Many Thanks To Don & Rosemary Hudson For Their Tireless Help Over The Past 4 Weeks. Below Is Update From Don

Rosemary and I will be leaving Galveston, Tx. tomorrow morning, Sat. for Marshall, Tx. and our workshop with the Sojourners. This is a real opportunity to better learn how to be more effective in evangelism. Mike, our Director of "Disaster Assistance" has led us in serving people in Baton Rouge, Lake Jackson, and Galveston. All together, up to the present moment, we have, with your sacrificial help, served 11052 meals and have set up 505 bible studies. The churches where we have worked have been thrilled with these efforts and some have already started with these bible studies. Thus far I am aware of 6 baptisms and am confident there have been and will be many more as we receive the reports. I do know the brethren where we have been are very busy with these bibles studies. Disasters can be very sad and yet it does turn some people to the importance of spiritual things. People have been very thankful for the quality of the food you have helped provide and have been very receptive to the invitation, for visitation, prayer and bible reading and bible study. " People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care and when you go to where people are you can take them to where you are going." It has not been difficult in showing our care and concern for them and it has not been difficult in determining where they are. This has been a great opportunity to show the love of Christ to people. It was especially impressive to me as I read in my early morning devotions the other morning that Luke would write Acts 1:1, The former treatise have I written unto thee excellent Theophilus of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. What an eye opener that passage was to me. We can really get peoples attention as we are " doing Christianity" Jesus set the example and this is what we together have been doing in this disaster work. No wonder so many people signed up for visitation, prayer, bible reading and bible study. Yes we are a little tired, but what a privilege it has been to have this opportunity for mission work. Again a very special thanks to my wonderful brethren at the Howell church who not only support this work, but with " gentle insistence' want it to be done. You have made a real difference for the Lord on this mission and Christ has been magnified and God has been glorified, and the church, the body of Christ, has been edified. Good Night Don & Rosemary