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Thankful & Blessed

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In November we visited 12 churches and 3 State Association Meetings, making it our fullest month yet. We visited and shared our burden with the following churches and associations. • Oak Grove MBC in Benton, AR - Pastor Chris Floyd. • Pleasant Valley MBC in Batesville, AR - Pastor Scott Jones. • New Hope MBC in Hot Springs, AR - Pastor Tom Brown. • Arkansas State Association Meeting at Victory MBC in Russellville, AR. • Landmark MBC in Vian, OK - Pastor Steve Spyres & Associate Aaron Heflin. • Faith MBC in Ozark, AR - Pastor Daniel Kesterson. • Louisiana State Association Meeting at Hyde Park MBC in West Monroe, LA. • Pleasant Hill MBC in Overton, TX - Pastor Pete Thompson. • Sublett Road BC in Arlington, TX - Pastor Jonathan Smith. • Texas State Association Meeting at New Liberty MBC in Garland, TX. • Flippo Chappel Landmark MBC in Pleasant Plains, AR - Pastor Dale Crumby. • Mt. Calvary MBC in Pleasnat Plains, AR - Pastor Billy Sutton. • Westview MBC in Searcy, AR - Pastor Wayne S...

Falling in love with this season!

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October was a change in a positive way, as we entered full time deputation my deputation calendar filled up significantly yet our life slowed down a bit in between appointments which has been a blessing and allowed us to rest and recover between trips as well as prepare for the field in other ways. In October we visited: • Timbo Landmark MBC in Timbo, AR - Pastor Cody Moore. • MTM (Missionary Training Ministries) at Flatwoods Baptist Church • Mission Connection Night at Flatwoods in Mountain View, AR. • Macedonia Association at Oak Grove MBC in Batesville, AR. • Surrounded Hill Landmark MBC in Newport - Pastor Jason Bailey. • Union Grove MBC in Pleasant Plains, AR - Pastor Ronnie Forest. • Oklahoma State Association at Concord BC in Norman, OK. • North East Mission Councel at Pinkam Chapel MBC in DeKalb, TX • Austin Chapel MBC in DeKalb -Pastor Josh Jackson. • Hughes Springs MBC in Hughes Springs, TX -Pastor Chris Cates. • MT. Zion MBC Youth in Malvern, AR - Youth Pastor Dale Hamilton....

Preparing for Transition

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September was an encouraging and edifying month. We were ministered to at each church we visited. We visited: The Refuge Baptist Church Plainfield, IN - Pastors Jonathan Woodring and Cody Right. Madison Ave Missionary Baptist Church Kentwood, MI - Pastor Nate Lowe. Hyde Park Baptist Church West Monroe, LA - Pastor Trey Emory. September looks slower but God did as much this month as he’s been doing all along. We started out with The Refuge Baptist in Plainfield. We participated in their   Share your Story   series where we were interviewed about what brought us to a point of realizing that God was leading us to Utah. It was a wonderful time to share with them, we are thankful for the Woodring family for their support throughout our Marriage and my ministry. We went the following week to Kentwood, MI, and had a wonderful time there with Bro. Nate Lowe and his church. The week prior to this visit my wife Lourdes had a death in her family. She was unable to travel to Peru and be w...

JESUS was calling, and he just said YES!

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After a lot of prayer and years of discernment our dear friend Joel Cosme announced his call for the ministry the last August. “ And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.” 1 Samuel 3:10 Our family has known Bro. Joel for more than a decade, Lourdes got to know him at church when both of them where in college.    In her late teens, they went to the same college, she studied Corporate Communications and he studied Systems Engineering. I got to meet him and his now wife in my first trip to Peru in August of 2015, since that trip he has shared with me about his time in Utah, and how this state had a special place in his life. This just makes us think how special the month of August is becoming in our lives. In December of 2023, when I felt God was leading our family to be church planters in the State of Utah, I began to pray for a family that could go with us. Bro. Joel and his family came imme...