New Years Kick Off

Five Dollar Plan

Dear Reader,

                The new year has come and with this many new plans, projects, and goals for our lives. My family and I are looking forward to what God has in store this coming year and our praying earnestly for our support to come quickly and within this year so as to be able to reach the field in a timely fashion. Our goal is to be able to be there by January 2013 and this means a lot of hard work on our part as we prepare for this big step in our life. To reach this goal we have prayed and worked on a plan to be able to raise our support allowing it to be easier for individuals and churches to support us. This plan will give everyone an opportunity to support us for a small amount and be a part of a ministry that will reach people around the world. I am calling the plan the Five Dollar Plan!

The Five Dollar Plan is simply this: 1,000 individuals x $5 each = $5,000

                This plan could allow two hundred churches with only five individuals within that church to give five dollars specifically to Reaching the Next Generation. With only twenty five dollars or more coming from each church or five dollars coming from individuals around the nation we could easily see the support raised quickly.

                This is a big endeavor and we know that God blesses those who give and those who help others. As missionaries we are giving our lives to God but also want to help our supporters in every way that we can, allowing anyone the opportunity to be a part with only Five Dollars a month. Please pray for us as we strive on to do all we can for the cause of Christ and if you want to take a part in this with us please contact us.



Great Lady of the Faith
Margaret (Grandma) Wood



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Family Time on the Road

Saturday, January seventh, we were on our way to San Antonio with two churches on the schedule for that Sunday. We had the great privilege to meet Pastor and Mrs. Patton who allowed us to stay with them while in the area that weekend. What a great time we had as we presented in Pastor Patton’s church and meet his kind people! He gave me the opportunity to preach Sunday School as I preached on the throwing out the life line which matched their mission theme for this year! How amazing to see how God works to bring together His work in our lives each day! It was an honor to be a part of not only his church service but also his music department as he allowed us to play with the congregational singing. We always enjoy being a part of each service and church we attend. That night we went to Bible Baptist Church pastored by Johnny Perez also there in San Antonio. I was greatly encouraged by his excitement for our ministry as we spoke before the service about what God had been doing in our lives and what we had planned on

True Texan!

doing in the future. It was refreshing as always to see a pastor get excited about the goals and dreams that we have for Reaching the Next Generation. I preached that night and the Lord did a great work! Wednesday had us in Texas City, Texas visiting with Trinity Baptist Church pastored by Ronnie Mills. This was a great experience and yet another opportunity to present and preach! Many kind people stopped by our table and we were able to speak to many about the ministry. God then provided a last minute blessing in allowing us to be apart of a missions conference in Louisiana Thursday and Friday. We drove that direction to be in Temple Baptist Church pastored by Gerald Heard and what a great conference it was.  The conference was a blessing to us in so many ways not only to allow us to present but to hear some encouraging messages and meet many other missionaries and kind church members. I praise the Lord for His constant help in providing us with many opportunities such as this when we least expect it. While there we were able to stay with a kind family who took us in and treated us with great kindness! Saturday we drove back to be in Iglesia Bautista a Roca for Sunday morning service. We were able to be there as Pastor Rodriguez and his people prepared to host there coming missions conference the next week and in a way be their first missionay to open it up and prepare the hearts of the people. What an honor that was!