Dear praying friends

            Our furlough travels have taken us to Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Ohio and Florida. We have enjoyed renewing family relationships, old acquaintances, as well as meeting some new people along the way. We have been warmly welcomed and graciously treated every where we have traveled. Thank each of you for making us feel so loved and appreciated.

            Bluewater Bible College will be completing the fall semester in just over a week. We have a total of 32 students for this semester with a promise of more new students for the Spring semester. The semester has passed with only minor challenges, and no serious storms for which we are praising the Lord .. I am looking forward to being back for the Spring semester that begins near the end of January.

            St. Thomas Community Baptist Church continues to grow, this is due partially to the fact that Dylan Johnson, one of the graduates from last school year, has been called as assistant pastor. He and his wife are working with the young people and the music. Their contribution has made a great difference.

            The Haitian ministry that was started in the fall of 2005 is growing also. This ministry was organized on December 3, 2006 as the First Haitian Baptist Church of St. Thomas. The students from Haiti are working very hard to reach their countrymen that have traveled to St. Thomas to find work.

            Reba and I want to wish each of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We trust that each of you will be blessed this season and we are praying that the New Year will bring you even greater blessings than this year.

            Your faithful prayers and financial support make it possible for us to continue the work God has given us to do.