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March, 2013 No. 8

March, 2013 No. 8

Dear Friend,

Hello from El Salvador! We pray that you are well. We sure do love you and are gratefulfor your love and friendship. Thanks for all you do to help us be here and know thatfolks are coming to Jesus through our work together.

Although we try to inform everyone about what is going on here, I am frequently ask,"now, what is it that you do there?? So, in this newsletter, allow me to try and betterclarify what Angelique and my days look like..

11..WWEE OOVVEERRSSEEEE“Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Beshepherds of the church of God” -Acts 20:28“I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches” -2 Corinthians11:28

We are responsible to oversee, lead, counsel and serve our Radio and Institute Staff of27 dedicated men and Rosita,in their respective mission and purposes. TThheerree iiss aallwwaayyssssoommeetthhiinngg ttoo ddoo::• We have to service radio equipment and constantly review programming.• We have to meet with professors, buy new books for the library, and counsel with

our students.• We pray, plan, and sometimes play. OUR STAFF IS GREAT! They are hard working

and loyal, so they are easy to work with.

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We try to oversee and coordinate the work of an association of hundreds ofautonomous churches that voluntarily choose to work with us.We plan and execute amultitude of annual retreats, conferences, rallies, crusades and projects.We havequarterly regional church meetings and an annual meeting.

So, I spend a considerable amount of time in meetings, planning events,and workingwith our staff, and a great amount of time trying to keep the pastors unified, growingand "always abounding in the work of the Lord.(1 Corinthians 15). LLiikkee iitt oorr nnoott,,ssoommeettiimmeess yyoouu jjuusstt hhaavvee ttoo bbee iinn tthhee ooffffiiccee..

22.. WWEE PPRREEAACCHH“Go into all the world and preach the gospel”- Mark 16:15“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it isthe power of God... 1 Corinthians1:18-23

We are in the Mejicanos Church on Tuesdays and Wednesday nights,but we minister indifferent churches every weekend in the churches in our family of churches. Forexample, this month I preached 3 times in Mejicanos, in Chinameca, in El Terrero, in losLuna, in Montreal and a 3-day-revival in Usulutan. Preaching is the highlight of my week.I can tolerate some meetings if I have somewhere to preach later that day. PPrreeaacchhiinngg iinnddiiffffeerreenntt cchhuurrcchheess ggiivveess mmee tthhee ooppppoorrttuunniittyy ttoo ffuullffiillll mmyy ccaalllliinngg aanndd ttoo bbeetttteerr ssttaayy iinnttoouucchh wwiitthh wwhhaatt iiss ggooiinngg oonn iinn tthhee cchhuurrcchheess..

BBoobb pprreeaacchhiinngg iinn UUssuulluuttaann

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BBrroo SSaalloommoonn RRoossaalleess aanndd lleeaaddeerrss ffrroomm tthhee MMoonnttrreeaall cchhuurrcchh

RReevviivvaall aatttteennddaannccee iinn UUssuulluuttaann

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33..TTEEAACCHHIINNGG"And the things you have heard me say... entrust to reliable people, qualified to teach others." 2 Timothy 2:2

I currently teach every week at both Bible Institutes. I teach SystematicTheology onTuesdays in Mejicanos and Principles of Church Planting in Chinameca on Saturdays.These classes are such a blessing. They address two of our greatest needs:

1. To help this generation to be well grounded in sound doctrine, and2. To show them how to take that knowledge and go out and start a new church in atown or village where no church exist.

II AABBSSOOLLUUTTEELLYY LLOOVVEE MMYY SSTTUUDDEENNTTSS aanndd lloovvee bbeeiinngg iinn tthhee ccllaassssrroooomm wwiitthh tthheemm.. II aammeennccoouurraaggeedd bbyy tthheeiirr ccoommmmiittttmmeenntt aanndd ppaassssiioonn ttoo tthhee LLoorrdd aanndd tthheeiirr hhuunnggeerr ffoorr HHiisswwoorrdd....

MMeenn ffrroomm CChhiinnaammeeccaa ssttuuddyyiinngg ttoo bbee cchhuurrcchh ppllaanntteerrss

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44..VVIISSIITTIINNGG//FFEELLLLOOWWSSHHIIPP“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and toprayer”. -Acts 2:42

We try to visit in the homes, have lunch with, or invite to our home,dozens of pastorsand their families every month. TTHHEEYY AARREE OOUURR FFAAMMIILLYY HHEERREE.. WWee nneeeedd tthhiiss ffeelllloowwsshhiippaass mmuucchh aass tthheeyy ddoo!!Besides, Ministry is based on relationships. People best work together when they loveeach other.

We break bread (ok, pupusas...) together, share concerns,and try to hold one anotherup.

Angelique is such a great hostess. Everybody loves to come to our house/hotelbecause of her cooking and hospitality. Of course,she rides the roads with me andcontinues to sing in the churches as well.

EEaattiinngg oouutt wwiitthh BBrroo IIssrraaeell AArrgguueettttaa aanndd cchhuurrcchh lleeaaddeerrss aafftteerr tthhee rreevviivvaall mmeeeettiinngg

VViissiittiinngg wwiitthh BBrroo DDiiaaccoonnoo aanndd hhiiss wwiiffee aafftteerr cchhuurrcchh

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SSoo.... .. wwhhaatt ddoo wwee ddoo??

Really? Nothing fancy, nothing new, nothing innovative nor cutting edge...We do thesame thing your pastor does there, only in a different place. I know there are somebigger,more famous,innovative ministries out there, but,as long as The Lord allows, thepeople follow us, and people continue to get saved,we will stay on. I hope this answerssome questions.

We thank you for supporting two regular folks from Mississippi

GOD BLESS,BOB and Angelique

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