May - June 2004
Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,
Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Thank you for all the prayers and cards on our behalf regarding Patsy’s
mom,
Shelah Wisler. Shelah went to be with the Lord on June 3rd.
We
praise the Lord that He allowed us the opportunity to present the plan
of
Salvation at the memorial service to our lost family members and
Shelah’s
friends. It was sad however, that the actual funeral service was
Catholic.
The priest told everyone how that Shelah was “saved” because she was
baptized
into the Catholic Church and she was “saved” because she partook of the
Eucharist.
It was sickening to hear all the lies that Satan would have these lost
people
believe to keep them on their way to hell and from the truth. We
are
happy that Shelah made a profession of faith years ago and stood firmly
by
it.
We want to thank Heritage Baptist Church in Lawrence, Kansas for
allowing
us to stay in their prophet’s chamber during this time of need.
They
were a tremendous blessing to us. It is comforting to know Pastor
Hanks
and the members of Heritage are standing firm and contending for the
faith.
While we are grateful to all the churches that have recently allowed us
to
present our ministry to them, we would like to give a special “thanks”
to
the following churches for taking us on for support:
Center Pigeon Baptist Church – North Carolina
Light of Calvary Baptist Church - Georgia
Lighthouse Baptist Church – South Carolina
Victorious Valley Baptist Church - Georgia
The Lord recently allowed us the privilege to attend Camp Canaan, our
home
church’s annual youth camp. We were blessed to see fifteen young
people
make professions of faith in Christ as their personal Savior and others
surrender
their lives to serve the Lord. It made suffering through the
summer
heat and late nights worth it all. We also want to thank our
church
members who made it possible for us to attend.
Following Camp Canaan we were at Macedonia World Baptist Missions’
headquarters
in Braselton, GA for Orientation week. It was one of the most
informative
orientations that we have ever been to. The Lord used our veteran
missionaries
to challenge our hearts and encourage us even more. We can’t wait
to
get back to Spain to do the work the Lord has called us to. We
are
scheduled to return September 20th. We ask that you continue
praying
for us as we travel and try to raise additional needed support.
All indications are that the Euro to U.S. Dollar
exchange
rate will remain where it is or go higher. The media already
refers
to the Euro as the “one world currency”. The Bible foretells of
these
times and it is nothing to fear or panic over, but it is something that
we
have to deal with financially. We also have to face it
spiritually
by “redeeming the time” to aggressively spread the Gospel to those who
have
never heard.