Dr. Mark Holmes Family
Conferences/Camps At the beginning of November, I traveled with Missionary Evangelists Jim Belisle and Denton Bell for a special meeting in Ibadan. I was honored to preach the anniversary service at Independent Baptist Church of Ijokodo, w [...]
Exactly fifteen years ago last month, Dr. Darrell Moore came to Nigeria to visit my family and see our work. He preached a Missions Conference for Truth Baptist, taught church multiplication in our seminary, and made a dream of mine come tr [...]
During this summer, it has been exciting for our family or ministry to take part in five S.M.I.T.E. camps in some way. Our previous prayer letter highlighted the Summer Missionary Institute for Training in Evangelism in Louisiana. At the be [...]
On the first day of May, Sabrina, along with Victoria, LaDonna, and Aaron, arrived back to the U.S. Joseph and Sabrina’s mom were joyfully waiting to pick them up in Louisiana. Brian, Noah, and I enjoyed an extended layover for a couple of [...]
September of next year will be three decades since I enrolled in Hyles-Anderson College. During my time as a college student, two names were continually put before us as modern-day missionary heroes, Rick Martin and Kevin Wynne; God has gra [...]
Since April of 2023, our ministry has been raising funds and building on a new auditorium for Truth Baptist. On the last Sunday of February, the first-ever morning service was held in our “church on the hill,” and we were honored to have wi [...]
November began with a successful Soul-Winning & Leadership Conference held in Ibadan. I was thankful to have Missionary Evangelist Denton Bell with me. Just a week later, I was again in Nigeria’s second-largest city to welcome a fellow [...]
Through our affiliation with Christian Media International, we have been operating a fully equipped audio/video studio in the southwest region of Nigeria for three years and are now televising seven weekly Gospel programs in six languages. [...]
Our furlough continued in July with a few Independence Day celebrations: fireworks at our sending church after the midweek service, dinner at our pastor’s home the next evening, and activities at my mom’s assisted-living facility on the mor [...]
Our family arrived in Miami on May 7 for a short furlough to celebrate Victoria’s high school graduation, firstly with a “senior trip” to the Florida Keys. On 14 May, she walked at Abeka’s homeschool program in Pensacola, and the next week [...]
