Kristen Bowen : I am doing well. Lately the Lord has been teaching me so much about His grace and faithfulness! I praise Him for that! Brian Jones (seminary student at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary): Please continue to pray for Ashley and I as we continue classes and draw closer to her graduation. Pray that the Lord will show us direction for our next stage of life and where he would have us serve. Also pray that in these last few weeks of winter and cold, that we would remain healthy and fight off colds and viruses from the kids that Ashley and I work with at our jobs. It's hard to stay healthy most times. We are praying for our GA church family and miss you all! We are so thankful to have a church family that holds the rope and faithfully lifts us up in prayer! M&H : The year of the Sheep is upon us. We just got back from our conference in T and are back in the swing of things in our city. The new year celebration has been in full force with constant fireworks and firecrackers. For students, the holiday is basically from early January to late February. Most of our friends will return home in the next week. This means our work will be busy very soon. As always, we covet your pr@yers, and daily realize our need for the Father’s grace to lead and empower the work here. Requests: •Teaching: H begins teaching again on Sunday. We are asking the Father to give us a relationship with one family through the school. We haven’t made any solid relationships thus far at her English school. •English Corners: We will have a couple of English corners to kick off the new semester and re-connect with old friends. Ask the Father for many to come, and for an open door to share. •Seeker Study: We will replace our English corners of last Fall with a seeker study. Many of our friends are interested in coming. It will be an eight week study. We would love for the Father to open a door for a second one. Ask that many would come to know the father through these studies. •Contacts: We have a long list of contacts that we have met through English Corners and Christmas parties. We want to meet with them individually to share the Truth. •Language: Ask that we would continue to progress. Our personal goal is to be able, by the end of the year, to share the Truth in the language. Troy Poe (answered the call to vocational ministry): Thank you for all the prayers and encouragements! Please continue to pray for school. Also continue to pray for the internship I will be doing this summer in California. I have received word from there that they are preparing for VBS already. I will be teaching an age group, so pray I will be able to minister and serve effectively with this group. As for now pray I will stay focused on kingdom things and have my priorities in check. Thank you once again. Bryan & Brittany Kelly (seminary couple at Boyce School/ Southern Baptist Theological Seminary): Thank y'all for the prayers. Can't wait to hear about the South Africa trip and what God is doing there. We are praying for the weather down in GA. We are supposed to get some more snow tonight too. Pray for safe travels to and from work because there is a lot of ice still on the roads. Pray also for school as we are heading toward midterms in a couple of weeks. We are praying for you all too. Emily Payne : Thank you for you prayers! I am praising God that the Africa team made it home safely, and with all their luggage! I know it was a close one. It has been good to be able to share experiences with my parents. I'm so thankful they got to go! Pray for Disciple Now coming up next weekend! I am excited to be able to lead a group. I pray that the Holy Spirit would move in our time together. Thank you for praying with me Grove Level! Love you all! Julie Parham : I am extremely excited for the upcoming events at GLBC and I am praying for all of the changes! I have the privilege of being a part of Disciple Now and I will be leading a group. Please pray that my heart will be ready to pour into these young teens lives. Please continue to pray I will be bold in my faith and share the Gospel with some of my lost friends that desperately need Christ. Since I've been home I've been looking at different mission opportunities for the future. Please pray I will listen to the Lord and seek his desires and not my own. Thank you for all of your prayers! Can't wait to see what God is going to do with our church! Mark & Gynnette Yoho (Fourth Watch Ministry): I cannot thank GLBC enough for the prayer coverage while we were in New Orleans for the Mardi Gras outreach. I am on the road home today and physically exhausted from the overreach. I have great things to share with you and I need a little time to get some statistics and my thoughts cleared. Please look for an update next week. GOD is awesome and so is Grove Level. Thanks for your prayers and support. Birthdays: Teresa Thomas 3/1; Phillip Kight 3/2; Kellie Crowe 3/11 Julie & Michelle Parham 1812 Glenbrook Place Dalton, GA 30720-7103 Emily Payne 1913 Beaverdale Road NE Dalton, GA 30721-7244 Troy Poe 556 Harvest Way Dalton, GA 30721-2460 Thomas & Paige Queen & Family Suite H17, P/Bag X9118 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 3200 M&H (mailing address) 504 Cherees Way Dalton, GA 30720-4349 BJabc (mailing address) 4551 Old Dalton Rd NE Rome, GA 30165-8914 Mark & Gynnette Yoho 840 Mountain Loop Rd NW Sugar Valley, GA 30746 Kristen Bowen 7801 N. Tigerville Road, Box 2282 Tigerville, SC 29688 Chandler Coker (mailing address) 142 Woody Pond Way Dalton, GA 30721-7387 David & Kellie Crowe & Family 417 Craig Run Road Waynesburg, PA 15370-2729 Brian Jones 704 Ridgetop Way Wake Forest, NC 27587 Chad Keeter 825 Gaines School Rd. Apt 219 Athens, GA 30605 Bryan & Brittany Kelly 315 Crescent Court Louisville Ky 40206