PRAY

"Men ought always to pray and not to faint."

I have several prayer requests for you to bring before the Lord today:

• Todd Clardy, 18 yr old who is in ICU and in critical condition following an auto accident the day after his birthday. His parents, Lonnie and Teresa are a sweet Christian couple from down in Caledonia, MS.
• DAD Sauvageot - having serious back trouble and waiting for the results form an MRI he had done last week. . .pray for Mama, too.
• Susan and Trevor Sauvageot are staying with their Sauvageot grandparents for a few days then will be heading back to Australia. We have had a great time with them this summer.
• Peggy Box - broken foot while she is away from home.
• Heritage Academy preparing for the new year.
• Wildwood Baptist Church - God has given us some good service lately. He is cleaning us up so that we can go forward for Him. We are praying that the devil will not gain an advantage on any of the church folks and that the Lord would give us an increase. We will trust Him to do this for us as we simply plant and water. Isn't it great to be laboring together with God?
  
• A young lady named Brandi has relocated to a Christian rehab home. Pray for her as she continues to grow in the Lord. This is a great step for her.

Thank God for friends who love the Lord and who have shown their love to us recently. God has used them to be an encouragement. Thanks be to Him!

Slow Down Summer!

This month has been a blur! ACE International Student Convention, Vacation Bible School, Youth Camp, and we are just now getting to catch a breath. It has been good though. ISC was a week of good preaching and good fellowship with the family and friends we had not seen in a while. It was especially good to see several of our Australian aquaintances again.

VBS - space theme - went well. We tried some new things and God blessed. Many made decisions for the Lord during the week. We especially thank God for the workers who were willing to get involved each day. Thanks to all of them!

Teen Camp week was interrupted for Brenda and I as we returned home for the funeral of a dear brother in Christ, Robert Sandefur. Robert had suffered from lung troubles and liver cancer. He was ready to go Home, but we continue to pray for his family especially his wife of over 50 years, Elois. Returning to camp. Sand Mountain Bible Camp's board selected a new Camp Director: Duane Moore, evangelist from Georgia. We did have a good week. The Lord gave unusual liberty to the preachers. Many did business with God. God touched our hearts and renewed our vision as well.

We are praying about opportunities for a summer mission trip next year for the youth at Wildwood. Please pray with us in this matter. We want God's direction as we seek to serve Him and encourage others in their walk with Him.

Brother Bridges has asked me to preach on Sunday mornings. The Lord has laid 1 Corinthians chapter 1 on my heart so far. He is working in hearts for which we give Him all the credit and the glory. Sunday morning some that the preacher has been counselling recently came forward during the invitation to make things right with God. That blessed all of our hearts. They were back Sunday night which is a good sign, too. Pray for the ministry here at Wildwood. We want Him to work in a mighty way to save souls and to draw Christians into a close walk of fellowship and service for Him.

Well, your summer may be going faster than ours. We aren't complaining, just asking God for strength, wisdom, and His blessings.

Sunshine!

A beautiful day in the neighborhood, Tupelo, MS. School as normal and a little horticulture mixed in as the students went and helped plant some green beans. The white tomatoes given to us by a friend in Missouri are beginning to come up. To these we have added some red and yellow tomato plants so our harvest should be colorful.

Mike and Brenda went dating last night! Olive Garden provided the food. We had a relaxing time and went to Lowe's afterwards. The kids did their normal Monday night pickin' with Brother Mitch Robbins.

Brother Terry Herndon, our friend and leader of our Wildwood's Reformer's Unanimous program, has a birthday today. If you know him, let him hear from you.

Steve and Jennie's blog has been updated, too. They have a lot of neat pictures of some of our friends from Indiana. We are a bit jealous in a good way. :-)

First Blog

You have to start somewhere. This blog represents the Sauvageot family American, southern version where ya'll is singular and all ya'll is plural.

Introductions are in order.

Mike, the husband and daddy, aged like sharp, sharp, sharp cheddar. Mike helps pastor the Wildwood Baptist Church of Tupelo, MS. He is also the principal of Heritage Academy.

Brenda, our sweet wife and Mamma. Mamma teaches at Heritage Academy, teaches piano and voice lessons, and keeps track of Daddy. She is the sweetness of the family, the jelly of this PBJ.

Cari, our daughter is 20 and taking courses in college. She is praying about what the Lord would have her do and leans toward mission work. She is an accomplished musician and singer, helps with a Sunday School class, and teaches at Heritage Academy, too. She also is very pretty like her mother.

Caleb, our baby boy, graduated last May. He stands 6'5" and weighs 235 lbs. While he does not play linebacker, he does preach a pretty powerful message when he preaches. God is leading Caleb into ministry and has already blessed his work. He teaches PE, teaches guitar lessons, teaches a Sunday School class, and is an intern at Wildwood Baptist.

RECENT ACTIVITIES

Steve and Jennie Sauvageot and their family from Australia were just with us for almost a week. We had such a good time!! Along with all of the great food we enjoyed, we also reintroduced ourselves to the game of golf. That will have to be a blog for another time.

The Sauvageot's from "Down Under" are expecting their sixth child. Pray for them as they travel and visit churches while they are here in the US. The grandparents are certainly excited, too.