Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens… We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. We have given the hand to the Egyptians... to be satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. (Lamentations 5:1-7)
Dear fellow Prayer Warriors,
Well, maybe things in America aren’t quite as bad as the above verses portray, but they are surely headed that way. As our government gives away all our money in “stimulus,” pushing the nation more into debt and economic ruin, it’s easy to see how Satan will soon deceive many into taking the mark of the beast. Thankfully, the Bible promises the rapture of the church will come before that, so we won’t have to go through the tribulation period. The worse it gets, the more we keep looking up (Luke 21:28), occupying until he comes (Luke 19:13), preaching, passing out tracts, and attempting to reach the lost and dying world for the cause of Christ!
PREACHING
The beginning of January, I preached in several churches in South Florida. One of them was an all Spanish church. The Pastor asked me to teach Sunday School on the subject of Marriage. I did my best to show the type of Christ and the Church, and then stressed in marriage: men should sacrifice for their wives (as Christ did for the church), and women should serve their husbands, (as the church is supposed to do for Christ). I then preached a message in the main service, giving a clear presentation of the Gospel.
GROWING POPULATION
The recent election showed just how many Latinos live in the United States, most of them voting for the liberal candidates. A conservative estimate is there are 35 million Hispanics in America. But that number is probably closer to 50 million, according to other sources.
I’m sure you’ve all heard the rumors. There is much talk about the Mexican government going under. (Please pray for our safety when we visit there in June). This means even more illegal immigrants will try to enter the U.S. If this be the case, who will go and give them the gospel? There is a great need to reach this growing Hispanic population with the Gospel of Christ.
PASSING OUT TRACTS
The King and Queen of Spain visited Pensacola, Florida on February 19th, in celebration of the 450th anniversary of the founding of the city under Spanish rule. My wife and I took with us both English and Spanish tracts and passed them out to the over 5000 people in attendance. We met some Spaniards as well. I witnessed to them and gave them gospel literature. They all claimed to be Catholic, but said they would read the material.
I tried to give a pure Spanish Bible (the 1602 Purified) to King Juan Carlos I, asking three different Secret Service agents if I could present the Bible to him. They all gave an adamant, “No!”
At least we tried. Had we succeeded, it would have been the first time any non-catholic ever presented a Bible to the King of Spain based upon the pure reformation bible texts since 1543 (the Francisco de Enzinas N.T.).
POSTING A NEW WEBSITE
One thing I never wanted to do was learn how to set up a website. I just knew it would be time consuming and frustrating (which it turned out to be). But as many people have been contacting us via email asking questions about the Spanish Bible Issue, salvation, and more, I knew I had to catch up to the 21st century, and post a good website in both English and Spanish, in order to give our ministry a global outreach. After three weeks of many 14 hour days, our new website is now finished, and can be visited at: http://www.rrb3.com/.
Laura and I with our little Emma Lee
King and Queen of Spain with Florida governor Charlie Crist
