Here are some of the highlights from September and October:
- September 4: Ministry luncheon; first Wednesday evening service for Providence Downtown in the New Destiny Ministries Hub
- September 6: Heard Evangelist Will Graham at the Big Sky Celebration in Helena, Montana
- September 7: Lunch and tour at the new facilities for the Butte Rescue Mission in Montana
- September 12: IFRM staff breakfast and devotion with Pastor Ryan
- September 14: Wedding reception with the Andersons.
- September 17: Marked 4 years for ministry with the Idaho Falls Rescue Mission
- September 19: Eastern Idaho Pastors Coalition meeting
- September 20: IFRM Banquet at the Waterfront
- September 22-24: CONNECT Pastors Retreat at Old Faithful Christian Ranch
- September 30: Rosh Hashana; a group of us enjoyed a matinee showing of the movie, “Overcomer”
- October 2-4: Evergreen District Conference at the UGM Women and Children’s Center in Coeur d’Alene
- October 8-14: Hosted Dr. Johnson and Susan George from India in our home
- October 17-18: Utah-Idaho SBC Pastors Conference and Convention
- October 20: Afternoon ministry in the Bonneville County Jail
- October 25: Meeting with Dr. Stan Ponz, president of Florida Bible College
- October 27: Hands4Uganda ministry presentation at Shepherd of the Falls Lutheran Church
Would you like to contribute financially on a monthly basis to my missionary work? Here are a couple of ways: (1) Send the contribution to Emmaus Road Church and specifically mark it as “missionary fund for Todd Wood”, or (2) You are welcome to give directly to me. Thank you so much!
On the home front:
Once again, our four young-adult children have jumped into the pool of academia. Elon is enrolled in the MBA program at Idaho State University and hoping to be accepted in the Scholarship for Service program through NIATEC in January 2020. Hannah is back at Bob Jones University to finish her senior year for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Mariah is in her junior year at the University of Idaho with a double major in philosophy and sociology (criminology emphasis) and a double minor in justice studies and journalism. We think she would like to be a judge someday. And our high school football player, Micaiah, is tackling a full load of AP classes for his senior year at Skyline High School.
Prayer requests:
- Pray that I might obtain a reliable vehicle with good gas mileage as I travel around eastern Idaho.
- Pray for our family, my wife and kids.
- Pray for our little church plant, Providence Downtown Church.
- Pray for the Idaho Falls Rescue Mission.
- Pray for the Shepherd of the Falls Lutheran Church family in American Falls
- Pray for the advancement of Christ’s Kingdom in East Idaho.
My four current ministry objectives:
- Be a servant missionary-pastor with Providence Downtown Church that specifically ministers to the incarcerated, the addicted, the homeless, and impoverished. It is a church ministering and bringing mercy to those in the margins.
- Minister as a pastor with the Idaho Falls Rescue Mission.
- Pulpit supply and pastoral encouragement to the Shepherd of the Falls Lutheran Church family.
- Be a blessing to the pastors in Idaho Falls and throughout the region through the Eastern Idaho Pastors Coalition (EIPC)
May Jesus reign as King!
roots by the river,
Todd Wood (downtown missionary)
Providence Downtown - Roots by the River 