22 November , 2012

Dear Friends,

On this US Thanksgiving Day, we find ourselves with so much to be thankful for that it is hard to know where to begin!

Growing Family. We write this update to you today from the home of our daughter Nicole, and her husband Eric, in Horseheads, New York. God has blessed them, along with big-brother Asher, and all of us, with a new baby boy. Cayden Robert McCrorey was born a week ago, and he is beautiful! We are so blessed to be able to be here to lend a hand and visit them! This Sunday we will participate in the dedication of Cayden to the Lord, along with Eric's parents.

Growing Church. Converge International Fellowship has officially been open for 7 weeks. It has been a wonderful and exciting time! On October 24, at the Annual Convention Meeting of the International Baptist Convention, we were officially welcomed as an Associate Member Church (see photo). Think about it! Today a church is ministering and growing that did not exist a year ago! God is so good! Each week we see new faces and meet new friends. God continues to bless us with families and students who come to us from countries as diverse as England, Cameroon and China. At one of our LIFE Groups recently a new friend from South Africa joined the group, and an old friend rejoined the group from Denmark via Skype!

God has been making it clear to us that ministry to the International Student population is going to be an even larger component of our mission here than we ever imagined. We continue to meet students in need of everything from language assistance to housing. Please pray for us as we seek His direction to minister to this diverse and open group.

Healing bodies. Bob spent four days in the hospital in Darmstadt last week with a kidney stone. God was so good through it all – if it had been a week later, it would have been on our departure date for the US! God is so good – He even made sure Bob had an aisle seat right in front of the lavatory on the flight over here!

Faithful Friends. While we have been blessed with new friends from all over the world, we know that it is our long-term faithful friends like you who make it all possible. We are blessed by your love, support and prayers for us as we live, work and minister in Darmstadt. Thank you for your participation in our mission! We could not do it without you! Please join us in giving thanks to God for His eternal faithfulness!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

~ Bob & Carol