Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Stats and Global Warming

I just finished submitting my statistical report for the 1st quarter of 2014. Thought you might like to see some of the information that’s included. I have to give estimates since I don’t always hear from every church during each quarter:

# who heard the gospel this quarter: 500
# who had the opportunity to respond to Christ: 200
# who became new believers: 30
# who were baptized: 30
# of new groups started: 3
# of new churches started: 1
# who received training to start new churches: 35

The Southern Baptist of Texas Convention disaster relief team working in Capiz contributed a lot to these numbers. They have completed about 50 small shelters where an entire family will live in a 80 sq. ft. room. The American teams are a big hit with the elementary school children who can’t get enough of these tall friendly white people from far away. Students from the computer school continue to meet weekly with various groups in the village where the construction is taking place.

This is the time of year when I put on my travel agent hat to buy plane tickets for summer meetings. Since this blogspot is public domain on the internet, I’m not permitted to say much about our meetings for security reasons, except that they are not always easy to get to. What I can say is that David is planning to come out this summer. He, Martha, and I will be vacationing for nearly a week in Singapore, one of the most modern cities in the world.

Speaking of Martha, she is sending out a personal letter to some folks concerning her summer plans. Again, for security reasons, I’m limited about what I can say, except that she will be using her nursing skills to serve the Father in a special part of the world for about six weeks. Those of you who know Martha understand the direction she senses the Father is leading her, and this ‘adventure’ will give her an opportunity to have firsthand experience. She needs to raise $3,000 for this endeavor, so if anyone senses the Father’s leading to help, you can email Martha at mmoses4@liberty.edu and she can share a little more about it. Both of her fathers will be most grateful!

I read in the news that the U.S. has finished one of its coldest winters on record, some say due to global warming. Hmmm. But the task for all of us is to warn others about a coming global warming that is much more certain for those who fail to follow the Savior! Heaven is too wonderful a place for people to miss out, so let’s take our task seriously.

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