Greater Portland Baptist Church

Keith and Donna South: March 2008

Greetings from Nephi, UT!

We are praising the Lord for a little girl in our Master's Kids ministry that has trusted the Lord Jesus as her Savior! We have had several new kids come in the last few weeks both in MK and our Teen group. Pastor Steve and Zach Whitwell (he & his wife Jamie attend our church) work at a boy's home in Fountain Green. They have been able to bring 4-6 young men to our Teen group consistently and several are showing interest in salvation and God's Word. We would ask that you pray for both of these ministries.

We have just about finished our floor plan for our new building (I hope). Our next step will be to decide on an architect or engineer to draw up a set of prints we can submit to the city. Please continue to pray the Lord will bring in the necessary funds to get this project going and then completed. We are praising the Lord for Colonial Hills Baptist Church in Indianapolis, IN for their amazing gift of $13,000! Right along with their gift we are just as thankful for the $200 gift sent to us from First Baptist Church in Beaver, UT. It's exciting to see missions churches sacrifice to help.

The family seems to be doing well. Thanks for your faithful prayers here. Donna is still having energy problems so we would ask you continue prayer for her health. The boys are all doing well. Jeff wrestles in his region tournament this weekend in Baltimore, MD. Pray for the team as they travel and wrestle. If he can place in the top four, he will qualify for nationals next month in Florida. This is absolutely killing his mother and I not being able to be there and watch. We didn't miss a match in High School and haven't made one in college. Momma is not too happy! Brad & Doug continue to finish up with their school for this year. They've worked hard and will finish quite early, probably early to mid April. We're grateful for their tenacity and their being able to balance school with work and football.

We want to thank everyone for your various correspondence. It's great to read or hear about what's going on in your lives and churches. It also helps us pray more informed.

Keith, Donna, & The Boys

Keith and Donna South: February 2008

One month about down and 11 more to go before the next Christmas. At least, that's the way Brad looks at it. We continue to see the Lord's blessings in areas that would make the unsaved cringe. I don't want to sound flippant because we are truly grateful for how the Lord sustains but if you were to give an unsaved family $30,000 of debt (mostly medical & deputation) and...continue

Keith and Donna South: January 2008 (2)

Praises: After nineteen years of knowing my Savior, thirty years of marriage, twenty three years of parenting, and almost fourteen years in Nephi ministering, we are praising the Lord more than ever! We thank the Lord for each of you who have known us and prayed for us all these years. We are also thankful for the way the Lord has used you to help financially. The ministry continues...continue

Keith and Donna South: January 2008

There is never enough vocabulary or room in our updates to express our heart felt thanks for all the prayers, notes, emails, gifts, & visits that are offered and received over the course of a year. We can look back over almost 17 years with so many of you and treasure our time, friendship, and service together for our wonderful Savior. We had the privilege of baptizing two right before...continue

Keith and Donna South: November 2007

Greetings from Nephi, UT! It is our prayer that all is well with you where the Lord has you serving. We want to praise the Lord for all who support this ministry both financially and prayerfully. It is a constant encouragement to us to know folks are praying for us and the ministry here in Nephi. We have experienced a slight drop in our attendance. There are a variety of...continue

Keith and Donna South: October 2007

Praise the Lord and just step back and see what He will do! I want to thank everyone for your prayers for our family and this ministry the Lord has put us in. We are praising His Holy Name and thanking Him for a great start on our fall ministries. We are down a little from the number of kids we had last year. Several of our families we ministered...continue

Keith and Donna South: September 2007

Praise the Lord for the month of August! We had plenty to do after July which is camp month. We had a wonderful camping season. Jeff was the program director and assisted our new camp director Jarrod Murdock. The Lord used the both greatly and it was a blessing to see our young men from Utah step up into such leadership positions. We had a little over 300 for family...continue

Keith and Donna South: July 2007

Bless the Lord oh my soul! A quick thank you to all of our faithful prayer warriors & supporters. Praise the Lord for a fantastic Summer Bible Time (SBT)! In case you didn't hear, we ended up registering 68 kids this year with our attendance increasing each day from 33 on Monday to 50 on Friday! We had three young people ask the Lord to save them! PTL! We had...continue

Keith and Donna South: May 2007

Praises: Someone asked me the other day, "Where would we be without the Lord?" I had only one answer that took no time in getting out of my mouth, "Lost!" Praise the Lord for His goodness and all of you He has provided who have faithfully prayed and supported this ministry. The ministry is doing well. We have had a good start to 2007. The Lord has been so good...continue

Keith and Donna South: March 2006

We are already blowing through 2007! We have had new faces in all services and ministries and have had one young person accept Christ! We are in process of planning a baptismal service for sometime in March. Pray for some of our newer families to be faithful, grow, and begin to serve the Lord through His church. The family is doing well. Glenn and Jennifer are both working in SLC....continue

Keith and Donna South: September 2006

Praises: What an awesome God we serve! We continue to thank and praise the Lord for all of our faithful support team. Without your faithful prayers and support we would not be able to survive the demands of ministry in Utah. We are praising the Lord for a great summer's end and the beginning of our fall ministries. We were asked to run a concession stand at our county fair!...continue

Keith and Donna South: July 2006

Praises: There is always so much to praise the Lord for: Our great God and the relationship we can have through His Son Jesus Christ, our family He has given to us, the ministry He has given and continues to bless. We also praise Him for our tremendous team of supporters and prayer partners. The ministry continues to be used of God in wonderful ways. We have had several accept...continue

Keith and Donna South: May 2006

Praises: There is always much to praise the Lord over! We want to thank all of you for your prayers and faithful support not just for the last few months but over the many years that the Lord has had us together. The ministry is cranked up and moving forward for the glory of God. I believe every aspect of our ministry is growing & we pray maturity is taking...continue

Keith and Donna South: December 2005

Praises: Praises, it’s a great word isn’t?  We love it around here and use it multiple times every day!  The Lord is so good that you can’t know Him and not use it.  “Praise the Lord,” is one of our most used statements.  Jeff uses it constantly in wrestling as do his brothers, mother and I, and now the coach and several players are using it!  PTL!  One of the...continue

Keith and Donna South: January 2006

(Please note that this was copied and reformatted from an Adobe PDF document) Three bullets... There once was a man who had nothing for his family to eat. He had an old rifle and three bullets. So, he decided that he would go out hunting and kill some wild game for dinner. As he went down the road, he saw a rabbit. He shot at the rabbit and missed it....continue