Dear Pastor and Praying Friends, Just wanted you to know that we had a special church anniversary church service today. Usually, we have around 200 that come to services, but today there were 821, with 126 saved and 51 baptized! Praise the Lord! We are excited as well that, Lord willing, we will be starting another church this February in an area called Manoguayabo! God bless you and thank you for making it possible for us to serve the Lord planning churches here in the Dominican Republic! Your Friend and Servant in the Dominican Republic, Missionary Steve Sidler

Steve Sidler

Nov 02, 2015

Bob Nichols

Oct 19, 2015

Dear Praying Friends, We received two military families as members of our church last Sunday night. Another military family asked in the morning if they could join the church. The husband, Jesus Alberto, was just saved the weekend before. I said he need to get baptized first, which he will do the week after this Sunday as he works this Sunday. He and his wife asked if they could still tithe in the meantime, even if they are not members yet. Of course, I said, "Yes." Two majors in the army; Angie, a military doctor, and Daniel, a military engineer, have gotten together again (they had a fall out last spring) and are going to get married in December; so she will move back here again and become a member again for the third (or fourth?) time (she has been transferred a lot), but this time for good as she has a new specialization in pediatric cancer, one of the few military doctors with this specialization, and she will be working at the largest military hospital in Mexico just blocks from the church . A young lawyer named Dafne, who has been coming to our church for about a year, but has trouble being stable in spite of her great soul winning zeal, has started to knock doors on our bus route with Kellie. Part of her instability has been because of the opposition of her father, a brigadier general, and her mother. They would have a conniption fit if they knew that she was knocking doors in the lower-class part of the city. I believe if she sticks with it she can be a great asset to bring out people and see people saved. Dafne also cleans in our church once a month. Attendance was down some again on Sunday due to some families on the routes missing, but I believe it will be on the upswing as the fall campaign begins on the 25th of this month. Please pray that souls be saved. Ana Mara, who was saved and baptized last month, continues to attend. Please pray for Public Servant Appreciation Day on November 22. We have never done anything like this, but we are inverting local politicians, police, firemen, military and medical professionals and will give them a special gift. Brother Joel, who is the director of the Bank and Industrial Police of Mexico City, will give a testimony and I'll be preaching a salvation message. Thank you for your prayers, Clint Rardin

Clint Rardin

Oct 16, 2015

July/August 2015 Dear Praying Friends, As a result of being on furlough last year, we cancelled our 2014 youth camp, and there was concern that it would affect the momentum that had been built over four years of our Student Missions Institute for Training in Evangelism. Well, during the second week of August, Truth Baptist Church witnessed our biggest SMITE ever, with over 150 campers gathering to receive teaching on how to reach children and conduct Bible Clubs. The youth enrolled more than 1,750 in the Bible Clubs, and nearly 1,000 were saved. For the fourth time, Pastors Sonny McGuffee and Jared Decker led the camp together, and this year we were happy to welcome youth evangelist Bobby Decker to the team. The week ended with 14 graduating from the 4-year program. During our travels to Bible-believing churches throughout America on deputation and furloughs, my family has been excited to meet many Nigerians, several of whom have relatives and friends in Abuja. Please help us to spread the word that we now have a growing church inside the capital city of Nigeria. Grace & Glory Baptist Church (started on May 31) has grown to 13 families; Missionary Israel Thompsons and I would be glad to follow up on any contact information that we receive from Nigerians in the U.S. Overseeing two churches has certainly been taxing to my schedule, but it is rewarding to see both works continuing to grow. For the first time in its nine-year history, Truth Baptist Church had three morning services in two months, with over 250 in attendance. After a successful Family Day in June, the church responded by inviting many to a Baby Dedication on July 12, and the month was capped off successfully by our first-ever Father’s Day celebration, where the "papas" gave testimonies and cooked for the whole church. A big "thank you" to several churches and individuals who contributed to make it possible for us to put a roof on the widow's house, the need that was included in our last prayer letter. We are grateful for the way that our supporters allow us to present requests in order to help others. One reason we are able to focus on various projects that arise from time to time is because many of our church-planting graduates now receive a monthly support for their basic needs from helpful American ministries; the latest of these for us has been GOWIN (Global Outreach Worldwide Involving Nationals: harborbaptistchurch.org). It would directly assist us for you to visit their website and contribute to the national pastors they support. Believing God, Mark Holmes

Mark Holmes

Oct 16, 2015

Bobby Lemmon

Oct 13, 2015

Yura Popchenko

Oct 13, 2015

True Hawkins

Oct 13, 2015

Jason Tate

Oct 13, 2015

Markos Lindsey

Oct 08, 2015

Paul Chappell

Oct 06, 2015