January 2017

Latino Outreach Thank you all for your prayers for the Salomon Cardenas family. Salomon called me the last Sunday in January and asked for the address of our church building. He said they were coming to our service, and that they were bringing a cake to share with...

December 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Our Last Report for the Year 2016 The year 2016 is about to close. After looking at our December 2015 report, I see that the Lord has given us two visitors that come to our services consistently. Comparing the 2015 report with the report I’m...

November 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Rejoice with Us! On November 3rd, I was able to return to the pulpit to begin anew our Thursday evening Bible study. You will remember that on January 29, 2015, I had my second heart attack, this time suffering severe damage to the left...

October 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Sad Event On October 8th, Roxanne’s father died. The event was very sad because Mr. William Robertson was not a believer, although both Roxanne and I had witnessed to him on several occasions. Furthermore her entire family is...

September 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Our Postal Project Update Victory Baptist Church of Loveland, Colorado, pastored by Bro. Justin Fulton, has sent us $700.00 for our postal advertising project in addition to their regular support of the work here. Now we have a total of...

August 2016

A New Visitor and Special Visitors On the first Sunday morning in the month of August, we had a new visitor, Mr. Reuben Torres, visit with us. Reuben is a Mexican American and somewhat bilingual, a young Christian, the father of three children, separated from his wife...

July 2016

Latino Ministry As you all know, before I had my heart attack I went to the Payne County Jail every Sunday afternoon to preach to the Latino men incarcerated there. A few months ago I received a phone call from a Mexican man, father of one of the young men who had...

June 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Update on Our Evangelistic Outreach Opportunity! Although we just started praying about and appealing to our supporting churches about doing a postcard mailing to residents in our zip code area, we already have some positive feedback and...

May 2016

Visitors from England! One Sunday morning this month, we were delightfully surprised to find that an elderly couple from England had walked from their rental house to our little church building to attend our Sunday morning church service. They had come from Cambridge,...

April 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Two New Books My sponsoring church’s pastor, Bro. K. David Oldfield, has written two new books entitled, Jesus Wept, A Biblical Study of Pain, and The Lord’s Prayer of John 17. Presently I am reading, Jesus Wept, to help me deal with the...

March 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Rejoicing in the Resurrection! On Resurrection Sunday morning, I preached on the subject “Consider Hirn!” from Hb.12:3 in conjunction with Jn.8:45-50. Most Easter season messages deal mainly with the suffering of the Lord on the...

February 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren, Despite being sick, both Roxanne and I, with respiratory infections the first Sunday in February, we have had a busy month. The first week, I dealt with Pedro Lopez, Agustin Segura, Alvaro Castillo, Pablo Gonzalez, and Raul Barcenas. Raul...

January 2016

Dear Pastor and Brethren: A New Year Begins! With joy we look forward to seeing the blessings of our Lord upon us for the new year, for our hope is in the Lord! We need such blessings as renewed health, renewed zeal, a clear vision, and renewed energy to work toward...

December 2015 Report

Dear Pastor and Brethren: An Active Month with Latinos I believe this month was the most active month in the Latino ministry that we have ever had since moving to Stillwater. Due to increased activity with Latinos in the court system we have been able to reach more of...

November 2015

Dear Pastor and Brethren: A Difficult Month November has been a difficult month for me because of cataract eye surgery. My doctor said that my complications made me one person in one hundred patients with whom he has had to deal. I had asked other friends who had...