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...

October 2015

Dear Pastor and Brethren, We thank the Lord for His goodness to us. I feel like I am getting a little stronger physically as I enter the ninth month after my heart attack. Most of the time Roxanne drives the car and accompanies me wherever I need to go. However,...

September 2015

Dear Pastor and Brethren: A Quiet Month September has been a quiet month with just normal activities occurring. I am preaching on the Gospel of John chapter seven that deals with the Feast of Tabernacles and discussion on the Person of Christ. By the grace of God, I...

July 2015

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Preaching! The Lord has enabled me to return to the pulpit to preach once again! I have preached three Sundays this month with visitors coming each time. The first Sunday I preached, my physical animation was a bit slow so that it took me a...

June 2015 Report

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Restarting Again! By the strengthening grace of the Lord and the effectual work of your prayers, I am once again getting back to doing a little bit more than I have been able to do the last month. I have been given permission by my...

May 2015

Recovery Setback I had been doing well at the rehab center going three times weekly to exercise lightly for an hour each session. Then my cardiologist arranged an appointment with a electrophysiologist for a consultation on implanting an ICD, or in other words, a...

April 2015 Report

  Dear Pastor and Brethren: New Visitors! We had new first time visitors attend our Sunday morning service on April 12th. Mr. and Mrs. Phil and Teresa Banfield and their son, Austin, visited with us and heard a good message by Bro. Gaches from II Peter 1 on meekness...

March 2015

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Recovery and Recuperation During the month of March the Lord has enabled me to return to attending church services on the 15th but just to sit in the pew. Bro. Dick Gaches is doing a good job of preaching the Word from II Peter chapter one,...

January/February 2015 Report

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Affliction! Although we continued our regular preaching services, jail ministry efforts, and missionary outreach during the month of January, the Lord saw fit to afflict me once again with a heart attack on the 29th of January. This one was...

December 2014 Report

Dear Pastor and Brethren: More Visitors! Mr. and Mrs. Alfred and Cheryl Smith responded to our invitation to eat supper with us on Thursday, Dec. 4th. Afterward they responded to our invitation to come to our Thursday evening Bible Study. The Smiths are from Ponca...

November 2014 Report

Dear Pastor and Brethren: A New Visitor! The phone calls and emails we received in October finally resulted in the visit of Mrs. Mona Raines to our services. She is the widow of the former pastor of another Baptist church here in Stillwater and had stopped going to...