Archives for July 2008

Our missionary wife, Teri Snode, is celebrating her birthday today. Please pray especially for her. They are missionaries in Northern Ireland and we are blessed to have them serve as missionaries sent out from our church!

I arrived back in the states yesterday from Santiago, Chile. I had a wonderful and blessed time. God is really working in the lives of our missionaries there and their church and ministry. I want to thank you for making it possible for me to make these trips. I want to thank Lori for being […]

Just a note to wish John a very special Happy Birthday. Without John and his family Vision Baptist Church would not exist. I want to ask you to pray especially for them. They are on their way back now from Argentina. They had a great trip but as always these trips are very tiring. Pray […]

The following came in from Pastor Wayne Cofield about the people who went on the trip to South America. Please pray that God will continue to use this special trip in their lives: The Mission Team had traveled via Bus from Arequipa, Peru to Lapaz Bolivia all day on Monday. Tried to get a few […]

This just in from John Pearson: Andrew had about a 2 hour surgery this morning to assess and clean out the areas of his foot that are showing signs of infection. They will be keeping him for at least one week. They are watching to see how it heals after today’s surgery. Thank you to […]

God is blessing the work here in great ways. Yesterday I had the privilege to go with 39 people mostly young people to the top of a mountain here and talk about our responsibility to get the gospel to the world. Today I will be privileged to teach Sunday School and preach in the morning […]

God blessed in many ways this week in the Youth Congress here in Santiago, Chile. Several made professions of faith, many others made decisions and got things right with God. Tonight there were something like 193 people in attendance. Literally the place was packed out and though it was cold outside and in by the […]

I just wanted to take this opportunity to wish our brother in the Lord a very special congratulations. They are being blessed on two fronts. First Pastor Lawrence is celebrating his 4th anniversary as pastor of the church. You can read what he had to say about it by clicking here. Also they have begun […]

God has been so good sending us Pastor Ronald Tubillas. He is doing a great job in the church and we are so very grateful for him. This past Sunday they celebrated the 2 year anniversary of the Spanish ministry. God is using the Tubillas family in a special way and we are looking for […]

Andrew Pearson is a fine man and I think all of you know him. He operates the camera in most of the services. He was injured in a motorcycle accident a few days ago. He needs our prayers. Here is a letter he sent out. Will you pray for him please?! Just an update, the […]

I have been very busy and so have not updated you like I would normally do. God is really working. It is always and honor to be in the home of Jason and Lori Holt. They are wonderful servants of God. They love the Lord and have dedicated their lives to serving Him and it […]

Sunday afternoon we will be taking approximately 20 students and kids to camp. I can not wait. God has radically formed my life from the preaching I heard at summer camp. There is just something about living all the craziness of life and going out to a place that is quite. The extended exposure to […]

I am in Santiago, Chile with our missionaries, Jason and Lori Holt. We are about to leave to go and preach in a youth meeting. The meeting will actually be starting at about 8 pm. I am really looking forward to seeing what God is going to do. Lord willing we will have some videos […]

I copied this from Travis Snode’s blog I read the following in Ray Comfort’s Evidence Bible, and I thought it would be helpful, especially in an age when pornography is so prevalent. Would you ever take pornography to church and look at it during worship? You may as well, because God is just as present […]

The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it. The old cross brought tears and blood; the new cross brings laughter. The flesh, smiling and confident, preaches and sings about the cross; before […]

Good Morning “People of Vision”, As our Pastor is preparing to leave for Chile I wanted to give you a few prayer requests that pertain to what our church is doing in the mission of God. Mark Coffey is leading a team of people to Bolivia and Peru this week. Tony Howeth will be returning […]

The following article is quite long but worth every bit of the read. I think it truly explains a lot of what is happening and if I could get our men to read this and step up it would be a tremendous blessing. God wants to use you. Quit ye like men! source Here is […]

Jason Holt has written an article that you need to read that speaks of the needs to have more preachers in Chile. Though sometimes we think of these countries as evangelized or Christian they are far from believing in the Lord Jesus Christ as their only means of salvation. Satan has turned their hearts to […]

Charles Spurgeon Though I rejoice in sudden conversions, I entertain grave suspicions of those suddenly happy people who seem never to have sorrowed over their sin. I am afraid that those who come by their religion so very lightly often lose it quite as lightly. Saul of Tarsus was converted on a sudden, but no […]

The team that represents our missionaries in Peru and Venezuela held their first meeting last night. Ten of our committee members and five of our missionaries were able to attend. We had a wonderful time of food, fellowship and a great first meeting. It was good to have Chris Gardner, David and Katie Gardner and […]

I wanted to extend a very special thank you to Heather Trojahn. She has been with us for over 6 weeks now serving as a summer intern. She has been a real blessing to our church and ministry. It is hard to believe that 6 weeks have already come and gone. We are going to […]

I was privileged to preach for Pastor Luis Gamez on Sunday evening through Tuesday evening in Dalton, Georgia. He is the pastor of the Iglesia Bautista Palabra de Vida. He is doing a wonderful job and we enjoyed very much being able to be there. Several people traveled up with me each night and so […]

Thought I would give you a report on the Asia World Evangelism Committee. We met Sunday night after church and had a real good time discussing what we were doing, and could do, in Asia. We read, outloud, and discussed the prayer letters of the missionaries that we have there and it was very encouraging. […]

