PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE STEAKOUT

FRIDAY EVENING AT 6:30 PM I HAD THE IMMENSE PLEASURE TO PREACH FOR SOME THREE HUNDRED MEN ALL INVITED TO A DELICIOUS STEAK DINNER HOSTED BY THE CAMPUS CHURCH. MANY OF THE MEN WERE UNSAVED OR THOUGHT TO BE THUS THE REASON FOR THE INVITE BY MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH. TWENTY-TWO MEN RECEIVED THE LORD AS SAVIOUR AND ALL BUT ONE FILLED OUT A DECISION CARD AND WILL BE FOLLOWED UP ON BY PASTOR DENNIS MCBRIDE, THE NEW CAMPUS CHURCH PASTOR. THE MAN THAT DID NOT FILL OUT A CARD SPOKE WITH ME AFTERWARD AND WILL BE DEALT WITH LATER BY THE STAFF MEMBER WHO INVITED HIM AND IS ALSO HIS NEIGHBOR.

HOPE CHILDRENS HOME

WHAT A TIME I AM HAVING HERE AT HOPE, GOD IS DOING SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL AT THIS PLACE. I MET WITH A GOOD GROUP OF MEN ON SATURDAY AND SPOKE FOR THREE HOURS ON LEADERSHIP, THE HOME AND THE ABSOLUTE FACT THAT GOD IS LOOKING FOR MEN. WE HAD SERVICES AT SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ON THE LORD'S DAY. ALL OF THE STAFF (ALL 45) AND ALL THE CHILDREN OF HOPE ATTEND SOUTHSIDE. THREE ADULTS AND ONE YOUNG BOY WAS SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE. MONDAY AND TUESDAY SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE HOME AND WEDNESDAY WE ALL WILL BE BACK AT SOUTHSIDE. TODAY IS A SAD DAY FOR "THE MURPHY BOYS" ALL SMALL AND UNDER TWELVE YEARS OF AGE THEIR MOTHER PASSED THREE DAYS AGO AND HER FUNERAL IS TODAY. THEY ARE HERE AT THE HOME AS IT WAS THE MOTHERS DESIRE. YOU CANNOT PASS THEM WITHOUT HUGGING THEM AND GIVING THEM AS MUCH LOVE AS ONE CAN GIVE. THE MIDDLE BOY (AGE TEN) WAS SAVED DURING THE WEDNESDAY EVENING SERVICE AT SOUTHSIDE. I HAVE USED UP THREE HANKERCHIEFS SO FAR, ALL WET WITH TEARS AS GOD HAS BROKEN MY HEART FOR THIS PLACE. PULL UP HOPE CHILDRENS HOME, TAMPA, FLORIDA AND YOUR HEART WILL BE MOVED AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. BROTHER HIGGINS TOLD ME WHEN I ARRIVED THAT I WAS ABOUT TO SEE A REAL "GEORGE MUELLER" WORK IN PROGRESS - AND I CERTAINLY HAVE. TO GOD BE THE GLORY!

37TH JUBILEE CONCLUDED FRIDAY EVENING - TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH

GREAT PREACHING BY BILLY GOOLBEY; EVANGELIST BILL BEHRENS; EVANGELIST JACK TRIPP AND RALEIGH NUNNALLY.............WE REALLY AN OLD FASHIONED GOOD TIME AROUND THE WORD OF GOD. WE ALL LEAVE ABSOLUTELY "FULL" . WE WERE AFFECTED GREATLY MY THE DEATH OF SSGT LUCAS, HIS DAD HAS A BLACK INDEPENDENT FUNDAMENTAL HERE IN WILSON. HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD, HE LEAVED A WIFE CARRYING A BABY AND TWO CHILDREN. THANK THE LORD THAT WE KNOW THAT HE IS ON THE OTHER

SIDE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT!

TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH, WILSON, NC

THE 37TH JUBILEE MEETING OPENED ON MONDAY EVENING WITH MYSELF, DR. BILL BEHRENS, PASTOR BILLY GOOLESBY AND EVANGELIST JACK TRIPP PREACHING FOR THE WEEK. EACH OF US WILL PREACH EITHER FIVE OR SIX TIMES THIS WORK. IT IS WEDNESDAY AND WE ALEADY HAVE HAD THE BREATH OF GOD ON THE PLACE. MONDAY NIGHT THE CHURCH WAS PACKED AND WE HAVE HAD GOOD CROWDS IN THE MORNING AND EVENING SINCE.

LIFEGATE BAPTIST CHURCH, CHICOD, NC.

