As many of you know, we are currently raising funds to help our second church plant purchase land; this will allow them to have a permanent location for their church. For the past four years, Pastor Pablo Rojas and his wife have been leading the church, and the Lord has blessed them greatly. For the next few days I wanted to send out some videos that Pastor Pablo filmed so that … [Read more...]
July Prayer Letter
The Birth of a Church:There is nothing more exciting than the birth of a child. When Beth was expecting our first, I remember that several people told me that it would change my life. I responded to them with the typical, “Yea I am sure it will” but had no idea how much it really would change everything. From the excitement, to the fear of not knowing what to do, it was a … [Read more...]
The Church is Growing
We had a wonderful Sunday yesterday, full of activity and blessings from the Lord. Several weeks ago, one of the men from the church asked me if we could have a special prayer for his daughter, for her first birthday, in the service. We hadn’t planned a baby dedication service yet but we went ahead and opened it up to anyone else that might like to participate. One of the … [Read more...]
First Steps
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...]
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...]