to take us on for support.
We are still here on the planet! My apologies,……I’m late in getting out my newsletter for May, but here it is! Sunday, May 19th we had our last 2 scheduled meetings of churches that took us on for support earlier on in this furlough; On June 2nd I preached at our sending church in the evening service; and On June 3rd by 2:30 pm we were at the airport leaving for Ghana W Africa. Our flight went well and we arrived in Accra Ghana, the Capital, on the 4th. Out of 15 footlockers 1 is still missing and it is one of mine. It has all of my daily wear in it.That is kind of important – ha, ha, ha! That is not so funny, but it could be worse, like the kid’s school books, some of my books and papers, or my wife’s new plastic dish set with flowers on it! I had 2 other sets of daily wear, one on me and one in my carry on bag just in case. Pray that the airports find it. It would be nice to have my normal everyday clothes. On another note, we thank the Lord for 2 more new supporting churches that took us on in April and May!!! That brings our support level to 93.57%.Thank you Riverside and Hilltop! We need another $450 to reach our 100% support mark. Please pray that we can get 100% of our support raised. We still have some churches out there that we went to that, I believe, are looking to take us on for support.
Goodbyes, Packing & Unpacking:
Some people we said goodbye to in the States: our sending church which has several newer folks; older faithful friends; our parents, & our Kids, Naomi and Matthew. Please also be in prayer for Naomi and Matthew as they are at the stage of pursuing college and some of life’s biggest decisions, which I pray is always for God’s Glory. As time and years go on saying goodbyes seem harder, but someday “hellos” will be sweeter, lasting and eternal. In May my wife, my 4 kids, and I went to the Smoky Mountains stayed at the Desert Haven of Rest and had some fun there in Tennessee. Thank you Bro Creel! Packing to leave the US and returning to Ghana seemed somewhat routine, but has never been convenient or easy. The process we are in now as I am writing is: Opening up the house; and Getting in the garage to get the car out, running, insured, and inspected for licensing. This portion of work to get the House and Car in functional order has been since Friday, it is now Wednesday. Friday - Monday We, my boys, some of the men from the church, and myself have
been working on getting the water pump for the well hooked up, repairing pipes and mishaps that have happened while being away on furlough. After getting a new battery and new battery terminals the car passed inspections here yesterday, Tuesday, but would not pass the junkyard in the States. Tomorrow, Thursday we plan to tackle yard work with some of the church folks if it is not raining, this is the rainy season. The yard is all grown over and the bushes as well. It will take some time to get everything back in shape. We are still in need of getting our Mini-Van, 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan in the States Sold. Please pray for that. It has Stow-n-Go with a Luggage rack on top and 115,000 + miles. Most of the miles are Highway miles. I bought it at 83,000 + miles. I have kept receipts of all the work, faithful oil changes, and other maintenance that has been done on it since I bought it. If interested please contact our church, Chippewa Lake Baptist Church in Medina Ohio: 330-769-2790
Bits Of Bread:
THE BIG IDEA: Return To; Stay Yielded To; Stay Committed To the Lord; Get Back on the Altar of Sacrifice “Binding” yourself with Cords That Will Help You Stay on the Altar; TITLE: Binding
THE BIG IDEA: Return To; Stay Yielded To; Stay Committed To the Lord; Get Back on the Altar of Sacrifice “Binding” yourself with Cords That Will Help You Stay on the Altar; TITLE: Binding
The Sacrifice With Cords To The Altar; TEXT VERSE: “God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.”- Psalms 118:27;
The Cords of Suggestion:
1) The Cord Of Who You Belong To - I Cor 6:15-19; 2)
The Cord Of Submission/Yielding - Rom 6:13-16; 3)
The Cord Of Constrain - II Cor 5:14-15; 4)
The Cord Of Focus - Acts 20:24; Jn 17:1; Heb 12:1
The Cord Of Submission/Yielding - Rom 6:13-16; 3)
The Cord Of Constrain - II Cor 5:14-15; 4)
The Cord Of Focus - Acts 20:24; Jn 17:1; Heb 12:1
For His Glory,
Matthew Siekbert
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