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...]
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...]
Three Steps to Become a Grower
One of the things that we have focused on here in our ministry in Bolivia, is helping people grow spiritually. The slogan that we have always used, and mentioned from the pulpit often, is that everyone should be constantly growing and changing. It is natural for something that is alive to grow unless hindered by some outside influence. The same way, if someone is alive … [Read more...]
How to be a Person that God can Use
When I was a young boy I can remember thinking that I could run faster than anyone else and that I was better than anyone else in any sport. Sometimes, while visiting a friend, we would wait until a car would pass then throw the football and run to see who could catch it. We thought the people in the car would be so impressed with how far we could throw and how fast we could … [Read more...]