This week I will be headed to Budapest, Hungary with Melissa and Cassidy on my final mission trip as an IMB Trustee.  We ask for your prayers as we travel and engage with multiple teams of missionaries there. Budapest is a hub city for our teams in Europe, so this is an opportunity to encourage many of our workers in one place.  

Thank you for all your support during the past eight years as I have served these two four-year terms as a Trustee.  By God’s grace, I’ve been able to Chair the Global  Engagement Committee, the Training Committee, and the European Peoples Committee during these two terms.  It has been eye-opening and heart-warming to be a part of our work up close.  It has also been a perfect match given the generous giving of our church to the International Mission Board.  Believe, it is a worthwhile investment…our church is making an eternal impact for Christ around the world! 

This week one of our own, Dr. Jordan Jones, will bring the message.  Jordan is one of our deacons and Sunday School teachers, and a professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at Regent.  He will be bringing a message from Nahum.  I’m sure he will bring a rich exposition from a Book we don’t hear much about.  What a blessing to have the Jones family in our FBC family!  I know you’ll welcome Jordan warmly as he preaches the Word in my stead.  

Thanks for your prayers, and I’m sure I’ll have exciting things to share with you after we return.    

By His Grace, For His Glory, To The Nations, 

Dr. Thurman Hayes, Jr.