“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) This is my dad’s favorite passage in the Bible. Not only have I been remin [...]
As many of you already know, our sixth child—and first son—was brought into this world on November 12. His name is Benjamin Edward Lee Wilder; and, needless to say, we are very excited and grateful to the Lord for giving us this opportunity [...]
“And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?” (John 9:40) Just like the traditions and religious rites of the Pharisees blinded them from perceiving the truth, the average Guatemala [...]
The biggest annual event we have here at the Iglesia Bautista Bíblica Independiente is our Missions Conference. We support five missionaries and two local pastors. This year we invited a college classmate of mine, Jeremy Snipes, to be our s [...]
Rony Ruiz and his family visited our church one Sunday night. When I read his Visitor Card the next day, he wrote down that he was invited by Jesus. I was curious to hear the rest of his story, so later in the week I went to visit him. When [...]
My brother-in-law, John Early, hosted a missions trip out of his church last November to visit our work. He brought us some professionally printed tracts with a picture of our church on them. While they were here, we had the opportunity to [...]
Our school year in Guatemala is from January to the middle of October. That means that from the middle of October to December is when our schools are on vacation; it is our “Summer Break.” During this time is when we are the busiest here at [...]
We had the privilege of having Brother Dan Siemer preach our missions conference this year, with three people receiving Christ as Saviour. Not only did he do an excellent job preaching our missions conference, but he also taught a class on [...]
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (I Thessalonians 5:18) We as human beings are prone to take for granted the things that God has given us. An example of this would be our families. It [...]
We are in the second month of our school year. This year we have 25 children studying in our Christian school. Several of these kids are from our bus routes, while others are from faithful families that have attended our church for years. M [...]
