EL SALVADOR (Feb. 1-7)

One of the missions in which one of our group was able to preach

Some of the people from one of the missions-

Matt led the lady standing next to him to the Lord last February while there.

He was encouraged to see her continuing faithfully

along with her family which she has won to the Lord.

The pastor's that attended the conference

The literature we left for the churches in Chiapas 

FRESNILLO, ZAC.  (Feb. 14)

The group of pastors attending the conference in Fresnillo, Zacatecas

The pastors receiving their literature

CIRUELA, COAH. (Feb. 15-17)

Preaching the 15th Ann. of Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 

this is where we first pastored back in 2003 - 2005

Us with the Shields (Matt's parents-his father is now pastor there)

THE VALENTINES BANQUET (Feb, 23)

Hno. Lupe and his wife (right) taught the sessions

Lunch

Game time

The banquet

The winners of a special prize for the day

All the youth and young adults who helped immensely throughout the day

Church Fellowship (Feb. 24)

One afternoon several of us got together and went to the park just to enjoy some time together.

Our Family for this month.

One of Judah's latest adventures!

Selah's first decorated cake - all by her self!

Enoch trying hard at the park.

Mercy's first Gerber.

Tirsa with some of her latest art work :)

Caleb, almost 10, is constantly stretching the limits.

Us, Happy to be in Love,

Happy to serve our Lord,

Happy for our Family,

and Happy that your are part of our lives!

God Bless!

Home and Abroad

HOME

Acts 18:10
"For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee:
for I have much people in this city."
And this is only a small section of our city seen from our roof.

New Years service/party in Dios es Amor

The church kids receiving their Christmas stockings

Some of them singing a special

New years party in Victoria

Some of the kids that have started coming and have become fairly faithful to the clubs

We put together puzzles and played games.

The kids from Victoria receiving their Christmas stockings
If any of you remember hearing about the teen Paco in past years, he is the one on right holding his little girl.

Some of the club kids.......

......some more......

.......and some more.

AND ABROAD

Matt and the group that went with him to Cancun.  He took the three couples
that took care of the churches while we were gone.

Sorting out the material to separate into boxes

Making up the boxes

One of the services

Some of the pastors that received material 

One of the pastors with the material he received.  

Handing out a Bible to all the police that came to help in the presenting of the flag.

A few of the pastors children that received a gift box

The pastor that was able to stop by the trailer
and pick up more material on his way home.


AND BACK HOME AGAIN

Working hard on school work

Judah has been our accident prone child lately.
His foot after stepping on the muffler of a scooter

This one was after taking a fall

Enoch has come to love the guitar and does his best to play it with the two strings it has left.

And Mercy is such a happy baby.....
We're so thankful for her!


We are also thankful for each one of you that takes the time to pray for us.
We appreciate your part.

Happy Trails!

From Maine, to Arkansas, to Florida and everywhere in between...

Here's just a few of the Pastors, friends, and family that we were able to see and visit with on this trip.

Missions Conference in Crossroads Baptist Church, Columbus NC

Pastor Nathan Deatrick

Pastor John Burns from Wyoming (We saw them in PA though)

Ass. Pastor Jim Davidson, Faith Baptist Church Morgantown, WV

Grandma Deatrick made a trip out to see us (mostly the new grand-baby).

Pastor Randy McKee, Calvary Baptist Church Graneville, NY

"Super Storm Sandy"

While visiting Bethel Baptist Fellowship in NY, 

we stayed with the Jackey family in NJ. 

The Lord had it timed for us to be there during 'Sandy'.

The kid's fort after the storm

Everyone pitched in to help clean up.

Making the most of the lost fort

Pastor Tim Kelly, Lewiston Baptist Church, ME

A church get-together at  LBC

We saw three of our 4 grandmothers on this trip.  

We were in NC during Thanksgiving and were able to see (Naomi's) Grandma Tate.

The Riley Family in MS

The Kamphefners drove four hours one way to see us.

Bro. Rob Wilson is the Pastor of the Spanish people at 

Cleburne County Baptist Church, AR

One of the Spanish services

A get together with the Spanish church

Pastor Tim Crumpton, Cleburne County Baptist Church, AR

Cleburne County Baptist Church

'Uncle' Jim Baker

(Matt's) Grandma Shields

Bro. Ralph Hayes

Hno. Pepe Ramirez, Pastor of Iglesia Bautista Maranatha, FL

We're grateful that it worked out for us to stop by 

and see (Matt's) Gran Lewis on Christmas on our way back to TX.

This is only a small percentage of the people that we saw while travelling over these past few months.  Each and every one that we came into contact with was a blessing to us in some way.  We appreciate the love we were shown through such kindness, interest in us and the ministry, generosity, and hospitality. 

May God bless each of you as you serve Him.

To finish out the trip.....

Here we are trying to get the van out of the mud at 

Gran's house Christmas Evening.  

The tires were up to the hubs in mud because of the 

amount of rain and weight in the van.

We're finally headed home though!