Furlough Itinerary

Lord willing, on Thursday we will be leaving for a few weeks of furlough. Because of the nature of our ministry, we will not take the traditional one-year-every- four-years furlough. Rather, we have to take a few weeks every few summers to visit our supporting churches. Please pray for us this summer. Pray that God will give us safety as we travel and that we will have good meetings.

Here is our itinerary for the next few weeks:

• Wednesday, June 6 - Tri-City Baptist Church, Independence, MO
• Sunday AM, June 10 - Inter-Lakes Baptist Church, Delton, MI
• Sunday PM, June 10 - FaithWay Baptist Church, Ypsilanti, MI
• Wednesday, June 13 - First Baptist Church, Troy, MI
• Sunday, June 17 - Calvary Bible Church, Columbus, OH
• Sunday, AM, June 24 - Community Baptist Church, Rochester, NH
• June 26-29 - Whetstone Conference, Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Greenville, SC
• Sunday, July 1 - Grace Memorial Baptist Church, Bedford, VA
• Sunday, July 8 - Cornerstone Baptist Church, Greenville, SC
• Wednesday, July 11 - Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Greenville, SC
• July 12 - Greenville to Mission, TX
  

Lord willing we will return home on July 18 to prepare for the new school year.

2007 Pastor's Conference

This morning we finished our Pastor's conference that began on Sunday. It was truly a wonderful conference. The theme this year was "The Preeminence of Christ in the Ministry." Session topics included "Preaching Christ from the Old Testament," "Christ-centered Ministry," "Cross-centered Ministry," "The Lordship of Christ," and "Suffering and the Christian Ministry." We were very privileged to have Dr. Ken Casillas from BJU with us this this year as well as Dr. Carl Herbster and several others.

The pastors were extremely grateful for the conference. Most of the 65 pastors who attended were from northern Mexico, but we also had a few from southern Mexico (Cancún, Oaxaca, and Veracruz).

We were also able give each pastor who attended the conference free materials (a book, SS & VBS material, and tracts). Thank you for your prayers for the conference. These conferences are one of the most important means that we have to minister to pastors already in the ministry who are perhaps not able to come take classes with us.

You can view more pictures of the conference here and download sermons from the conference (Spanish) here.

Prayer Update

Today we begin our annual pastor's conference. The conference will run through Wednesday morning. The theme of the conference this year is "The Preeminence of Christ in the Ministry." Please pray that God will bless the conference and that it will have a lasting impact on the lives and ministry of those who attend.

Also this week is the university graduation. Please pray for this event and for the young people who will be beginning the next stage of their lives and ministries.

Yesterday, the Bob Jones University summer mission team arrived. They will be with us through next Saturday, working in two of our missions and helping with the conference.

Thank you for your prayers.

New Family Pictures

At our family photo page here.