Dear Pastors, Churches, and Friends,
It’s been some busy and blessed days here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines!
Recently, I ran into a young lady we’ve known for a long time. She grew up in a false religion, and I’ve preached to her under the tent before and seen God deal with her heart. She has admitted to being lost but has never yet repented and believed the Gospel. After years of not seeing her, our paths crossed again, and after just a short talk, it was clear she hasn’t forgotten what she heard. She told me she wants to meet again and talk more about the Bible and religion. Pray with us that she will truly come to know the Lord.
The last couple of months have been full and wide stretching with weekly bible studies, street meetings in the village of Walvaroo, bible distribution, revival services, filling in at churches, and two quick trips back to the States. One was for the ordination of one of my best friends and my cousin, both stepping into full-time ministry. The other was for my grandfather’s funeral. He was 93 years old and served over 70 years in ministry. It was a tremendous homegoing and a powerful reminder to stay faithful.
Our Bible studies in Layou have been going great. We have had folks coming from Seventh-day Adventist, Wesleyan holiness, Catholic, Methodist, Pentecostal, and Charismatic backgrounds and even a few dunk and crazy guys. Every week we have been teaching on God’s design for the church, what salvation really is, and answering questions about emotionalism, tongues, and other doctrines. It has been exciting to see people hungry for truth. We believe God is building a church here, and we are praying that soon we will have a place to meet regularly and can better equip these believers to reach their own villages and country.
Looking ahead, November is going to be a busy month. We have a group from Ridge Road Baptist Church coming down to hold a week of meetings. After that, we plan to start preaching on the waterfront every Sunday night, followed by Monday night Bible studies. The weeks leading up to Christmas we will be focusing on reaching five villages through street meetings with the help of Brother Caleb Hewett and his family and two other small groups. We plan to continue to filling in for several churches that are without pastors and help in several other ministries. Please pray that souls will be saved and believers strengthened during this time.
In our last letter, we asked you to pray about a property we were hoping to lease. The owners ended up changing their minds, but the Lord opened another door. We have rented two properties one with three bedrooms upstairs, two downstairs, and and there three-bedroom house. This will give us space for my family, mission teams and visitors. It comes with some added cost about $800 more per month and we will have a few extra expenses as we get the houses ready, such as building bunk beds, buying mattresses, fans, fridge and other furnishings. We are trusting the Lord to provide, and we would appreciate your prayers as we prepare the space for teams.
It has been our desire to have a place where teams can stay, serve, and learn. Several churches have already talked with us about bringing groups in January, February, April, and August, and I would love to have at least one group or family here each month next year. The Every Village Project is not just about us getting the Gospel out. It is about helping others gain experience in missions on the field so they can go back home and reach people in their own communities and around the world.
Thank you again for all your prayers and faithful support. Please keep praying with us over the next two months as things get even busier. We are asking the Lord to do great things in us and through us for His glory.
It’s been some busy and blessed days here in St. Vincent and the Grenadines!
Recently, I ran into a young lady we’ve known for a long time. She grew up in a false religion, and I’ve preached to her under the tent before and seen God deal with her heart. She has admitted to being lost but has never yet repented and believed the Gospel. After years of not seeing her, our paths crossed again, and after just a short talk, it was clear she hasn’t forgotten what she heard. She told me she wants to meet again and talk more about the Bible and religion. Pray with us that she will truly come to know the Lord.
The last couple of months have been full and wide stretching with weekly bible studies, street meetings in the village of Walvaroo, bible distribution, revival services, filling in at churches, and two quick trips back to the States. One was for the ordination of one of my best friends and my cousin, both stepping into full-time ministry. The other was for my grandfather’s funeral. He was 93 years old and served over 70 years in ministry. It was a tremendous homegoing and a powerful reminder to stay faithful.
Our Bible studies in Layou have been going great. We have had folks coming from Seventh-day Adventist, Wesleyan holiness, Catholic, Methodist, Pentecostal, and Charismatic backgrounds and even a few dunk and crazy guys. Every week we have been teaching on God’s design for the church, what salvation really is, and answering questions about emotionalism, tongues, and other doctrines. It has been exciting to see people hungry for truth. We believe God is building a church here, and we are praying that soon we will have a place to meet regularly and can better equip these believers to reach their own villages and country.
Looking ahead, November is going to be a busy month. We have a group from Ridge Road Baptist Church coming down to hold a week of meetings. After that, we plan to start preaching on the waterfront every Sunday night, followed by Monday night Bible studies. The weeks leading up to Christmas we will be focusing on reaching five villages through street meetings with the help of Brother Caleb Hewett and his family and two other small groups. We plan to continue to filling in for several churches that are without pastors and help in several other ministries. Please pray that souls will be saved and believers strengthened during this time.
In our last letter, we asked you to pray about a property we were hoping to lease. The owners ended up changing their minds, but the Lord opened another door. We have rented two properties one with three bedrooms upstairs, two downstairs, and and there three-bedroom house. This will give us space for my family, mission teams and visitors. It comes with some added cost about $800 more per month and we will have a few extra expenses as we get the houses ready, such as building bunk beds, buying mattresses, fans, fridge and other furnishings. We are trusting the Lord to provide, and we would appreciate your prayers as we prepare the space for teams.
It has been our desire to have a place where teams can stay, serve, and learn. Several churches have already talked with us about bringing groups in January, February, April, and August, and I would love to have at least one group or family here each month next year. The Every Village Project is not just about us getting the Gospel out. It is about helping others gain experience in missions on the field so they can go back home and reach people in their own communities and around the world.
Thank you again for all your prayers and faithful support. Please keep praying with us over the next two months as things get even busier. We are asking the Lord to do great things in us and through us for His glory.
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