Archives for June 2007

Well I just read this and thought it was interesting enough to give it to you. Let me know what you think by commenting on this post: On June 2, 1980 a little girl was born. She cost money from the moment she was born. As she grew from babyhood to girlhood, she cost even […]

Well I just got through reading Mark Tolson’s blog where he was excited about church and I just thought about how much I too love Sundays and will really miss being with you all tomorrow. It appears that we will be taking a bus tomorrow from Belfast to Londonderry and then to the church or […]

Well here we sit stranded at the Gatwick airport. I do not know how this will affect Travis Snode and their anniversary service that I was supposed to preach. I am afraid that it will be almost impossible for me to make it there. We are supposed to leave London at 7 and arrive in […]

Tyler Masters is now writing his blog again about reaching Muslims around the world with the gospel message. It is going to be really interesting and so I challenge you to go to his blog and sign up. Here is a quote that you will enjoy ”The Church must awake to her duty toward Islam. […]

Well Betty and I are in the Gatwick Airport in London waiting on our flight to Belfast to meet our friend and missionary Travis Snode. We were scheduled to be there at 9:30 but we are waiting to see if the plane gets here by 10:30. They say that we will definitely be going but […]

Well I have not had access to email or the internet since the last little note that I left you. We are sitting in Tanger, Morocco right now at 6 am getting ready to leave for the FAST Ferry over to Spain and then on to London and then Belfast. I was able to visit […]

Well I got in here and got settled and then they called us for lunch so I will be leaving you with this short line. All is well. We are in a new city having a conference together with the students that are traveling as well as our friends that live here. I am very […]

These trips are never by any means slow and easy trips. We were so glad to see our friends, Aaron, Jillian, Cesar, and Mariet last night. We were very tired from the long trip but we ended up staying up until after 2 their time getting settled in and talking to everyone. I am used […]

“The old gospel was about an offended God; the new gospel is about a wounded us. The old gospel was about sin; the new gospel is about needs. The old gospel was about our need for righteousness; the new gospel is about our need for fulfillment. The old gospel is offensive to those who are […]

Well Betty and I arrived first in London this morning at about 8 AM London time. Then we arrived in Malaga, Spain at 4 pm Spanish time and were met by our friends, Tyler and Gretchen Masters. From there we traveled to Algeciras, Spain where we took the ferry across the Mediterranean to the city […]

Well, I apoligize for not updating ya’ll recently but we’ve all been extremely busy and this trip has been very exciting.   We’ve had some amazing (tourist) opportunities like going to the third largest Mosque in the world, ride camels, and go to Berber markets.  To see the mosque was very emotional.  As many as 120,000 […]

Betty and I are sitting in the Atlanta airport on our way to Morocco via London then on to Malaga, Spain, and then finally to Morocco to visit our friends there. I will have a good chance to speak and teach to the different missionaries and students on multiple occasions and so unlike some might […]

I am not sure if you know that you are allowed to comment but I want you to feel free to comment on things you see on the blog here. If you have a question that you want to ask or comment to make please feel free to click on the word comments even though […]

Well today was Redemption Sunday in several ways. God has really been blessing our church and I do not know how to thank Him enough for what He is doing. Today God allowed us to see a man accept Jesus Christ as His personal Saviour in the service. He is 36 years old. I had […]

Well Mark and Amy Coffey are celebrating their seventh wedding anniversary. They are happy and blessed of God. I thank God for the opportunity to work with them here in our church. I have known Amy since she was a baby and I have known Mark since his early teen years. Mark and I have […]

The following is from Chris Gardner’s blog. You can subscribe by clicking on the following link. Subscribe to News from the Gardner’s in Peru by Email Please pray for all our missionary kids as you read this but especially pray for Jacob. Thank you so much. There have been at least 48 children in Peru […]

The carrot, egg, and a cup of coffee. Something to think about and share; A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee… You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again. A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard […]

I know what you are thinking–those grandparents and their pictures–I am really not that old of a grandparent but I sure am a proud one. Andria just sent me the following pictures or your missionary kids. Chris and Andria have 3 children, Jake, Hannah, and Andrew. Here they are–they must have gotten their looks from […]

Redemption 1. Repurchase of captured goods or prisoners; the act of procuring the deliverance of persons or things from the possession and power of captors by the payment of an equivalent; ransom; release; as the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. 2. Deliverance from bondage, distress, or from […]

Redemption is deliverance through payment: in this case, ransom through one standing in another’s stead, and discharging that other’s obligations. Charles Spurgeon The above quote gives us a good definition of redemption and is exactly what Jesus Christ did for us. It is deliverance through payment. We owed the penalty of our sin. Our sins […]

Tubing in Helen 2 hours of “Tubing”: $3 Alpine Golf Round of golf: $6.75 Lunch Bar be Que Sandwich Meal: $5-$7 A day with the Students of Vision: Priceless We will be leaving from Vision Baptist Church at 10 am on Saturday June the 30th. We will be returning to Vision at 6 pm to […]

Chris and Andria Gardner are missionaries out of our church to the country of Peru. Peru is where Betty and I worked for 18 years of our lives. We know a little about the difficulties of life on the mission field but I wanted to remind you to pray for all of our missionaries but […]

