Missions Festival # 2 - Church # 22

Last week we traveled to Martinsburg, West Virginia to be a part of Independent Bible Church’s Missions Festival. It was a great festival and the people involved made it an extra special treat.

Those who said a word of encouragement, shared their home, gave attention to our children or served us in some way are almost innumerable. People continue to flash into my mind that could and should be mentioned in this journal but are way beyond its scope. In addition we also now have 36 new prayer partners from IBC!

While there we met Aniceto and Tracey. Aniceto is from Mexico City and now leads El Camino, a Hispanic ministry at the church. They shared with us Spanish/English Bibles, Spanish Hymn books, advice, prayer support, and encouragement. There was even talk of a short term mission trip in the future.

The speaker for the festival was Ron Blue (no, not the financial guy). He is the former president of Central American Mission, former chairman of World Missions at Dallas Theological Seminary and currently coordinator of the Spanish Ministry for the Seminary. Dr. Blue captured our attention with his enthusiastic sermons and our hearts with his personal interest in our family. Not only did he spend time praying with us but also asked if he could stand with our family at the end of the conference. I thank the Lord for his influence.

I can’t fail to mention the other missionaries that were at the conference. Some were going to places like Indonesia and Chad, while others were providing leadership in Latin America and around the world. I am constantly humbled by the quality of people we meet and their heart to take Christ to the nations.

P.S. Speaking of special treat you will be glad to know that we kept our family tradition of having ice cream during our travels!