SATURDAY EVENING AT THE ANNUAL FISH FRY WE HAD A WHOOPING GOOD TIME. THE FOOD WAS SO WELL PREPARED AND DELICIOUS. WE THEN RETIRED TO AUDITORIUM WHERE THE AIR CONDITION WAS WORKING GREATLY. THE MESSAGE THAT EVENING WAS RECEIVED WITH JOY AND THE OLD FASHION ALTAR IN USE. THEN I PREACHED THREE TIMES ON THE LORD'S DAY AND THE LORD MET WITH US. PASTOR WAS THRILLED WITH EVERY SERVICE AND TOOK OFF ON A SHORT VACATION. MANY OF YOU REMEBER THAT ALMOST ONE YEAR AGO HIS DEAR WIFE WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD. WE STILL MISS AND WISH SHE HAD STAYED A WHILE LONGER BUT GOD NEEDED.

FOURTH OF JULY CEREMONIES AT WESTMORELAND BAPTIST CHURCH

GREAT DAY AT WESTMORELAND BAPTIST CHURCH - THE PASTOR AND HIS FOLKS REALLY DID IT UP RIGHT - THE COUNTY SHERIFF, TWO DEPUTIES, THE MAYOR OF COLONIAL BEACH, VIRGINIA AND A STATE REP WERE PRESENT. WE HAD A GOOD CROWD WITH ONE YOUNG BOY BEING SAVED. THE EVENING SERVICE WAS PERHAPS ONE OF THE BEST SERVICES I HAVE ENJOYED SO FAR THIS YEAR AS THE ALTAR WAS FULL WITH FOLKS PROMISING THE LORD THAT THEY WOULD DO ALL THAT THEY COULD TO FURTHER THE GOSPEL IN THEIR CITY. THE PASTOR HAD ALL THE MEN PRAY AFTERWARDS - IT WAS A MOVING TIME - THE PASTOR ALMOST HAD TO BORROW MY HANKERCHIEF AS THE TEARS FLOWED. I WOULD COVET YOUR PRAYERS FOR THIS IS A NEEDY COMMUNITY. OLD SLEW FOOT HAS ATTACKED THIS CHURCH IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISCOURAGE AND DESTROY THEM. PRAY FOR THE POWER OF GOD TO BE PRESENT AND THE DEVIL HANDCUFFED FOR A FEW DAYS. PRAYERFULLY THE LORD WILL GET EVERYONE'S HEAD UP AND HEART WORKING FOR HIS GLORY. HAPPY FOURTH TO YOU ALL.

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, HARRISON, IL.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE YEARS OF HELPS YOU HAVE BESTOWED ON ME AND THIS MINISTRY – IN MY READING THIS MORNING IN ROMANS 15 I WAS MOVED BY PAULS WORDS “ that ye strive together with me in yourprayers to God”….. HOW VERY WONDERFUL THAT WE ALSO MAY PARTICIPATE TOGETHER HERE IN 2011 IN LIKE MANNER. THE MEETINGS CLOSED AT BIBLE BAPTIST IN HARRISON, IL. WITH EIGHT DEAR SOULS BEING SAVED, THE CLOSING WAS HAPPY AND SAD BUT THE FELLOWSHIP SWEET. I HAVE BEEN PREACHING AT THIS CHURCH NOW FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND HAVE WATCHED THE PASTOR SIX CHILDREN ALL GROW UP AND NOW ALL SERVING THE LORD. WHAT A VERY REAL BLESSING. PASTOR WILLARD AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL AS HIS CHURCH FAMILY WERE REJOICING AT WHAT THE LORD HAD ACCOMPLISHED THIS WEEK – AND, "YOU" HAD PART IN IT. THANK YOU FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY SOUL. I AM NOW OFF TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA FOR ANOTHER SALUTE TO THE SERVICEMEN OF OUR COUNTRY. WARM REGAEDS

BIBLE BAPTIST, HARRISON, IL.

NO SEATS AVAILABLE LAST EVENING AS APPROXIMATELY SIXTY REFORMERS UNANIMOUS (RU) (BOTH MEN AND WOMEN) FROM NORTH LOVE BAPTIST CHURCH, ROCKFORD, IL. WERE PRESENT WITH THEIR PASTOR DR. PAUL KINGSBURY ALSO DIRECTOR OF RU. ADDITIONALLY THE MEMBERS OF BIBLE BAPTIST WERE PRESENT SO WE HAD NEEDLESS TO SAY A FULL HOUSE. THREE OF THE RU FOLKS WERE SAVED, TWO MEN AND ONE WOMAN. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FULL WITH THE DEAR LORD HAVING HIS WAY WITH MANY. AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT "YOU" ARE HELPING TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE. WARM REGARDS

BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF HARRISON, IL.