Many of you have requested that we put the video we showed on Sunday Morning online. Here is the 2008 “Nights of Knights” VBS Video. You will see that we have added something to the opening of it. We have an opening from our Pastor to the parents. We have also made this available in […]

Camp BreakOUT 2008 July 27th – 30th at Hard Labor State Park Registration Deadline this Sunday, July 20th As Chad Gordan, youth pastor at Victory Baptist Church in Loganville, GA and I have been saying, “there may have never been and there may never again be a camp like this one!” We are excited about […]

(written by Elisha A. Hoffman) Earlier today while I was in the shower I was singing (aren’t you lucky that you do not have to hear that) “Is your all on the Altar” and the Lord dealt with my heart convicting me of how I fail so much in this area of my life. I […]

All I can do is schedule the meeting but God will have to show up to work. We have invited Pastor Tim Fellure to be with us for a 3 day meeting in September. Put September 3-5 on your calendar now. Pastor Fellure preached in Peru and Chris Gardner says he is one of the […]

God really blessed this week! David Lundy and his team worked so hard this week to reach young boys and girls with the gospel message. God gave us 5 professions of faith, an average attendance in the mid 80’s and a tremendous team working together to honor God. Every night the church was filled with […]

The above video speaks of what God is doing in North Africa. Our missionary, Tyler Masters, had this on his blog. I was very excited to see the video and though it is not about our missionaries in particular it does tell much of the story of what they are doing. Please pray for Aaron, […]

Dear Pastors and Praying Friends, One more month in the states and all I can say is that I really miss being in Peru. We have done quite a bit of traveling and preaching in new churches trying to raise support to keep everything in Peru going. God has been so good to us and […]

I want to invite you now to prepare to take courses in the Bible Institute starting in just a few days. Our starting date is August 11 and will go through December 2 Each class will last one hour or 50 minutes and will be serious college level Bible study with home work and all. […]

This is from a different point of view but you will find it hard to argue against. Listen and let me know what you think!

Here are pictures taken by Katherine Fies that I thought all of you might enjoy: Hope you enjoyed seeing what all is happening. YOU can come and be part of this all. You can help make a difference in some child’s life today!

I truly believe that you would enjoy the quote of the day and I know that you would be a blessing to all the missionaries, countries, other special prayer requests that you will see. Just follow the directions below and then confirm the email that you will get. Sign up for the World Evangelism Quote […]

I don’t know if all of you read the BCWE Blog so I wanted to include here what John Pearson wrote about Andrew Pearson’s accident. We thank God for His goodness in sparing Andrew to serve God. We do not know what the purposes are for everything but we know that He works everything for […]

Travis and Teri are members of our church. They are faithfully serving God in Northern Ireland. They just had their 6th wedding anniversary on July 6. I want you to know them and pray for them. You can follow more about them on their blog by clicking here. God bless you, Travis and Teri. We […]

The following is from Tyler Master’s blog and I thought that it might encourage you as you give to help us do things that get the gospel to the entire world. Technology is absolutely amazing. After our morning services here in North Africa yesterday we all went back to the house to eat lunch. Around […]

I am so proud of our very own Kristen Pearson who is serving God on a short term mission’s trip to Morocco. I read her blog every time she posts and I am watching God grow her every day! I am going to include one of her posts here and then high light or put […]

I found the following insight for leaders and thought that you might enjoy it and learn from it as I did. This might help you as you lead in our church or if you are a pastor or leader in another church in might be a blessing to you. Source Leading Laggards In an organization […]

The World Evangelism Quote of the Day is going out again. If you do not get you, you should. In it I put the name of a missionary, special requests for prayer, a country of the day, and a blog that you should read. It will be coming to your house Monday through Friday before […]

As I read the blog post below I thought of how blessed we are to have missionaries around the world reaching people with the gospel. Please imagine this scene with me and think and pray for your friend and missionary Tyler Masters. I left some of the post out to shorten if for you but […]

I just want to praise the Lord for how good He is to us! He blessed the services today. He has given us 2 vans to use to pick people up! I have the privilege of working with a wonderful staff and pastoring wonderful people. Though I am begging God to do great things that […]

My son, Chris, just sent me this! I really like it and wanted to share it with you. I hope this can be our attitude when we come to church! 1) I am coming to focus on You, God, not anything or anyone else. Please clear my mind to worship you with an undivided heart. […]

Can I ask you to pray before you come to church each time? We are in such desperate need of God to work. I want to see Him show His power. I am begging Him for a spiritual break through in our church. I do not want to be satisfied with what He is doing […]

I just wanted to write a quick reminder to all the teen and parents about our upcoming summer camp. We are really excited to be partnering with Victory Baptist Church to host Camp BreakOUT this July 27th – 30th. You can register tomorrow at church or on the camps official website. If you register in […]

Monday evening the Nights of Knights will be starting. Lots of people have been working very hard to get things ready. I hope you will be praying for every teacher, the students, those that will be running the vans and especially David Lundy who is in charge of everything. We want to ask God to […]

Psa 73:25 Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. How I want this verse to be true in my life! God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, All One and I have no one else in Heaven. I know that to be true! There is none […]

Taken from the Pastor’s Pen on Satan’s Strategy Part 2 “It was advertised that the devil was going to put his tools up for sale. On the date of the sale, the tools were placed for public inspection; each tool being marked with its sale price. They were a treacherous lot of implements…Hatred, Envy, Jealousy, […]