February Prayer Letter
Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, We had a very nice time over Christmas with Teri’s parents here for about ten days. We enjoyed spending time with them and having their help in the ministry as well. From December 30 –
The Difference Prayer and God’s Word Makes
I read this in E. M. Bounds book on The Necessity of Prayer: “Some years ago a man was travelling in the wilds of Kentucky. He had with him a large sum of money and was well armed. He put
10 Marks of An Effective Church
I read the following by Dave Early on “10 Marks of an Effective Church” looking at the book of Acts to see what made the church of Antioch effective: Effective Evangelism (Acts 11:19-20) Multicultural Outreach and Appeal (Acts 11:19) Evidence
Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone
I read this encouraging story today from a sermon by W. A. Criswell called “The Armor of God”: Oklahoma, as you know, was Indian territory, and our denomination, our Baptist people sent missionaries to Oklahoma. And two of these missionaries were
How to Deal with Difficult People
Dave Earley gives 8 things that help us to deal with difficult people: Recognize the “difficult” people in your life or when you are becoming a “difficult” person. Realize that they wont change just because you want them to. Remember
Thankful for God’s Provision
The Lord has certainly been good to us over the last couple weeks. I sent out an update about some unexpected expenses that came up this month. We have not received our monthly support statement yet, but we have already
Youth 4 Christ Meeting
Every Saturday night from 7-9 PM is our Youth 4 Christ meeting for teenagers. God has continued to bless this meeting. It has been a real help to our teenagers and also to the young people from other churches who
How to Get Into the UK as a Missionary
Whenever someone attempts to go to any country as a missionary, there are always challenges in regards to visa and government permission to enter a country. The situation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland continues to
Update on Irish Missionary Visa Situation
As some of you may be aware, there has been some difficulties for missionaries/church-planters/pastors who have wanted to come into the Republic of Ireland to preach the gospel and start churches. As of the 1 January, some good news has
Streaming Service
We recently started an exciting extension of our church ministry – live video streaming of the church services. A young man in our church is helping us make this possible on the technical end and doing a great job with