FIVE WERE SAVED AT BIBLE BAPTIST ON THE LORD'S DAY - THIS WAS A SPECIAL DAY TO COMMERATE FATHER'S DAY AND A FAITH OF OUR FATHERS DAY AND SALUTE TO THE ARMED FORCES OF AMERICA. THE CHURCH WAS PACKED, THE MUSIC WAS SUPERB AND A SPECIAL CD VIEWING WITH OUR FOUNDING FATHERS PRONOUNCEMENTS ABOUT GOD AND COUNTRY. IT WAS STIRRING TO SAY THE LEAST. THE SERVICE THAT STARTED AFTERWARD CAN ONLY BEST BE DESCRIBED AS "WIDE OPEN" AS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WAS SO ON THE PLACE THAT ONE COULD HAVE PREACHED ON KINDERGARTEN AND THE RESULT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME. THE LORD CERTAINLY HAD HIS WAY! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR THIS MINISTRY AS THE LORD CONTINUES TO DO GREAT AND MIGHTY THINGS. PRAY THAT I CAN JUST "GET OUT OF HIS WAY"!

CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH, BALTIMORE, MD

GREAT GOD AND COUNTRY SERVICES AT CALVARY TODAY. CHURCH WAS PACKED AND THE SPIRIT WONDERFUL. CHUCK IS AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE AND IS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE BALITMORE RESCUE MISSION. WHAT A PLACE AND WHAT A RESPONSIBILITY. CHUCK AND HIS STAFF WILL SERVICE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND MEALS A YEAR AT THE MISSION. MEN AND WOMEN CAN COME IN ABOUT FOUR THIRTY EVERY DAY AND MUST LEAVE AT EIGHT THIRTY THE NEXT MORNING. THANK THE LORD FOR SUCH A PLACE. PRAY FOR CHUCK AND HIS FAMILY AS THIS IS A NEVER ENDING RESPONSIBILITY. WARM REGARDS

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SOUTH CHARLOTTE

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF PREACHING AT MY HOME CHURCH THIS PAST WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WHAT A JOY IT WAS. PASTOR EDWARDS WAS AWAY IN MEETINGS WITH HIS DAD, DR. MIKE EDWARDS. WE HAD A VERY GOOD CROWD PRESENT, PERHAPS TWO HUNDRED OR MORE AND AS USUAL SO VERY EASY TO PREACH "FOR". PASTOR HAS EVERYONE WELL FED WHICH ALWAYS OPENS THE DOOR FOR AN "EASY" SERVICE. PASTOR'S ASSISTANT JESSE ARCHER PRESIDED AND HANDLED EVERY DETAIL OF THE SERVICE WELL. IF IN CHARLOTTE BE SURE TO DROP BY GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF SOUTH CHARLOTTE MEETING IN THE WEDDINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL UNTIL OUR CHURCH CAN BE BUILT ON NEARBY ACERAGE PURCHASED AND PAID FOR.

OLD BETHEL CHURCH, MARKLESTON,PA

GREAT SERVICES AT OLD BETHEL CHURCH ON SATURDAY EVENING 28 MAY AND ON SUNDAY THE 29TH. WONDERFUL GOD AND COUNTRY SERVICES ON THE LORD'S DAY. THIS IS A DIFFICULT CHURCH TO LOCATE (SMILING I SAY THIS AND IN JEST) AS IT SITS HIGH IN THE PENNSYLVANIA MOUNTAINS, IS ITSELF A BEAUTIFUL BRICK EDIFICE WITH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND PASTORED BY A GREAT MAN, DOUG BAKER. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MOST FRIENDLY PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET. IT SITS APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN MILES FROM SOMERSET BUT IS WORTH THE DRIVE SHOULD YOU BE IN THE AREA.

