Getting ready to travel...
What a week! I have been busy trying to finish up some ministry projects as well as getting my house secure before leaving tomorrow morning for a 10 day trip to Virginia and Kentucky. The church in Guayacanal is almost complete- I hope it will be all done and painted by the time I come back. We had some good visits with folks yesterday- Johnny is sick- he has a non-malignant tumor in his stomach and gastritis. Please pray for him these next 10 days- he is taking some medicine and will be reevaluated to see if the tumor has diminished. He has a very strick diet to follow as well.
We visit with Victor and his wife and he shared how disappointed he was that so many of his "friends" no longer come to visit him. He said before, when he was earning more money and drinking, they would always come and drink and eat. Now that he doesn't offer them beer, they don't come. It is tough to realize that your "friends" weren't really friends! Victor (from the Hole) said he had a very similar experience. Pray for Victor and his wife as they chart a new life in the things of God.
While I am gone, all three of our churches will either be working with our missions (Guayacanal and La Canela) or seeking out new opportunities. Los Santos will be visiting some people in Gurabo who have heard the Message and want a church to guide them. Villa de Yaque will be visiting a community where some of them used to live. We heard recently that there is no church there and I am asking them to go and pray and see if the Lord may open a door for us to begin a ministry there.
I will be visiting with Cool Spring Baptist Church in Mechanicsville and Mill Creek Baptist Church in Fincastle, VA. (I used to serve on their ministry staff.) I am thrilled about getting to visit these two churches and talk about future ministry plans here in the DR. From there, I will go to Louisville, KY for a water purification conference sponsered by Edge Ministries. We are excited about how we can partner together to provide pure water as well as the Living Water to the urban poor here in the DR.
Please keep me in your prayers as I travel- tomorrow through the 22nd. Also, even more importantly, pray for our ministry here, that they would move forward and explore these new ministry initiatives even in my absence.
And now, I must leave you because the Red Sox have begun! True Christians every where will be rooting for the lovable Red Sox!!
We visit with Victor and his wife and he shared how disappointed he was that so many of his "friends" no longer come to visit him. He said before, when he was earning more money and drinking, they would always come and drink and eat. Now that he doesn't offer them beer, they don't come. It is tough to realize that your "friends" weren't really friends! Victor (from the Hole) said he had a very similar experience. Pray for Victor and his wife as they chart a new life in the things of God.
While I am gone, all three of our churches will either be working with our missions (Guayacanal and La Canela) or seeking out new opportunities. Los Santos will be visiting some people in Gurabo who have heard the Message and want a church to guide them. Villa de Yaque will be visiting a community where some of them used to live. We heard recently that there is no church there and I am asking them to go and pray and see if the Lord may open a door for us to begin a ministry there.
I will be visiting with Cool Spring Baptist Church in Mechanicsville and Mill Creek Baptist Church in Fincastle, VA. (I used to serve on their ministry staff.) I am thrilled about getting to visit these two churches and talk about future ministry plans here in the DR. From there, I will go to Louisville, KY for a water purification conference sponsered by Edge Ministries. We are excited about how we can partner together to provide pure water as well as the Living Water to the urban poor here in the DR.
Please keep me in your prayers as I travel- tomorrow through the 22nd. Also, even more importantly, pray for our ministry here, that they would move forward and explore these new ministry initiatives even in my absence.
And now, I must leave you because the Red Sox have begun! True Christians every where will be rooting for the lovable Red Sox!!
Have a great trip! I look forward to hearing all about the water conference.
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