We praise the Lord that this past week Beth and I were able to travel to Santa Cruz to visit Pastor Juan and his family and the new church they are planting. They have been there for about six months and it is a blessing to see how the church has been growing. While we were there visiting they had their first baptism service where three people were baptized. We had a special … [Read more...]
Who’s Feeding You
One of my main jobs as a missionary is to train others, especially those who are preparing to serve the Lord with their lives. As I have mentioned before, the longer we are in the ministry here, this becomes a bigger part of what we do and where we invest the most of our time. While there are many lessons and Bible principles that I try to share with them, one of the most … [Read more...]
Decisions Decisions
One of the greatest joys that I have in the ministry is to see people make decisions for the Lord. As our church has grown, and many have made decisions, we felt that it was time to look at organizing our new church. This entails a lot of preparation since many of the people were new and some had just recently trusted Christ as their Savior. We started out having membership … [Read more...]
Player or Coach?
When I was younger, and even now, I have always liked to play sports. I started off with T ball at our local Ruritan Club, and then went on to play football and soccer when I was in high school. Even now I play soccer on a regular basis, although I usually can’t walk for a few days afterwards. One of the things that I remember about all the sports that I played was that we … [Read more...]
Seek Wisdom
There was once a small, green turtle that lived by a small pond. Every day the little turtle watched as the birds would fly down and drink water and then fly away high into the sky. As the little, green turtle watched day after day, the only thing he could think about was what it would be like to be able to fly like the birds. He dreamed and dreamed until one day he finally … [Read more...]