GREAT CLOSING SERVICE AT LAUREL MOUNTAIN CHAPEL

WE HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR A MAN TO ACCEPT AN INVITATION TO COME AND FRIDAY NIGHT ON THE CLOSING HE CAME, HE AND HIS WIFE AND SMALL CHILD. THE LORD SAVED HIS SOUL AND THE SOUL OF A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL. THIS MAN HAD BEEN IN SERIOUS TROUBLE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND WAS TANGLED UP WITH DRUGS FOLKS ALL OVER THESE MOUNTAINS HAD BEEN PRAYING THAT HE WOULD GET SAVED - WELL FRIDAY NIGHT THE LORD SAVED HIM. WHAT A REJOICING TIME WE HAD WITH THIS BIG FELLOW AS HE WAS DEALT WITH AND PROMISED THE PASTOR THAT HE WOULD BE IN CHURCH ON THE LORD'S DAY. HOW VERY GOOD OUR GOD IS. HIS SISTER AND HER HUSBAND ATTEND THE CHAPEL AND WERE, I AM CERTAIN, THE PRIME MOVERS IN HIS SALVATION AS THEY HAD BEGGED THE LORD FOR MANY YEARS THAT HE MIGHT BE SAVED.

LAUREL MOUNTAIN CHAPEL, SOMERSET, PA.

I HAVE BEEN COMING HERE FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS AND ALWAYS, I SAY AGAIN ALWAYS, THE LORD HAS MET WITH US AND PROVIDED WONDERFUL SPIRIT FILLED MEETINGS IN THIS CHURCH. PASTOR JUDY HAS BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS (EXACT NUMBER UNKNOWN) AND HAS PROVIDED KIND AND WELL THOUGHT OF LEADERSHIP TO THE MEMBERS AS WELL AS THOSE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE CROWDS HAVE BEEN GOOD AND THE WEATHER GREAT. THANK YOU ALL FOR PRAYING. ONE DEAR OLD SAINT OF GOD WALKED UP TO ME LAST NIGHT AFTER THE SERVICE ACCOMPANIED BY HER SON AND SHOWED ME HER BIBLE WHERE I LED HER TO THE LORD MANY YEARS AGO (SHE IS IN HER NINETIES NOW). WHAT A BLESSING TO CLIP THOSE KINDS OF COUPONS. I APPRECIATE SO VERY MUCH YOUR HELP FOR SUPPORTING HELP HAS DWINDLED AND THERE ARE NOW FIVE OF US. THE LORD IS MAKING SURE HOWEVER THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN CARE OF SO KEEP ON PRAYING! WARM REGARDS

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH, ROLESVILLE​, NC

GOOD MEETING SUNDAY THRU WEDNESDAY AT LIGHTHOUSE. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW CHURCH (IN A NEW FACILITY). LIGHTHOUSE IS ABOUT TO PURCHASE AN OLD OLDER CHURCH HOUSE SITTING ON AN ACRE AND A HALF LOT, WITH A FOUR BEDROOM PARSONAGE/GARAGE AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT. PRAY FOR THESE FOLKS AS WE ALL KNOW THAT MONEY IS TIGHT TODAY AND THE BANKS ARE WARY OF CHURCH FINANCES! ROLESVILLE IS THE LAST OF MANY SMALL CITIES SITTING JUST OFF THE CITY LIMITS OF RALEIGH. PASTOR GREENE AND HIS FOLKS HAVE A WELL OF OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE PROPERTY AS THE POPULATION IN THIS AREA IS GROWING IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS. WHEN IN RALEIGH BE SURE AND VISIT - FRIENDLY PEOPLE IN A FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE!

GANTT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, CAYCE, SC

GREAT SERVICES ON THE LORD'S DAY LAST. TREMENDOUS CROWD WITH GOD'S PEOPLE REJOICING. THIS IS A LARGE CHURCH WITH HOPES OF BEING IN THEIR NEW BUILDING WITHIN THREE WEEKS. I WAS ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING WITH HIGH VAULTED CEILINGS AND STAINED GLASS WINDOWS - WHAT A TRIBUTE TO THE GRACE OF GOD. THE MAIN FLOOR WILL SEAT SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED IN THE BALCONY. PASTOR ROWELL IS A WONDERFUL KIND MAN OF GOD WITH A GREAT FAMILY AND FRIENDLY CONGREGATION. IF EVER YOU FIND YOURSELF IN COLUMBIA, SC, CAYCE IS ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF TOWN - DROP IN FOR SOME GREAT MUSIC AND EXTROIDNARY BIBLE PREACHING.

LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST CHURCH, LAFAYETTE, IN.

