WHAT A MEETING!!

This past week, our family had the opportunity to attend the 6th Annual Pastor's Conference at the Trinity Baptist Church of Newport, Oregon. The theme of this meeting was "Falling Pillars and Broken Foundations". There were Pastors there from Oregon, Washington, Missouri, and Tennessee.

One of the speakers at the conference was Pastor James Beller from Missouri. Bro. Beller is the author of "America In Crimson Red". He is a Baptist historian and Pastor of the Arnold Baptist Tabernacle. He challenged us with three outstanding messages: "Falling Pillars", "One Faith", and "Church Planting Baptist."

Other messages thought provoking messages during the week were "Truth Absolute" preached by Adam Hudgins of the Trinity BC in Newport, "He's Still on the Throne" by Larry Brannon of the Cedar Ridge BC in Knoxville, Tennessee, "Time Redemption" by Danny Dixon also of the Cedar Ridge BC, "Letter vs Spirit of the Law", and "To Knock or Not to Knock" by Rex Smith of Mt View BC in Kelso, WA. All of the messages were great, but these are the ones that have stuck out in our minds.

Leroy had the opportunity to preach Friday Morning. He preached on "Compromise in the 21st Century". He preached from Proverbs 23:23 and challenged the preachers to stand for the truth and to not be for sale.

What a blessing it was to be at this meeting. Already can't wait for next year. The entire conference is going to be on Hell!

update

Hello,

Things have been kinda Crazy around here since the last time we blogged. God has been good to us. Leroy has been preaching some awesome messages ( as always ) and For myself i have been dealing with the Braxton Hicks contractions YAY. On Monday Jan 18th we took the kids to the Oregon zoo for some family down time and wow can you say we were all wore out LOL. Well i am almost 7 months along now and i have had this nesting thing going on. We will be packing to go to a meeting next weekend where Leroy is Preaching Friday Morning.

Thanks to a friend we just got a cradle for little Savanna. The quilt will fit perfect in there, so naturally i am excited. The Kids are getting excited about there baby sister being here soon, well Dixie is like super stoked lol.We will be having a visit from his parents coming up in March and we are hoping that Leroy's Grandma and Grandpa will be coming too.

We will be adding pictures as soon as i figure out how. May God Bless each of you and your families.

Sister Sandy Goodman

NEW YEAR

Well the New Year has arrived. This has already been a busy year for our family and it is just getting started. With things that we already know are scheduled for this year, it is only going to get busier.

To start off with, the New Year brought with it a new ministry for our family. On December 31, Leroy officially became the Pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church in St Helens, OR. For the past 3 months, God had given us time to heal our wounds, make new friends, and learn about the work here in St Helens, but now it is time to get to work. You can visit the churches website at www.fmbcsthelensor.com in order to see where God has placed us.

The first week of our ministry here brought about our first opportunity to host a Missionary and his family. We were privileged of having the Brian Elam Family here with us for three days. The Elams are Canadian missionaries to the country of Russia. They have three boys so Adam and Dixie were excited to have other children their age to play with. Also, you know how preachers can be when they get together, so this brought about 3 nights of getting to bed late.

Sandy is progressing well with the pregnancy. She has had a few bumps in the road with her health but overall things are looking good. The baby is due May 3 and we are expecting a girl. Dixie has chosen the name of Savanna Joy for the baby. Adam is not too happy about now having two sisters. I think he is praying that the doctor was wrong on the sex of the baby.

Well we will sign out for now. We are new to the blogging process so it will take us some time to get things going. Look for pictures in the near future.