I can remember, as my children were growing, how excited we were when the took their first steps. They all started pretty early, with Titus being the most active and daring. It was almost humorous because he never really crawled but as soon as he started standing, he took off. With him it wasn't even a few steps at a time but he literally would run, almost falling forward until … [Read more...]
May Prayer Letter
Faith as a Child:At this time I am preaching through Matthew chapter 18, and it is interesting to me how Jesus calls a child to Himself to give an illustration about childlike faith and how we must trust Him in that way. Then He goes on to talk about the importance of not being a stumbling block to these little children, and the grave consequences for those that do. All of this … [Read more...]
Training to Help Others
What a wonderful time we had recently in our pastor’s training classes. This is the third year that we have the classes and each year it has been a great blessing and help. This year’s theme was biblical counseling. This is a subject that applies directly to most pastors and ministry workers because one of their main responsibilities is to disciple, counsel and help the people … [Read more...]
April Prayer Letter
Precious in His Sight (Psa 116:15):Over the past year or so we have asked you to pray for little Maité that had the brain tumor. This past month she had her graduation to heaven. Just a week or so before, we went to visit her, and she could barely sit up and barely talk and the only thing she could eat was jello or yogurt. The amazing thing was though that she would still try … [Read more...]
Honoring Fathers
We recently celebrated Father's Day here in Bolivia, and each year we have something special at our church also. The date that we celebrate it is a little different than in the US, and it probably is not as big of a deal either. That is why we try and make it special and recognize the privilege and responsibility it is to be a father. We had guests visiting that were here for … [Read more...]