UPDATE DECEMBER 2019

The Title is Happy? New Year. It asks the question, what will make you happy this New Year? Will it be a house or a car or some kind of gadget? Let me tell you what makes me  and most other Missionaries happy . 1- Serving God. God’s reason for...

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Update November 2019

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! Little Laura before our trip      Linda being dedicated Pr Lloyd Abiva preached the Anniversary Sermon and his wife Natalie taught the children’s Sunday School. His daughter Abril was so grown up and pretty since we last saw her and it was the first time we were able...

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UPDATE OCTOBER 2019

HELLoween! How bad is bad? How wrong is wrong? When I was a child I was told by the priest (I was catholic) that if I cursed, all I would need to do was to add Devil at the end and it was alright to curse the devil. So I...

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Update September 2019

It’s time to plan ahead. Christmas is coming! You might think it’s crazy but before you know it, it will be Christmas Eve and you will be out in the middle of traffic heading to a jam packed store to buy that gift you forgot to plan for. Here in...

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Update August 2019

    Education is the Key to Success! It is through the education of the Gospel that we are saved. Act 8:30  And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? Act 8:31  And he said, How can I, except...

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Update July 2019

“> I GOT MARRIED—-AGAIN! After 20 years of being married, I married my wife again! Well, we renewed our vows to each other. The Church planned everything and it was a total success. We are hoping for another 20! Watch my children perform. See the Photos PAPA JOE IN THE...

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Update June 2019

“> I GOT MARRIED—-AGAIN! After 20 years of being married, I married my wife again! Well, we renewed our vows to each other. The Church planned everything and it was a total success. We are hoping for another 20! Watch my children perform. See the Photos PAPA JOE IN THE...

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Update May 2019

THINGS ACCOMPLISHED (Click on any blue link) We have done much this past month. Many thanks to our supporters who made it happen. BUILDING PROJECT #1 As you know we are building a two family house for some poor people. We have raised $ thousands for that effort. Some people...

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Update April 2019

April Showers ? May flowers? I don’t want to cry but I am sitting here (at home) dressed as little as decency will allow, with a fan blowing on me. No showers. Have you ever been to the desert and have a hot gust of wind blow on you? Wow!...

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Update March 2019

God uses the support of others to empower missions www.payatasbaptistchurch.org www.payatasmissionoutreach.org God uses the support of others to empower missions Our duty is to minister to each other. We have people in need of a place to live. They live in pieced together shanties with rats and dirt floors. The...

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Update February 2019

We’re Building!! 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 King James Version (KJV) 19  For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20  And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them...

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Update January 2019

          A New Year – A New Work Any work that does not re-invent it self on a regular basis goes stale. That also applies to the work of the Lord. We have people in desparate need of safe, secure housing and so we are building...

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