Vision Baptist Church

David and Stephanie Velke are the proud parents of a healthy baby boy named Sean Enoch Velke. God has been so good to this fine young family. We are very grateful to God and very proud of them.

Galatians 3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? Everyday another problem that I face. I was saved by the unmerited grace of God. I know that. I realize that He did it all. He sought me and He bought me! He loved me while [...]

Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, We are finally on the mission field! We have finally had the blessing of arriving in Arequipa and man, has it been busy! We are very excited about all that has been happening the last couple of months. Although it has been extremely hectic, there have been tremendous blessing. Lima [...]

2Corinthians 10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. Not wise can pretty well describe me without a doubt! I have often compared myself to commend myself. That is just a [...]

God allowed me to meet Betty in 1972. When I met her I had no idea that we would spend our lives together. She was a “rich” girl from Roswell, Georgia and I was a redneck from Tennessee. She was dressed in her jeans, moccasins with her long hair and looked like a hippy girl [...]

I am so very proud of Tyler and Gretchen Masters. They are members of Vision and we are so happy to have them. I know you will say that they need no introduction but this is really for my pastor and missionary friends. I want to invite pastors to consider having Tyler in to preach [...]

Yesterday was one of the most wonderful days that we have ever had at Vision! God blessed in tremendous ways. He gave us several visitors and a good attendance. We had a wonderful Sunday School time. The guys did a wonderful job on a skit about William Carey and the need to get the gospel [...]

Yesterday evening Mateo and Shianne Vensor followed the Lord in believer’s baptism. It was a wonderful evening. Their dad, Stephen, was home from Iraq and Afghanistan and could be with us. He leaves this week to return to Germany this time. I thank God for those that work in our children’s ministries and teach our [...]

Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, What a crazy few months the last ones have been. These last few months have been some of the most difficult yet most fulfilling months of our lives. We have had some major problems arise through the Julio Santos ordeal we wrote about in the last letter. Since the last [...]