As the year 2024 has come to an end, I cannot help but think of all the tremendous blessing from this past year! I think of how last year at this time, I was celebrating New Years in Africa. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to spend this Christmas and New Years in Mexico.…

We left Chicago at 1:30 A.M. and arrived in Guadalajara, Mexico, at 5:30 A.M. We got through customs and made it out of the airport around 7:00 A.M. Bro. Uzi, a staff member at Providence, is from Mexico. His father pastors a church here in Guadalajara. My friend Obed is Bro. Uzi’s brother. There was…

Dear Family and Friends, As 2024 comes to an end, to reflect on God’s goodness, our year we would like to share. The year began with Gilbert in Ghana continuing his missions internship there. A special bond with the children of Mt. Calvary Fundamental Baptist Church he made. When it came time for him to…

Brother Ruckman and I had a wonderful trip! We really had lots of good experiences, and we got to see all of the amazing work our Heavenly Father is doing in hearts and lives – seeing churches that have been started, seeing buildings being built, but more importantly, lives that have been changed! I really…

This morning, Bro. Ruckman was feeling better. His voice was back. We stopped at the church to make a video of the progress on the orphanage being built. Then, we met Pastor Prince for breakfast. Bro. Fred met us at the airport and took Bro. Ruckman’s truck back to his house. We made it to…

Update from Gilbert Everything has been going very well. I really enjoyed getting to spend a few days at home with my family for Thanksgiving. I was glad to get the chance to go hunting and kill a doe.  Since being back at college, things have gotten right back on schedule. Work is going well.…

Bro Ruckman stayed home today. The sore throat had turned into flu-like symptoms. I went to the pharmacy and got some medicine for him. I went to the Harrisons’ house for lunch. The Kenneys came also. I delivered the bags that I brought for them. The food was delicious, and we had a good time…

Church went very well this morning. There were 161 in attendance. Many unsaved were present for the naming ceremony. Bro. Ruckman’s voice held up through the morning message and the naming ceremony, praise the Lord! After church, we had lunch at Pastor Dare’s house. His wife is an excellent cook, and I ate way too…

Election Day has been quiet and uneventful. We did some things around the house this morning. This afternoon, we visited some of the church people. Then, we went to the church to distribute gifts that Mrs. Angie had sent. After that, we had pizza with a couple of the men in the church. Now, we…

We got up early this morning and ate breakfast. We went to Pastor Dare’s church before 8:30. The youth rally did not start at 9:00 like it was supposed to. The traffic is crazy, and the youth from nine different churches were coming. We waited until 10:00, and seven churches had arrived. The other two…