“I waited patiently for the LORD;
and He inclined to me,
and heard my cry.”
~Psalm 40:1~
Jadon’s Story
I’m updating from my phone so hopefully this works. I was admitted to
childrens hospital to start iv medicines to help lower my seizures. I
don’t know how long we will be here. The neurologist said probably a
couple of days. I’ll keep you updated. Please pray for me.
Please pray for Rev. Gray Wieborg who is recovering from colon surgery. Pray for his family as they help nurse him back to good health. Bro. Gary is a former pastor of Roseland Baptist Church who is now serving in Bratt, Florida.
Jon-Michael Williams has been moved to Children’s Hospital. Please continue to pray for him, his family, and his friends.
At 11:00 A.M. today, the senior adults of FBC, Kentwood will be treated to their annual Christmas lunch at the church’s fellowship hall.
 Lottie Moon |
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Lottie (Charlotte) Moon(b. Viewmont, Albermarle County, Va., Dec. 12, 1840; d. Kobe, Japan, Dec. 24, 1912). Missionary in Tengchow and Pingtu, China, for nearly 40 years; instrumental in instigating first Christmas offering, 1888. She was educated at Female Seminary at Botetourt Springs (later known as Hollins) and at Albermarle Female Institute, Charlottesville. She was converted in the spring of 1859 in a meeting by John Albert Broadus, then pastor at Charlottesville. She taught at Danville, Ky., and Cartersville, Ga. She volunteered for missionary service in Feb., 1873, in response to a sermon on the text, “Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest,” and she was appointed to China, July 7, 1873, by the Foreign Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention. In 1888 she wrote to the Baptist women of the South, pleading for reinforcements. The first Christmas offering in 1888 provided three additional missionaries. She spent 14 years in China before taking her first regular furlough. Toward the end of her days, she suffered with her Chinese people in the terrible famine. She gave all she had. In the time of deepest trials she wrote, “I hope no missionary will be as lonely as I have been.” Literally starving, she grew steadily weaker. Before Christmas, 1912, Cynthia Miller, faithful nurse, started back to America with Lottie Moon; death came to the frail missionary, Christmas Eve, while the ship was at harbor in Kobe, Japan. The present Christmas offering for foreign missions, sponsored by the W.M.U., is named for Lottie Moon. Biographical Sources: Jesus is the reason for the season! Anna Lee
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