GREAT SERVICES HERE AT LIGHTHOUSE BAPTIST, PASTOR MURDOCK IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, THE CHURCH IS STRONG, ACTIVE AND FILLED WITH JOY. WE ENJOYED FOUR DAYS OF MEETINGS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SIX MAKEING DECISISIONS FOR CHRIST ON RESURRECTION SUNDAY. I MINISTERED THE WORD FOUR TIMES ON SUNDAY - A SUNRISE SERVICE, SUNDAY SCHOOL, THE MORINING WORSHIP AND THEN THE EVENING SERVICE. MY HOW THE DEAR LORD MET WITH US AS NOT ONLY WAS THE ALTAR FILLED BUT ONE ROMAN CATHOLIC THAT WAS SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE WAS BACK AND INDICATED THAT HE "WAS THERE TO STAY". PTL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. GOD IS USING YOU AS HE USES ME. WARM REGARDS PS I HAVE A FULL PLATE FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH, MOORESVILL​E, IND.

WONDERFUL PALM SUNDAY AT GOOD SHEPHERD BAPTIST CHURCH, SIX PROFESSIONS OF FAITH, WONDERFUL ALTAR CALLS, PREACHED THREE TIMES TODAY. GREAT FOLKS, FRIENDLY AND CORDIAL IN EVERY RESPECT. PASTOR HAS BEEN THE PASTOR FOR FOUR YEARS AND IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. THE CHURCH IS A BEAUTIFUL LARGE CHURCH THAT SITS ATOP A HILL JUST OUTSIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS. IF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN INDIANAPOLIS ON A SUNDAY THE CHURCH IS ABOUT NINE OR TEN MILES EAST OF THE CITY. YOU WILL BE WARMLY WELCOMED. THIS IS AN OLD FASHIONED BAPTIST CHURCH WITH OLD FASHIONED POLITY.

GOOD NEWS BAPTIST CHURCH, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

GREAT DAYS AT GOOD NEWS, NINE DEAR SOULS PROFESSED CHRIST ON SUNDAY MORNING; I WALKED OVER TO A NEARBY HOUSE SUNDAY EVENING WHERE A COUPLE WERE GRILLING AND ASKED THEM "WHAT TIME IS SUPPER:".........THEY OF COURSE LAUGHED AND OFFERED ME A HAMBURGER. I DECLINED BUT THANKED THEM AND THEN INVITED THEM TO THE SERVICE, BOTH WERE IN SHORTS (WHICH MADE NO DIFFERENCE BUT FELT SECURE WHEN I ASK THEM TO COME AS YOU ARE) WITH A SMALL FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL - THEY CAME AND I LED THE MAN TO THE LORD AND THE PASTORS WIFE DEALT WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE ALTARS HAVE BEEN FULL EACH SERVICE AND THE FOLKS OF GOOD NEWS A SINCERE BLESSING. KIND AND FRIENDLY PEOPLE WITH A HEART FOR GOD. THIS IS MY SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK IN IOWA, I AM THINKING ABOUT MOVING HERE. SMILE. PASTOR OSTERKAMP (A PCC GRAD) HAS BEEN PASTOR FOR CLOSE TO A YEAR AND IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB OF BRINGING EVERYTHING TOGETHER FOR THE DEAR LORD. THE CHURCH IS AN OLD BUT BEAUTIFUL BRICK BUILDING WITH STAINED GLASS WINDOWS AND TONS OF ROOM. WHAT A BLESSING IT WOULD BE IF ALL OUR INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCHES COULD BE HOUSED IN SUCH A WONDERFUL SETTING WHICH ALWAYS CONJURES UP THE THOUGHTS OF "BEING IN CHURCH". THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS GOD IS MOVING IN A WONDERFUL MANNER. THE PASTOR AND I HAVE SEVERAL VERY SERIOUS SITUATIONS TO DEAL WITH TODAY - PLEASE PRAY!

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, OTTUMAH, IOWA

GREAT CLOSE OUT AT CALVARY, PASTOR IS HAPPY AND WANTS ANOTHER MEETING WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD BIT OF NEWS FOR WE EVANGELISTS. THE LORD MET WITH US ALL WEEK WITH MANY DECISIONS ON THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. IT IS ALWAYS AN ENCOURAGEING SIGN WHEN THE PEOPLE OF GOD RESPOND TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND DO SOMETHING RATHER THAN JUST SIT IN THE PEW. PASTOR KENDALL HAS BEEN AT CALVARY FOR OVER EIGHTEEN YEARS AND CONTINUES TO LEAD WITH WISDOM AND KIND AND GENTLE CARE. I WAS WITH HIM IN WISCONSIN THE YEAR BEFORE HE CAME HERE AND IN BOTH CHURCHES HE CONTINUES TO BE WELL THOUGHT OF. GOOD DECISIONS AND GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE LORD DID AND WAS DOING DURING THE WEEK. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. WE LOVE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOUR HOLDING THE ROPE WITH US. WARM REGARDS.