Jake, along with my two sons, Robert and Jason are fourth generation preachers on both sides of our family. That means that our family has been involved with ministry for many years now. Becky's grandmother was a pastor with the Church of God and as you know her father was in the ministry. My great uncle was a minister with the Christian Missionary Alliance and was the one that dedicated me to the Lord when I was a baby. Jake just graduated from a bible school in California and is starting his ministry. He will be with us for a few days and will minister in our church on the 28th of May in both the am and pm services. As I approach the middle and later years of my ministry it will be interesting to see how these young ministers grow and what they accomplish for Gods kingdom. Its time to pass on the baton, take the role of a spiritual father and mentor and teach this new generation of beleivers. Isn't it a joy to serve others?
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Hey Pat,
ReplyDeleteIt's been good reading your blogs so don't think that no one is reading them. Great to hear about everything going on with you work in India and Mexico. We are praying fo ryou guys regularly. Also very exciting to her of your new grandchild on the way, please pass my congrats on to Trish and Chris. We still only have Christian (my boy) but it's not for lack of trying. :) Candy recently started selling Mary Kay and is really enjoying it and doing very well at it. It's nice to have some extra income to help with our ministry. Our church is going by leaps and boinds lately and exciting things are happening in our youth ministry. We recently attended Aquire the Fire and it was awesome. Last Tuesday we had a rally in downtown San Antonio of about 200 teens standing up for their generation at City Hall. 3 of our youth will be going on mission trips this summer, 1 to Reynosa, 1 to China, and 1 to Africa, and I'll be going to Brazil and Thailand for ministry I'm very excited for what God is going to be doing through them. Anyway, sorry this is so long, jus haven't spoken with you guys in awhile. Be blessed and we will keep you in our prayers.