Hello,Yesterday was an average day as far as attendance goes. The holiday is pretty much over and life is returning to normal. Most of our children from the 11th district came back yesterday. The kids from the area right around the church seem to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hello,I had some trouble with my computer and wasn't able to send an update last week. I preached on salvation and had a few unsaved to preach to. A former member is coming with his wife and young child. I suspect she is not saved, though she has...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
As most of you know, the Ruppel family spent the first 7 months of 2012 on furlough in America. The last 5 months were spent evaluating the ministry in Cambodia, making plans for the future, and taking steps to move forward.Furlough was very good...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hello,Sorry to have not written in the past couple of weeks. We are still at it here, dealing with winter. Winter is not turning out as the nay-sayers said it would. When the world did not end on Dec. 21, they came out with other predictions, like...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Christmas is a blessed time at New Hope Baptist Church here in Cambodia. The children of our church had the opportunity to present the Christmas story in play form. Some of their parents, who don't usually come to church, came to see them perform...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Dear Friends,Thank you all for praying for my step-brother Phil, his 2-yr. old daughter, Sydney, and my family members helping to take care of Phil and his daughter.It has been hard to give solid answers about Phil's condition and his progress,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hello,Sorry to not write you earlier. This week has been different, as I'm sure it has been for you all. I trust you had a good Christmas holiday.Last Sunday morning we didn't see any parents of the junior church kids come. That was disappointing,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Hello, We are finally back in Mongolia. We ended up being gone about a month. We were received hospitably and well taken care of by The Haven Baptist Church in Gunsan. The people of the church were very gracious and a real blessing to us.Our...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The Fairhaven Baptist Church youth group enjoyed collecting groceries in their annual Food-A-Thon. Canned goods are on hand throughout the year and over 35 turkeys were distributed for Thanksgiving and 60 more will be distributed for Christmas....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
