Thank you, thank you, thank you! to all those who prayed for Dad and Mom. They had a good meeting. Everything went well, and 5 people from a nearby village were baptized. So thankful that we serve a God who loves to answer prayer.
Lord willing, I will be able to get a longer update posted later this week or the beginning of next. Thanks so much for continuing to pray.
"Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah." (Psalm 32:7)
We Face a Task Unfinished
We face a task unfinished,
That drives us to our knees,
A need, that undiminished,
Rebukes our slothful ease,
We, who rejoice to know Thee,
Renew before Thy Throne
The solemn pledge we owe Thee
To go and make Thee known.
Where other lords beside Thee
Hold their unhindered sway
Where forces that defied Thee
Defy Thee still today,
With none to heed their crying
For life, and love, and light,
Unnumbered souls are dying
And pass into the night.
We bear the torch that flaming
Fell from the hands of those
Who gave their lives proclaiming
That Jesus died and rose,
Ours is the same commission,
The same glad message ours,
Fired by the same ambition.
To Thee we yield our powers.
O Father who sustained them,
O Spirit who inspired,
Saviour, whose love constrained them
To toil with zeal untired,
From cowardice defend us,
From lethargy awake!
Forth on Thine errands send us
To labour for Thy sake.
Words: Frank Houghton
Music: George J. Webb
(or can be sung to the tune of "The Church's One Foundation")