NOT BEING NEGATIVE HOWEVER FACING REALITY; THE YEAR OF 2017 BROUGHT UNPRECEDENTED STORMS THAT CAUSED MANY LOSS OF LIVES. NOT TO EVEN MENTION THE INTERNATIONAL UNREST THAT’S  REALLY THREATENING A NUCLEAR WAR THAT COULD ANNIHILATE HUMANITY. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THINGS LIKE THEY ARE TODAY BUT IT’S STATED IN THE BIBLE THAT THESE THINGS WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF TIME. THAT BEING SAID; I THINK IT’S HIGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE JUST HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE END OF THIS WORLD AS WE KNOW IT. SO  MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING A MIDNIGHT VACATION WHEN THEY SHOULD BE DRAWING AS CLOSE TO GOD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN. I SHUDDER WHEN I THINK OF ALL THE POSSIBILITIES THAT COULD UNFOLD IN THE YEAR OF 2018.

OUR FAMILY IS FINE. GABRIEL GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR AND PAM IS DOING GOOD. IT HAD BEEN QUITE A CHALLENGE FOR US TO FIND A BALANCE OF MAKING SURE THAT HE GOT A GOOD EDUCATION WHILE HONORING MY COMMITMENTS TO SERVICES BUT WE PULLED IT OFF. WE’VE RIDDEN  ALL NIGHT LONG MANY TIMES TO MAKE SURE THAT  HE WAS BACK TO GO TO SCHOOL IN TIME.

i’M DOING PRETTY GOOD SINCE OPEN HEART SURGERY IN DECEMBER OF 2014 HOWEVER, MY BODY IS SIMPLY NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO DO AS MANY SERVICES AS I DID BEFORE SURGERY. SO IF WE’RE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO YOU, PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US FOR WORSHIP IN SONG AND SERMON. WE ARE STILL WITNESSING POWERFUL SERVICES WITH MANY BEING SAVED,

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE MANY PRAYERS THAT YOU HAVE PRAYED FOR US; PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO SO. WE LOVE ALL OF YOU IN THE LORD AND HOPE TO SPEND ETERNITY WITH YOU IN GLORY LAND.