Week 2

Reflections from the Mission Field

I just came home from church (Grace Baptist of Lauerel, Maryland). What a blessing to be among God's people in order to worship His most holy Name. I pray that those who are reading this post attended a worship service. Today we were blessed to have a missionary from Ghana West Africa. As he was sharing what God had laid on his heart I couldn't help but think of FCFInternational. I began to pray about the possibility of our members serving on a missions trip to Accra, the capital city. I asked our speaker if they have firefighters in Accra, and he said absolutely it is a large city after all. So let's pray together that FCFInternational might be able to minister to firefighters in West Africa.

This week has been a little challanging for the office transition. As I am beginning to set up the International off in Arnold, Maryland I am being reminded of red tape. It is going much slower than I would like. Pray that God would grant me patients, and everything would finish up smoothly. I was able to set up out PO Box. It was an interesting process that had me scratching my head and asking why quite a bit. Praise God we were able to get one sooner rather than later. FCFInternationals new address is:

Fellowship of Christian Firefighters International
PO Box 490
Arnold, MD 21012

Our second phone line has been a bit delayed, but Lord willing should be installed Wednesday or Thursday of this week. Once that is finished we can begin to take calls for FCFInternational on the 800 number. Speaking of calls, I am really enjoying calling folks of FCFInternational. I love to be able to encourage everyone and to get to know each and everyone of you. I pray that as the busy work of the office move is complete I can consentrate more on the ministry to firefighters. The fire service needs to hear about Jesus Christ and how He died for sins, was burried, and rose again the third day. I look forward to that wonderful reunion in the sky. I hear that retired firefighters love to get together once a year for a renion in order to see old friends and talk about the good ole days. Those reunions pale in comparison to the one God is planning.

I thank God for everyone that visits this site. I pray that you will be blessed by hearing what God is doing in the fire service. I plan to be able to tell you every detail once the office transition is complete. We are an international organization that seeks to encourage first responders to glorify God. This blog has already been a blessing to me as there has been 8 from Russia, 4 from Germany, 1 from Papa New Guinea, and 1 from Portugal. If any of those folks are firefighters and would love some more information about our group just let me know and I will be happy to help.

I pray that each of you would read God's Word the Bible everyday, and regularly attend a worship service that faithfully preaches from the Bible. I also pray that each of you would find a way to encourage a first responder today.

Let's make encouragement contagious in the fire service.