I Timothy 1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Hello from the hot Southwest! We have entered the warmest time of the year and are eagerly awaiting the annual monsoons that typically begin in late June or early July […]
June & July 2014 Dear Friends in Christ, Did you notice that we are writing for 2 months this time? The schedule will have us traveling most of July and August and away from our desk. Please pray with us for safe travels. As we write this, our young people are on the road to […]
June-July 2014 Dear Pastor & Church, It is summertime once again. Along with that comes much activity that pulls people away from Church. Sports events, family gatherings and vacations. We are so thankful to have many people here that never give it a second thought on Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday as to whether […]
Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. II Corinthians 9:15 Dear Praying friends, Thank you for your faithfulness in remembering this ministry and us in your prayers the last couple of months! God, as always, has shown Himself merciful and gracious to us all along the way. Our youth leader, Brother Cleve, took nine […]
Dear Friends in Christ, May is the month when we set aside a day for us to recognized our mothers. We had some visitors on this special day this year and one young lady, visiting with her mother, responded to the invitation for salvation while her mother responded to get some things right with God. […]
March – April 2014 Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends, “…For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” (Proverbs 27:1) Greetings from the quickly warming Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona. The past few days and months have reminded us of the truths of this verse. Each day is full of surprises, sometimes exciting, encouraging blessings from […]
Dear Pastor & Church, Good News! Our son-in-law, Pat has accepted the Lord as his Saviour. This means so much to The Baucom family and our Church here as well. Pat has been a blessing to all of us. It surely is a shot in the arm, especially in this long, cold and dark winter. […]
April 2014Dear Friends in Christ,We’ve been hearing about the harsh winter and snow along the east coast, while we had a very dry winter. I think you took our snow. Living in a desert, we rely on the winter snows for much of our water supply. With no snow during the first few months of […]
Veldhuis April 2014 Prayer Letter Dear Prayer Partners in Christ, Three Cocopah deaths, record numbers of prison Bible studies, and serious family health problems since our December letter multiplied the demands of Native labors and made your faithfulness that much more precious. [“…we had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust […]
Dear Prayer Partners, In February we were able to visit with Gary and Beverly Messick at Living Waters Baptist Church. It was so good to see Gary much improved health wise and to visit with their church family briefly. Their new building is progressing. It will be such a blessing to this church family to […]
March 2014 Dear Friends in Christ, This past winter has been a very dry one for us. I think the winds have blown it all eastward as we are hearing of extra snowfalls along the east coast. This brings us into a dry spring with wildfire dangers running high. How thankful we are that […]
January – February 2014 Dear Supporting Church Families & Friends, “How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!” (Ps36:7a) Greetings from the Tohono O’Odham Nation. We have had such a great start to the new year, and are continually amazed by, and thankful for His excellent lovingkindness. January brought our annual “Bible Reader’s […]
