Greater Portland Baptist Church

Kevin and Stacy Byers: March 2008

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ,
 
Thank you all for your continued support through prayer and financial giving. We are blessed by your generosity and faithfulness to the Lord and our ministry.

During the month of March our support increased from 72% to 75% and we trust more will come in by April. We give all the credit to God for His faithfulness and provision. We had one church from our meetings in Virginia begin our support this month and we are hoping many others will support our ministry as well.

Stacy had an opportunity to share the gospel with a teenage girl and an adult lady this month and they both prayed to ask the Lord to save them. Stacy is the best mother and wife I know and her love for the Lord is a refreshing example to others.

I had a good meeting in Pennsylvania where four teenagers accepted Jesus Christ. When I began talking with these teens, I asked them if they believed the Bible is the perfect Word of God. Their answer was typical. "With so many "bible" translations out there, how can we be sure the Bible is perfect?" I explained that Satan was behind the confusion and not God. I used the scriptures to explain how God promised to preserve His Word and that we have a "more sure word of prophecy" today in our King James Bible. It is tragic to see the destruction caused by the various "bible" translations available today. Thank God for you who stand by the old black book!

There was a fifth boy who would not accept the Lord because he believed in Allah and the Koran. The wickedness of Islam is penetrating deep into America and the danger is real. I explained to the boy that a person can only be saved by faith and that faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Sadly, he went away lost and on his way to hell because he rejected God's Word.

For those of you who are not aware; I am hosting websites for Baptists. My website for this is www.baptistsitebuilder.com. This helps offset some of the needs in our ministry and is a blessing to churches at the same time. At the moment I am not charging a design fee for Baptist ministries so if you know of a church, missionary, or Christian who needs a website; please let them know about Baptist Site Builder. I also offer a mail list setup so people can send out e-mail updates just like I do with my prayer letter. If you know a missionary who could use a service like mine and save hundreds of dollars in postage, it might make a great gift.

I recently sent an e-mail asking you to pray for a Preacher named Andrew Stringer who had a massive heart attack. I recently learned that regular updates to his condition can be found at http://www.childrens-church-ministry.com/andrew-stringer.html. I hope you will pray for Pastor Stringer and his wife during this tragedy.

We are currently raising money for our furlough fund and we estimate our plane ticket costs to be $3,700.00, and our shipping costs to be $5,000.00. I am also interested in the "Rosetta Stone" language software which is $499.00. If anyone would like to give towards these we would be grateful.
 
Kevin, Stacy, Josiah, Gabriel, Bella, and Caleb