Our trip from home in Maine began Saturday, Jan 11 and we finished cleaning the house out early that morning. We said our goodbyes and headed to Gorham for the night visiting with Gary and Marilyn Watson, friends of Mark's from high school. Sunday morning, we drove to Spring Hill Gospel Hall in Westbrook. We enjoyed meeting new folks there and seeing the Stultz family again.
The weather was not wonderful, about 4 inches of snow, so the crowd was few in number, but the spirit of the Lord was with us as we came around the table to worship. Mark shared during the family Bible hour and we had a wonderful lunch provided by Mrs. Stultz.
After lunch, we drove to Shrewsbury, MA where we met Chaplain Jeff with Transport for Christ. He was a wonderful man and we enjoyed our visit there. We also met a trucker named Omar who helped Mark find a place to park the truck and trailer. Monday morning we headed for Buffalo, NY area. Due to inaccurate directions, we did not find the TFC chapel there and the weather was terrible, so we drove as far as we could and parked overnight in Angola, NY. We did not get to meet anyone that night, as there were not many cars on the road, and fewer folks in the service area.
Tuesday we completed this leg of the trip and arrived mid afternoon in Beaverdam. We will be here until Wed AM and then head off to Fort Worth, TX area. Mark has had lots of time to work in the TFC chapel here and met a few truckers and gotten to share from the Word with truckers and workers alike. Today(Saturday) we will head to Toledo for the remainder of the weekend working with the TFC chapel there in Perrysburg, just outside of Toledo proper.
Mark will preach at the truckers service Sun AM, but we will miss gathering around the Lord's table as we are accustomed to doing. This should be the only week that we will not be able to meet as we usually do. Our adventure in the camper has gone well, and we find that most people think we must be freezing in the weather here. Overnight lows combined with wind chill of -34F was taxing on our little furnace, but we have yet to be cold.
Really, our new little home on wheels is just what we need, and affords most of the comforts of home as long as we stay inside. Texas weather should be more fun for all of us when the kids can go outside to play and we can get fresh air that is not so cold. We have heard the weather in Maine is just about as cold or colder, so for those of you still in Maine, keep warm! Most of our days have been spent visiting with Sara's family and working at the TFC trucker's chapel.
We are looking forward to leaving the cold weather soon enough and expect to be in Texas on Friday PM. Justin has secured us a spot at a local RV park for the month. We are planning at this point to stay in Texas with Justin until he leaves Feb. 23 approximately. We are still praying about the Lord's direction after we leave Texas.
Our home has been shown a few more times and we have been told an offer is in the works. We will continue to pray about that. We feel led to continue in the evangelistic work with the Humes and believe that we can continue to work with the trucking community while traveling and also team with Justin in his continued work.
The kids are doing great, enjoying their time with family and really are adapting well to camper living. Sara is feeling fine and we plan to visit a midwife when we arrive in Texas to find out more about how the baby (babies?) are doing. Our family time in the Word and in prayer has been great lately. We really see the Lord at work in our lives and pray that God continues to draw us closer to Him and use us for His service.
Please continue to keep us in prayer. We will try to put out another email when we arrive in Texas and have a better idea about where things will lead from there. Most of all, pray that we will be used to bring the Gospel to many that have never heard or understood the love that God offers to those who will surrender themselves to Him.
Mark, Sara, Nathaniel, Virginia, Naomi, and baby Cowperthwaite
-- Mark and Sara Cowperthwaite78 Cedar DriveWarren, Maine 04864
The weather was not wonderful, about 4 inches of snow, so the crowd was few in number, but the spirit of the Lord was with us as we came around the table to worship. Mark shared during the family Bible hour and we had a wonderful lunch provided by Mrs. Stultz.
After lunch, we drove to Shrewsbury, MA where we met Chaplain Jeff with Transport for Christ. He was a wonderful man and we enjoyed our visit there. We also met a trucker named Omar who helped Mark find a place to park the truck and trailer. Monday morning we headed for Buffalo, NY area. Due to inaccurate directions, we did not find the TFC chapel there and the weather was terrible, so we drove as far as we could and parked overnight in Angola, NY. We did not get to meet anyone that night, as there were not many cars on the road, and fewer folks in the service area.
Tuesday we completed this leg of the trip and arrived mid afternoon in Beaverdam. We will be here until Wed AM and then head off to Fort Worth, TX area. Mark has had lots of time to work in the TFC chapel here and met a few truckers and gotten to share from the Word with truckers and workers alike. Today(Saturday) we will head to Toledo for the remainder of the weekend working with the TFC chapel there in Perrysburg, just outside of Toledo proper.
Mark will preach at the truckers service Sun AM, but we will miss gathering around the Lord's table as we are accustomed to doing. This should be the only week that we will not be able to meet as we usually do. Our adventure in the camper has gone well, and we find that most people think we must be freezing in the weather here. Overnight lows combined with wind chill of -34F was taxing on our little furnace, but we have yet to be cold.
Really, our new little home on wheels is just what we need, and affords most of the comforts of home as long as we stay inside. Texas weather should be more fun for all of us when the kids can go outside to play and we can get fresh air that is not so cold. We have heard the weather in Maine is just about as cold or colder, so for those of you still in Maine, keep warm! Most of our days have been spent visiting with Sara's family and working at the TFC trucker's chapel.
We are looking forward to leaving the cold weather soon enough and expect to be in Texas on Friday PM. Justin has secured us a spot at a local RV park for the month. We are planning at this point to stay in Texas with Justin until he leaves Feb. 23 approximately. We are still praying about the Lord's direction after we leave Texas.
Our home has been shown a few more times and we have been told an offer is in the works. We will continue to pray about that. We feel led to continue in the evangelistic work with the Humes and believe that we can continue to work with the trucking community while traveling and also team with Justin in his continued work.
The kids are doing great, enjoying their time with family and really are adapting well to camper living. Sara is feeling fine and we plan to visit a midwife when we arrive in Texas to find out more about how the baby (babies?) are doing. Our family time in the Word and in prayer has been great lately. We really see the Lord at work in our lives and pray that God continues to draw us closer to Him and use us for His service.
Please continue to keep us in prayer. We will try to put out another email when we arrive in Texas and have a better idea about where things will lead from there. Most of all, pray that we will be used to bring the Gospel to many that have never heard or understood the love that God offers to those who will surrender themselves to Him.
Mark, Sara, Nathaniel, Virginia, Naomi, and baby Cowperthwaite
-- Mark and Sara Cowperthwaite78 Cedar DriveWarren, Maine 04864
