I am still amazed at our 2009 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions.   Even with the economic conditions not being good, it was agreed that our goal for LMCO would be $1300.00.   Our WMU Director and myself were praying hard that this goal would be met and that we had not set our sights to high.

Just a couple weeks before the offering, I was presented with a check for $1300.00 in matching funds for our LMCO.  Simply all we had to do was reach our goal and we would have $2600.00.   On the day of the offering, which we count during the worship service, some pleasant suprises began to show.   There was an envelope for $500.00 and someone else put in an envelope with $1300.00 in it.   When we finished counting we had not only reach our goal, but we had more than tripled it.  Our offering that Sunday was $4527.55.   Our final total at the end of December was $4575.00

Our average Morning Worship attendance during December was 71 and includes a large group of retirees.   We had a missionary couple from Japan speak in November and a missionary volunteer to Africa.   I guess it proves that if you educate your people about missions they will give to missions.

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!   I look forward to our 2010 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.