Yesterday we had a special day in the church. It was an action packed day with baptisms in the morning and the Lord's Supper at night. In the morning we had 7 that were baptized and around 10 first time visitors there to see the baptism. In the night we had a great group that came to participate in the Lord's Supper. For many people here it a very special time possibly from … [Read more...]
Giving by Faith
Last week we had our second annual mission's conference in the church and the Lord blessed greatly. Today we gave each person the opportunity to participate in missions by giving out Faith Promise cards for everyone to fill out. At the end of the service we passed out the cards and then explained how to fill them out. After taking them up we were able to count to get an … [Read more...]
Moses and Ruth visited the Church
Tonight we had a special activity in the church for the kid's club that we have. It was dress up night. Each child was to dress up as a Bible character. It is truly a blessing to see the hard work that my wife and the other ladies of the church put into our children's ministry. In all, there were more than 60 children that came dressed up as characters from Moses to Ruth. It is … [Read more...]
The Light of the World
This past Friday through Sunday we had our second annual mission's conference. Our special speaker was missionary Felipe Choquehuanca. He was a pastor in Arequipa Peru for more than 10 years and now has surrendered to be a missionary in Africa. He is now raising his support and we were the first church that he visited. It was truly a great conference with such a sweet spirit. … [Read more...]
Pictures from the Trip
Here are a few pictures of the scenery that we saw for 14 hours on our trip to Peru this past week. The Andes mountains truly show the beauty of God's creation. One of the things that impacted me as we traveled was that for the entire 14 hours there was never a time that we didn't see a small hut or village by the roadside. All I could think was who is telling these people … [Read more...]