Here is the latest from our missionaries to South Texas, Aaron & Melissa Freeman. To see photos, click on the “date” below to go to their website.

12/30/2011 8:26:47 AM

Just a couple quick updates. Things in the church are still going well. We have not been able to finish the closing on the land, but it will be soon. There was a hiccup due to our legal status as a nonprofit association that caused problems with the title company, but those were resolved yesterday. We may close today and if not it will be early next week. Tomorrow we are having our annual New Years’ Eve activity and are looking forward to a good time together as a church family. In other news, we have begun a big repair project on our personal home, replacing the roof! The asphalt shingles are about 30 years old and are literally coming apart. The asphalt is just rolling off the roof and in many places there are holes all the way through the shingles themselves. Fortunately we haven’t had any leaks yet (not sure how just going to give the credit to God on that one!), but we don’t want to press our luck! So, I’m busy laying underlay and will be putting a new roof on over the coming weeks. It may take me a while, but I thank God for the physical ability to do the work! Not much else to share.

First, I want you to know that the messages from this past Sunday are uploaded on our Sermons page.

Here is the latest update from our missionaries to South Texas, Aaron & Melissa Freeman. Click on the date below to see several pictures on his webpage. It is exciting to see the Lord work in the church there.

11/21/2011 11:05:07 AM

Good Monday morning to y’all. A few updates. The baptism last week went well and the new heater worked perfectly. Definitely was an improvement over the fridgid water from the last baptisms! Yesterday we had a busy Sunday. Normal morning services but then our church’s Thanksgiving Dinner in the evening. After the dinner we had a brief message and then our annual business meeting. Everything went well. In the meeting we voted to move forward with the purchase of the land here by our property, so we’ll be trying to make progress on that in the next couple of weeks. Also, we voted in 8 new members to the church, which was quite a blessing. We’ve still got some other folks attending regularly that have not yet decided to join, but we trust that will happen in the Lord’s timing. In other news, Melissa and I are still battling colds. It was “unpleasant” trying to preach with a sore throat and upper-respiratory infection, but we made it through. By the end of the day I had basically lost my voice, but it’s a little better today. Praying this will go away SOON! Otherwise, not much to report. Have a great week and a great Thanksgiving!

Here is the latest update from our missionaries to South Texas, Aaron & Melissa Freeman. Click on the “date” below to visit their webpage to see the pictures…

11/7/2011 8:52:17 AM

Good morning all! Four updates for you today. First, my medical conditions seem to have all abated (finally). I’m very happy about that and thank you very much for your prayers. Second, Melissa goes this afternoon for her appointment with the surgeon. It’s a second opinion (requested by her doctor). He’ll determine if he needs to do a biopsy or just leave things as they are and do a follow-up in a year. We’re praying that the doctor will make the right decision which will lead to her being completely healthy! Third, this coming Sunday night we are having a baptism service here. I’ve got one young lady already scheduled and may have 2 more girls. Praise the Lord for their willingness to continue forward in obedience. The following Sunday we have our annual church business meeting and will be voting in new members. I’ll let you know after the meeting what the final count is! Fourth, you will notice below that there are quite a few pictures of some half-empty land. That’s because our church is considering purchasing a tract of land to provide for future expansion. We are about 60% full in our current building and have been seeing steady growth since we began the work almost a year-and-a-half ago. If we continue at this pace we will outgrow our current facility in March of 2013, so about another year-and-a-half from now. We obviously can’t predict the future with any degree of certainty, but we’re going to assume that we’ll remain faithful to the work and that God will continue to bless us with souls saved and folks added to the church here. Therefore, we’re going to plan on that growth. Last night I presented an opportunity to the church to purchase a 1.9 acre tract on the same road as the church property. The basic details are that it costs $55,000, the owner is willing to finance at 6.5% with a $5,000 deposit and payments of $300 for 5 years. At the end of 5 years we would need to obtain permanent bank financing (which we don’t qualify for now due to being a new church). We’ve already received a promise from an individual to cover the deposit and as a church we could handle the payments. I asked the church here to begin praying about the situation and in 2 weeks we will discuss it again in our annual church business meeting and make a final decision at that time. So, please be praying with us that we would make the right decision, that being the one that is in-line with God’s will. That said, if we do end up purchasing the property, if anyone is interested in helping financially we could certainly use whatever assistance is available in paying off the balance as soon as possible to aid in having the funds available when it comes time to build the actual building. That’s it for today! Have a great day.