We struggled financially this past year. The giving for support to the national church was down by nearly $200,000, despite a special gift from a caring family for $100,000. Imagine if they had not given!

Yet somehow, the work of the ministry not only continued, but it also grew, as the chart below, derived from the reports of our supported preachers, demonstrates. Read it slowly and carefully to get the full impact of what they did for our Lord during 2024 and realize that according to Romans 10, they could not go if you did not send them.

Paul told his supporters that he was producing “fruit that will abound” to their accounts in Heaven. Logically, the fruit would not abound in their accounts if they had not supported his work. The same is true for each of us today. As you “lay up treasures in Heaven, ” ensure you get the best Return on your Spiritual Investment.

Nolin and I are in Honduras for a short trip handling legal issues. It will be a blessing to be “home” for ten days and to see the new feeding center built by Pastor Wallace Miller and the good people at Bible Baptist Church in Fairfield, Ohio. Not only did they construct the facility, but they are also providing support for the pastor for one year and enough funds to feed all 85 children every Sunday for a year.

The “church” structure was financed several years ago by Pastor Steve Ware and his members at Tabernacle Baptist in Orlando. It is incredible how these two churches have changed the people’s lives in the town of Zurzular. Both churches came to Honduras last summer, and in summers past, they “lifted up their eyes” – saw a need – and met it. We are so grateful.

This summer, we have four church groups booked already but still have several weeks open for others who want to come down, see the work, serve the Lord, and enjoy our newly remodeled facilities. We hope to partner with a new Baptist Bible Institute nearby and allow them to use our facilities as needed. I also hope to open one or two feeding centers this summer among the Tolupan Indians, about whom you read in the last Progress Report.

Our work elsewhere is growing as well or better than those mentioned. We recently took 15,000 more Bibles into a specific Muslim country and are caring for our displaced members in another where we have 550 families targeted for death and, in the meantime, have lost their jobs and homes. They survive in fields and on the streets, where we feed some 5,000+ mouths daily and give them clothes and blankets.

Please Remember Us in Your Prayers

Pray for displaced believers and help us with your offerings. This work is bigger than any of us, so we must all share the burden as we share the blessing. To God be the glory.