Dave and I were at the Grapevine celebration in Lincoln, England a week ago. This year it was titled: "An International Celebration of Hope." This is Dave's fourth time and my third time to go with the 40 men and women and camp at the showground from Friday - Monday. As always - God meets us there in the worship, the word and the fellowship we find in our camp. On Saturday night, Kent & MaryAlice were were interviewed in the main venue - to a crowd of 6,000+ people and their daughter, Trish and a friend, Celina did a dance. They received a prophetic word that "help was on it's way" and that Betel is entering a season of refreshing. It's been very encouraging as we have felt that the past couple of years have been difficult. God's grace is always sufficient! I can't believe we're almost to the fall! It is definately feeling like a new season here. We're starting small groups tonight with all the men and women. I'm looking forward to helping MaryAlice lead the women's house bible study. For the past couple of months (starting when Kent & MaryAlice were away in July) I have been helping to supervise the women. I've now officially taken the role over to help MaryAlice more and am learning a lot! I know that God is preparing Dave & I both for what he has prepared for us in the future.
As of this week we have over 200 men, women and children in the centres - Birmingham, Derby, Dublin (Ireland), Nottingham and Watford. Speaking of babies - our good friend, Brenda and Dave had a baby girl on August 10th (Brenda's due date - only Brenda could be that efficient!). Chloe Renee Cox weighted 6 lbs, 12 oz and was 19" long. Many of you will remember that Brenda suffered two early miscarriages (December 06 and June 07) so this is such an answer to prayer! I've included a picture - she's cute even with her eyes closed.
Thanks for all your support and prayers. We feel and appreciate them! Please do write when you can.
Lots of love,
Beth (and Dave)