Well you talk about a distinguished man of character in our Spanish ministry I believe you would be talking about Julio Robles. He and his son Pablo are returning to Colombia. We are really going to miss them. Be sure and see them before or after church to tell them that you love them and […]

This Sunday night we will have one of our most exciting services each month. We will be meeting to together and the service will be translated. The service will last about 75 minutes and so you will still get out at about the same time. The Spanish church and the English church will have special […]

Going deeper in God’s word is going to be our sermon series over the summer. We are going to tackle big Bible words that many do not understand and try to make them very understandable. I want to invite you to get your friends here to learn these great Bible truths. This week we are […]

Tonight will be our last message from the book of Judges. We will see how after such harsh punishment on the tribe of Benjamin that they are being restored as a tribe in Israel. This has to be one of the hardest chapters for me to understand and explain but I think I at last […]

Our church already helps the Peru Bible College strongly every month. It is a great ministry and God is greatly using the College to plant churches. I hope as you read these posts each week that you will consider what you can do to help. Miguel Mego Student of the Week Miguel’s life was full […]

REDEE’MED, Ransomed; delivered from bondage, distress, penalty, liability, or from the possession of another, by paying an equivalent. Redeem REDEE’M, v.t. [L. redimo; red, re, and emo, to obtain or purchase.] 1. To purchase back; to ransom; to liberate or rescue from captivity or bondage, or from any obligation or liability to suffer or to […]

Tom carried his new boat to the edge of the river. He carefully placed it in the water and slowly let out the string. How smoothly the boat sailed! Tom sat in the warm sunshine, admiring the little boat that he had built. Suddenly a strong current caught the boat. Tom tried to pull it […]

When A. J. Gordon was pastor of a church in Boston, he met a young boy in front of the sanctuary carrying a rusty cage in which several birds fluttered nervously. Gordon inquired, “Son, where did you get those birds?” The boy replied, “I trapped them out in the field.” “What are you going to […]

This truth of redemption is so beautiful that it caused Fanny Crosby to burst forth in a song that you have surely sung in church as a child: Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it! Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb; Redeemed through His infinite mercy, His child and forever I am. Refrain Redeemed, […]

That is a big Bible word that we hear and sing but maybe do not know what it means. This Sunday we will learn the beautiful truths that this word communicates to all of us that are born again to new life in Christ Jesus. Redemption has the following meaning and so you will be […]

The current Barna study indicates that nearly half of all Americans who accept Jesus Christ as their savior do so before reaching the age of 13 (43%), and that two out of three born again Christians (64%) made that commitment to Christ before their 18th birthday. One out of eight born again people (13%) made […]

Be sure and check out the blog that Pastor Ronald has started for the Spanish church by clicking here. You can sign up to get the blog via emails and keep up with what is going on in the Spanish Church. They have a lot of great pictures there.

Go read this article on the top ten lies heard at the funerals of the unsaved. It is a sobering, chilling, blog and reminds us of our responsibility to get the gospel to lost people Click here to read the blog!

I just read a note on a blog that made me check this out to see what is found in this passage of Scripture and it is for sure there. Notice how many times that people in our church say things like: I like the way they do that! Why do they do it this […]

I got this through a blog and wanted to ask you to read it. It was written by a lady and so I think that it might be quite appropriate. I found it here. I believe that this is very good advice for all Christian ladies. God’s people ought to dress modestly. Though you will […]

I just read the following on a blog. I was shocked and see that our work is cut out for us in a great way here at Vision. Of the “Builder” generation (those that fought in WWII), about 65% were Christians. Of the “Boomer” generation, about 35% were Christians. Of GenXers, about 15% are Christians. […]

By Kathy Fies This is an exciting time of year at Students of Vision: Discovery (Junior High age group of Students of Vision Ministry). Now that we are out of school and are in the midst of two great weeks of camp at Faith Factor, we have new energy and excitement. I know the Lord […]

Chris and Kathy Fies teach the younger students in our teen department. They are doing a great job. In these two pictures you can see their class. I know that God is going to do great things. I am praying that several of these fine young people become future missionaries taking the gospel around the […]

Like a proud grandpa I wanted to show you a picture of my grandson. Isn’t that ridiculous! This is Andrew Gardner. He is our next to the youngest grandchild of 10. He lives in Arequipa, Peru. He is 8 months old. Thank you for indulging an old granddad on Father’s Day.

God gave us a wonderful day today at Vision. Our attendance was low with only 86 in Sunday School, 108 in the morning service and 97 for evening service but it was still a great day. The Preston Family joined today-Bob, Michelle, and Bethany! They will be a wonderful blessing and addition to our church. […]

I am just about to go to bed to be ready for Sunday morning at the most wonderful church in the world and I was thinking about how good God has been to me. He gave me a wonderful dad. As long as I remember he has been an honest, diligent, hard working man. I […]

I’m sitting in a Tanger apartment, awaiting another fantastic meal of cous-cous.  We’ve been out meeting people and talking (trying to learn a little Arabic to make the rest of the trip easier).  I can now say succesfully in Arabic, “I’m learning Arabic and I started yesterday, but I’m not very smart.” as well as […]

Well we all made it safely. I’m glad to hear about the great week at Faith Factor and would be dissappointed that I missed it had this trip not been going so well.  We flew to London, took a bus across town, flew to Malaga then got some rest.  We had been travelling for around […]