CHURCH PLANTING IN AUSTRALIA

Proverbs 17:6a "Children's children are the crown of old men..." Our oldest son, Jonathan and his wife Lynne had a baby boy at 10.45pm the 24th of August. His name is Caleb Jonathan Bennett and weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and was twenty inches long. He is our ninth grandchild and our sixth grandson. Caleb is our only grandchild living here in Australia.

Last month we mentioned our ministry of tract distribution. We received correspondence from one of our individual supporters who wrote "I want to share with you what a simple tract and testimony did for my mother many years ago. My Mom had been religious, went to church, memorized scripture, loved Christian music etc, but had never heard of God's plan of salvation. One day a man who had delivered something (probably feed or gasoline) brought the invoice to the door and as he did so, he asked her if she was on her way to Heaven. Mom said later that she was surprised and said she was trying and hoped so. He said with confidence, "I KNOW I'm going to Heaven" and gave her a tract. My Mom had never heard one could be sure of Heaven. She read the tract, and then wanted to find a church that could tell her more. She did find a church, accepted Christ and then proceeded to teach us children and take us to a church that taught the Bible. For the rest of her life, my Mom's greatest desire was to share the gospel message with others. My Dad was saved a few years later, and all of us 5 kids were saved, and married believers. Now, that man never knew how God used his testimony and that tract. Maybe, he's been told after he got to Heaven." Praise the Lord for that testimony!

We remember back in the late 1980’s we went into Sydney to see some American Navy ships that were visiting Australia. A young American sailor took us on a tour of his ship and during this time David gave him a tract and asked him if he knew the Lord. He said that he did and after the tour we thanked him and went on our way. Several years later we received a letter from this young man telling us his story. He said that after he left Australia his ship arrived back in the states and he was discharged from the Navy for drug use. After his discharge he was walking the streets in San Diego, California and heard an independent Baptist street preacher and through this he came to know the Lord. It was some time later he found the tract David had given him and remembered telling us he was saved. He wrote to tell us that he was now truly saved and walking with the Lord. Praise the Lord! Galatians 6:9 "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Please continue to pray for the salvation of Mark, Adam, John, Ian, and Tim. These are men David gives tracts to quite regularly.

As the year draws closer to its conclusion please consider our ministry if the mission budget allows. If you contact Brother Dan he can tell you exactly where our support stands. Again we thank each of you for your financial and prayer support. May we be able to say on that day that our "…meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work" John 4:34.

Serving the risen and soon coming Saviour,