Stories from the Field

About a year ago we updated our website. I spent a huge amount of time on it, and although it is not too expensive it still costs a fair amount of money. Lately I had been wondering if it was worth it. Of course, I know it is but it felt like we weren’t seeing […]

Sometimes all you need to be is available. One of our church members generally keeps to himself and takes care of himself.  We have good talks when I visit, and I always made sure he knew I was available. So it was a true delight when he called to ask me to drive him to an

As we enter retirement, we appreciate the door that the Lord has opened to us through Village Missions.  The work that Village Missions does has placed us in the path of many needy, hurting and spiritually hungry people. We could not have ministered to these folks without the faithfulness of God through Village Mission and all those that

The FCA baseball camp went really well.  Combined between the 2 days, including both campers and their parents that stayed to watch, we had about 100 people.  Some good baseball drills were taught and the gospel was clearly preached!  Gospel tracts were handed out along with invitations to church, and all the Bibles we had

I just received a note asking me to open the next town meeting with PRAYER! Wow. Please pray with us the Lord will use that short time with heads bowed before Him in the hearts of those listening in a powerful way & praise the Lord for the opportunity to meet many new folks in

We are in our 10th year in Arcadia. It is becoming more and more apparent that we are missionaries, not just a pastor serving a church. We meet people daily who ask questions and surprise us by telling us they listen to Ray’s message on the internet each week – people who do not darken

We praise God for a new lady coming to our fellowship. During Covid she began to listen to some really good preachers online and gravitated towards Spurgeon and MacArthur. She realized she needed to be in a fellowship, especially as her faith caused her family members to disavow her. She called the church and I

We had 25 kids at AWANA this week! About 20 minutes after the kids went downstairs, we lost our power. It was pretty dark in the basement, but our fantastic volunteers pulled out their cell phones lights and the kids had an absolute blast! The exceptional part took place just before we lost power. Pam

I praise God for every opportunity to share “the Hope that is in us” with those without hope.  I recently had the privilege of preforming a funeral for a family who lost their elderly mother.  Though she was not a believer or a resident of our community, she wanted to buried here. I had never

Two years ago I got a picture in the mail. I was to mail money back to the photographer, but I lost the address. One and one half years later, as I was driving, I saw a man taking pics of a train coming around the corner. I realized that it was the man I

Helena had the opportunity to babysit the one-year-old girl of one of the young moms that Helena has connected with in this community. She needed a babysitter for the day, as she was working and her regular babysitter was busy. She really appreciated that we took her daughter for the day. This family has recently