Rediscovering what really matters

Thanks so much for your prayers. Darla is still in ICU but she was feeling a little better today. I know our Lord is answering your prayers. Please keep praying.



In times like these I am relearning that it is all about relationships. The most important things aren't things. Last week I thought the color of our bathroom tile for our new house was an important matter. God has a way of getting us back on focus.

I have been overwhelmed today by the outpouring of love and support. My wife Darla is truly a peace maker. I guess I expected our church friends to express their love and support and they sure did in a big way but what I was not ready for was the large number of non church people that Darla has loved and influenced. Today this older lady came up to me on the street and she started hugging me and telling me how much she loved my wife. I guess she was a strong catholic because she started doing the sign of the cross and telling me she was praying her fiend Darla. If that was not enough the boss of our street guards told his men as he began to cry ,"I am not a Christain but I want you to pray for Darla, they are doing good things here "

Then I went to eat tonight at Fridays in Cancun. We have had the same waiter there for ten years. The waiter told me how much to cared about Darla and or family..... He is pictured here... He is not a believer yet but our family has influenced his life.

Darla is in ICU and they only let me visit 4 times a day each visit can be 15 minutes .

The visiting times are 8am, 11am ,4pm and 7pm . Today I was there at 8am and I talked to the doctor he said that every thing is going as he expected. Darla is still in some pain but the doctor said that is expected.

I worshiped with the English Church in Cancun this morning . Marco did a great job and the music is great. Today they are changing the name of the church . As they join the Community of Faith church in Houston.

Cancun Praise team

I went back to hospital for the 11am visit.

After that I drove back south to Paamul and I baptized three new believers. It was a great day in Paamul we has about 65 people in our Spanish service and the English service was a full house.

After that I drove back to hopital in Cancun for my 4 pm visit

I waited around for the 7pm visit.... She was more upbeat but there is still some pain.

Full day...

Thanks so much for your prayers

We are still going forward.

URGENT PRAYER NEED FOR DARLA

Please pray for Darla. The doctors in Cancun did a MRI today and they found a blood clot that was causing her headaches. She is now in ICU and the doctors are saying that she will be there at least 48 hours.



She was feeling a little better this afternoon but she really needs our prayers.

Please pray for Darla

Darla is sick with flu like symptoms. She has had a real bad headache for about 4 days now and she is not able to keep anything down. Darla never gets sick so the dog and I don't know what to think.

Pray also for Doug's mom, Billie Millar, they have moved the date of her back surgery to the 26th.

We are planing on having a block party for kid's in a middle class neighborhood in Playa tonight and we have a baptismal service planed for tomorrow after church. Please pray for these activities and our health. Thanks for praying Doug

Missionary house construction continues

Missionary house construction continues in Paamul. Please pray as we try to finish this house. It is going a little slower now and in turn it's a little more costly. We have big dreams for the ministry here but we are going to need to build more support...

If God leads you to help you can send checks to our Stateside address:

Global Community Fellowship

1904 Red Bud Cir.

Greenville, NC 27858

Pray for Doug's mom in North Carolina - she will have back surgery

Pray for Darla she has a headaches and chills today

Pray for the house construction that we will have money to finish the project.

Pray that we will find land for our hotel training center project.

God is still changing lives!

We are seeing God doing great things through our weekend services in Paamul. We had three more people this week who gave their lives to Christ in our Spanish service. They are going to be baptized next Sunday. The English speakers also had a great time of worship Sunday. Please pray for this church in Paamul and these new believers.

Some prayer needs for the week:

1. Pray for the three who are planing to be baptized next Sunday.
2. One of our small groups is going to have an outreach movie for kid's in Playa next Sat.
3. My mother is having back surgery on Friday
4. We have our small groups meetings of Wed.
5. Ladies in English have a bible study on Tuesday
6. We are planning to have a Thanksgiving day outreach on the 22
7. I am going to continue to look for land for our camp/training center vision
8. Continue to pray for the the guys building our missionary house. Pray that the construction would speed up and that we would have to money to finish the project.
9. Pray for our kid's in the States Brandon and his wife Amy in Dallas ; Brittany is in school in Ark.

Need your prayers for the weekend services

I am doing the preaching this weekend both in Spanish and English. We still have a small church in Spanish about 30 people most Sundays. We are hoping to have another baptismal service this week as God is changing peoples lives.

Catch the wave!

I have always had a great desire to be part of a great movement of God, impacting lives through the power of God and in turn changing a culture for His Glory. Like the novice surfer who is looking for that one big wave. He has had a few pretty good wipe outs along the way but now he is tried of wasting time with the small stuff. He still has dreams of riding that perfect wave that will change his life forever. Now he sees a great wave building... He is asking, "is this the one?" , "Am I ready?" FEAR comes in as the wave continue to build. I don't know if I can take another wipe out... How does the surfer overcome his fears?

To push this surfing analogy a little further. When I see the "perfect wave" I was the one that would always yell at my buddy ,"this is your wave, take it!". Recently a friend of mine told me if God has given you a vision , Go FOR IT! Quit trying to pass your vision off on someone else.

I see a great wave building in the Mayan Rivera of Mexico and God has given me a vision..... Please pray that I will have the faith that will over come all fear and that I will Catch God's Wave.