Posted by Ray Pritchard on 8.31.08 in Keep Believing Ministries, Missions, Pastors
Yesterday we received a note from a pastor in Northern Ireland. Here’s what he said:Greetings my dear brother from Belfast Northern Ireland. May I please thank you for your Bible sermons and studies. They have been a real blessing to me as a Pastor, who also needs feeding. Would you please give my greetings to your people and please…
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 6.21.08 in Current Events, Missions
If you are looking for updated and reliable news about the the persecution of Christians around the world, check out these websites: Christian Monitor, Compass Direct, Voice of the Martyrs, Christian Freedom International, Persecution.org, Persecution Blog …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.14.08 in Missions, Travel
Just before we left the SAM guesthouse to go to the airport for our trip home, we recruited another missionary to take one final picture of us with Tom and Janine Throssel. We met them in the mid-90s when they attended the church in Oak Park during their student years at Moody Bible Institute. Tom and Janine helped out in t …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.14.08 in Missions, Travel
On Sunday morning missionary Greg Dahl picked us up at the SAM guesthouse in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. He wanted us to experience a Bolivian worship service at the Luz y Vida (Light and Life) Church in a rural area on the edge of Santa Cruz.This is the new church location.The wood under the tree comes from the old building.Elder …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.13.08 in Missions, Travel
Tonight I saw something I had never seen before. It started when we went to downtown Santa Cruz with Tom and Janine Throssel and their children plus Tom’s parents Terry and Marlene plus their friends Richard and Janice Cavaliere who came to Bolivia to help with the children during the conference this week.Marlene and …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.12.08 in Missions, Personal, Travel
The two in the middle were born in the same hospital in Havre, Montana.When Marlene spoke to the women, she told them she was born in Montana. The next day Dan Strebig asked her where in Montana she was from. When Marlene said she was born in Havre, he replied, “I was too. In Deaconess Hospital.” “I was born there too,” Ma …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.11.08 in Missions, Personal, Travel
Marlene and Laura Kienzle check out the Sahara Pizza motorcycle delivery man.Rebekah Kienzle serves the Sahara Pizza special to Laura, Marlene and Erica.L-R: Paul, Rachel, Laura and Rebekah Kienzle, Marlene, Erica Kienzle, Ray.The conference ended this morning on a deep note of spiritual worship. You could not doubt the dee …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.10.08 in Missions, Travel
We took this picture today after the morning session and just before lunch. Greg Dahl, the tall fellow on the back row at the right, took this picture using the time-delay feature on his camera.
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 1.9.08 in Missions, Travel
Missionary kids taking a ride through the animal preserve at the resort.A rural furniture factory with its products displayed by the side of the road. Rebekah Kienzle and Phillip Throssel show off a macaw that lives at the resort. With the single missionaries of the SAM Bolivia field.L-R Dana Wilson, Katie Wells, Marl …
Posted by Ray Pritchard on 12.24.07 in Christmas, Missions, Theology
I just read an inspiring meditation on Isaiah 9:7 called Immanuel and Islamabad. If you are feeling discouraged this Christmas season, read this meditation and rejoice that the Babe of Bethlehem is the one true King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And of his kingdom there will be no end.
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