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February, 2007
Dear Friends,
This is the February Update for the Earnharts’ Local Church
Ministries.
We have been at home in Escondido for the month of January,
and we will be here for all of February as well, with
meetings in area churches.
We spend Christmas and New Years Sundays at Faith Baptist
Church in Yuma, AZ, which is currently without a pastor. We
drove home on New Years Day.
I got to watch some of the college football games after I
got home, and there were a couple of good ones. I don’t
watch TV sports very much- never have- I’d rather play than
watch! But I like the college football and basketball
playoffs. I don’t care much any more for the NFL or the
NBA. I’m afraid the great majority of players, and coaches,
too, have let their talent and their income get way ahead of
their character! I have played sports for over 50 years,
and still play basketball (it has been my exercise program
for years) 2 to 3 times a week, if I’m home. It’s hard to
do on the road. But the idea of sports is valuable, not for
talent, and not for money, but for the lessons it can teach
the players. I have always said, I can tell more about a
teen (or an adult) after one basketball or softball game
than watching them a whole month- or two!- in church.
We have visited several times at Calvary Baptist in
Temecula, Pastor Bill Rench. It is one of our favorite
places to go. We were privileged to preach for Pastor
Willie Del at Mira Mesa Bible Baptist Church, a mostly
Filipino congregation. They were having a Parent/Teen
meeting in the afternoon, and I spoke to the teens there
also. I used a message I call “Three Kinds of Christians”-
John Mark, Demas, and Timothy.
We also got to visit at our old church, Fundamental Baptist
of Escondido, on Wednesday night of the Paul Crow
evangelistic meetings. Bro. Paul preached well, as he
always does, and we enjoyed the fellowship of Pastor Ernie
Merritt and his people. We also heard that the Crows
received a very good love offering, and we were glad for
that.
Ruth Ann had a week in the hospital not long after we got
home from Yuma, and there was talk of some corrective
abdominal surgery. After consulting together, the doctors
have advised waiting, that the risks outweigh the benefits
at this time. We had already decided that Joan and Ruth Ann
would not make the trip to Spain and Germany with me, and
that episode just confirmed that decision to be correct.
I hate to discourage those of you Up North, but we had to
keep our doors shut today, so the house would not get too
hot! But we are in for cooler weather and rain in a couple
of days. You should hear them talk about storms on the TV
weather- “Next, we’ll bring you the Channel 9 Storm Watch!”
We have been
working on the Web site, so go look.
www.earnharts.com/localchurchmin
Until Next Time,
Dave
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Dave Earnhart
2934 Jed Rd
Escondido, CA 92027
760-310-0830
www.earnharts.com/localchurchmin
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