Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.21.10 in An Anchor for the Soul, Missions, Travel, Word of Life
On Tuesday Peter took us to Kwale Prison to minister there. On this particular day 100-150 men voluntarily came to the meeting while many others who could not come listened from a nearby building. We brought soap and toilet paper, two items the prisoners desperately need. After Peter introduced our team, Jim King gave a spirited testimony. Then Pet…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.18.10 in Missions, Travel, Word of Life
Here are the first pictures from Kenya. On Monday we’re going on a safari so stayed tuned for more pictures on Tuesday….
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.17.10 in Missions, Travel, Word of Life
It’s late Saturday afternoon here in Mombasa. We got here in the middle of the night, after a long day sitting in the Kampala airport. We arrived in Mombasa at 11 PM, took a ferry across the inland passage, then rode across the island, arriving at Word of Life around 1 AM. We got to bed at 1:30 AM, totally fried. Up at 7:30 AM for 8 AM breakf…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.15.10 in Keep Believing Ministries, Missions, Word of Life
“Pastor Ray, do you mind if I ask you a question?""Not at all.""What should we do if a Muslim man with four wives converts to Christianity and wants to join our church? We know what the Bible says about marriage, but we want to minister to all his wives and his children too. How do we do that and still be true to the B…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.12.10 in Keep Believing Ministries, Missions, Word of Life
Here are the first pictures from our trip to Uganda.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 4.7.10 in Missions, Travel, Word of Life
In just 24 hours our team leaves for Africa. We’ll be gone 16 days, half of that time in Uganda and half of that time in Kenya. In both countries we’ll be working with Word of Life, the international youth ministry headquartered in Schroon Lake, New York.Several weeks ago Thomas Obunde who heads up Word of Life Uganda asked if we could …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 2.17.10 in Lent, Missions, Prayer
My friend Rich Bonham told me about an exciting prayer initiative timed to coincide with the 40 days of Lent. The Pray Europe movement challenges Christians to . . . 40 days of prayer for40 counties in Europe for 40 seconds a day.Now that’s an idea we can all get our hands around. Once you go to the website, you find links for all the countri…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.27.10 in Missions, Travel
I’m writing this note from the guesthouse at the SIM Missionary Village in Sebring Florida, in the southern part of the state about an hour and a half south of Orlando. This is my third visit. I spoke here in 2004 on the recommendation of Calvary missionaries John and Anne Ockers. Marlene came with me on my second visit in January 2006. So fa…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.23.10 in Keep Believing Ministries, Missions, Personal, Travel, Tupelo
*I’m writing this note at 11:45 PM on Friday night. In just a few hours I’ll be on my way to the SIM Missionary Village in Sebring, Florida. It’s a lovely spot established for missionaries who have returned to the States after 30 or 40 or 50 years on the mission field. I’m the speaker for their Bible conference that starts o…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.14.10 in Current Events, Missions
By now everyone has heard about the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti around 5 PM on Tuesday. At this writing no one knows the full extent of the damage. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called it a catastrophe of “biblical” proportion. That seems like an apt description for the earthquake that struck the poorest nation in the …
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