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Dear Friends: Greetings from south Florida. We are doing well and are trusting in our Lord that all is well with all of you. Our men's ministry is doing very well. We have about 15 men that are very committed to our meetings. We me every two weeks and discuss different topics and then we break into small groups and work through areas of our lives that will help us to become more like Jesus. I am so pleased to see transformed lives in our midst. Marriages are being strengthened and we are starting to see men taking their rightful place in their homes and the body of Christ. AnnMarie is so excited to be working with the children from ages 8 to 12. She is teaching them to worship and praise the Lord in song. They meet every Saturday for two hours practicing in preparation for presentations once month in church and different nursing homes. She is also very happy to see the parents supporting this ministry. God is so faithful to His Word. He is always there to help us and guide us with the precious anointing from His Holy Spirit. What an honor for my wife and I to be working with men and children. It brings tears to our eyes that God has given us an opportunity to be a part of building His Kingdom Church. I would like to encourage all of you that God looks upon us as jewels and will use us in building His Kingdom, all He needs is willing hearts. Today, with the world in so much trouble, people are seeking for truth and peace in their lives and many times in all the wrong areas. We were very blessed to have a team from Michigan come and put on a three-day seminar on evangelism. Twelve people took the course and went out to evangelize different families and friends. They even knocked on doors to bring the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the lost and dying. Matthew 9:35 to 38 says, "Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when He saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." We have a couple in our church that came to us and felt led to start a ministry to feed the poor. I went to Miami with them to make contact with people from a government-funded project so we could received food to distribute to needy families in our church and surrounding areas. God has opened doors for us and we are going to Miami in a couple weeks to get a truck load of food to begin this ministry. We are trusting that God will use this as a instrument to take care of their physical needs and, of course, their spiritual needs and the revelation knowledge and saving grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Bob Toulese, a missionary to Central America, has invited us to visit his church, hospital, and children's foundling home. We are praying for God to open doors for us to go for two weeks in June or July of this year. We know that God always wants to touch His body with a cup of cold water in the Name of Jesus. Bob and his family have bee serving the Lord in Central America for 18 years and we would love to serve the Lord and visit them to help in any way we can. Please pray for this visit. Well I guess that's it for now. Please take care and keep trucking for Jesus. In His Care, Pat and AnnMarie P. S. Continue to pray for our prayer requests: 1. For our son's walk with Jesus. He is doing wonderful. 2. For my health to continue to be healed in our Lord's name. 3. For our new ministry, feeding the poor in West Palm Beach. 4. For the leadership in Verbo West Palm Beach. 5. For our finances at times it's difficult.
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