Dear Pastor and Praying Friends,

Greetings from Rota, Spain in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!  Christ is so wonderful and it is a great honor to serve the King of kings and Lord of lords.  He has allowed us to see four more precious souls make professions of faith in the past two months. 

A South African man and his English wife visited the church recently, stating that God had led them to come to our church.  I was preaching on "Wilt thou be made whole" that particular Sunday Morning and Paul came forward and I began to take him through the plan of salvation.  I began in Acts 16:30-31, for some reason (the Lord knew why) and he asked the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive his sins and save his soul.  I returned to the pulpit and kept the invitation open and then his wife, April, came forward and Patsy was able to lead her to the Lord.  Hallelujah! 

We experienced the loss of a dear brother in Christ recently.  He had been battling Lou Gehrig's disease for the past seven years.  Being a retired member of the U.S. Navy, Bro. Creech was a member of our church, but his wife, a Spanish national, is a member of a Spanish Baptist Church here in Rota.  She asked her pastor to conduct the funeral and asked that I speak also.  The auditorium was filled with lost people in need of a Savior and following the preaching an invitation was give.  Two precious souls raised their hands wishing to make professions of faith.  We ask that you continue to pray for the family of this dear brother for healing and the salvation of his lost friends and family.

Another blessing that the Lord has given us in this ministry is the ability to reach people from different nations.  Rota has a marina where you can find peoples from various countries around the world harbored here for the winter.  So far we have been able to witness to Germans, Canadians, and even some Americans not associated with the military base at the port.  Please pray that God will continue to allow us the opportunity to reach more nations with the Gospel message.  One particular gentleman that we met from North Carolina is sailing around and telling people about the Lord.  He is a blessing to be around and is coming faithfully to the church. 

Patsy and the boys are actively involved in everything that takes place in the ministry.  The boys are all growing up so fast.  Daniel has cut his first two teeth and trying to chew on everything in sight.  He has had a lot of upper respiratory problems this winter because it is so damp.  Garrett is doing very well on the piano and is playing our offertories in the church.  Seth has just started learning how to play a recorder and our desire is to have him learn either the guitar or piano.  Christopher is doing fine and is excited about learning to read and add.  Please continue to pray for Patsy as she home schools and tries to train the children and Christian women of the church.  We are looking forward to the arrival of my dad in mid February to spend a couple of weeks with us.  The kids are really excited and we know he is too.  He will be our first family member to see Daniel. 

We would appreciate much prayer on our behalf concerning the exact location that the Lord would have us move on to once Bro. Parker returns in April.  He will be returning to pastor the military church where we are currently filling in.  Considering the fact that the country of Spain is 98% Roman Catholic, true Gospel preaching missionaries are needed everywhere.  We desire to be exactly where the Lord would have us to be, doing exactly what He would have us to do. 

With the almost certain fact of war facing us, we ask for special prayer for the military families that we minister to.  Thousands of troops are coming through this base en route to the Middle East.  Pray that we will be able to reach as many as possible with the wonderful message of Salvation.  We all need to remember that these men and women are standing in the "gap" for our freedom.  If we do go to war, many of them will be called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.  We want to share with them the ultimate sacrifice of the Savior for their souls.  Let's keep our service men and women in much prayer.