Revival with Dr. Long

The Lord truly blessed us last week with Dr. Ron Long and his wife Leitha for our Revival. Dr. Long has become a great friend to me and he loves this church and it's mission minded spirit. He shared some great messages with us and all of his messages can be heard through our church web page or you can download them to listen to later. Our church web address is http://www.fbclabelle.org/. I hope if you haven't seen our website lately that you would look it up.

I would ask each of you to pray for Dr. Long and his wife as they travel this fall. On October 4 through the 16th they will be in China and South Korea. On October 19-22 they will be in Quebec, Canada. November 2-9 they will be in Jamaica and November 12-18 they will be Maine. Pray that doors will be open and souls saved.

Pastor Jeff and I will be with Dr. Long in Panama this coming Janaury. Jeff and I will be teaching the final course to group of Pastors and lay leaders on Missions, Evangelism and Discipleship. After the course we will have the honor to be there for their graduation. I ask that you pray for our upcoming trip.

Stay Strong in the Lord!!

With Love, Pastor Frank

Our Trip to Louisiana

Over the Labor Day Weekend my family and I went to Louisiana so that we could attend the 100th Anniversary of Palestine Baptist Church of Bogalusa, Louisiana. I served at Palestine as Pastor before coming here at First Baptist Church of LaBelle. I had the privilege of preaching the morning message for anniverary service. Several of the former Pastors and staff members were in attendance.

David Harbison and his wife Debbie were there from Nashville, TN. David served as Minister of Music and Youth while I served at Palestine. It was good to see him and his wife and visit together. It had been along time since Cathy and I had a time to visit with him and Debbie. I also had a chance to talk with Rev. Ed Jenkins who is now 82 years old. He is a former Pastor and has served as interim Pastor several times. It was a blessing to see him and to here some encouraging words from him. I pray that if the Lord allows me to live that long that I would follow Bro. Ed example of staying the course and that I would have the energy to continue forward. That little visit was one of the special moments of the trip.

Another special moment was to spend time with the Pastor of Palestine Baptist Church, Fred Brumfield. Fred and I have a special bond that he was my youth director while I was at Palestine. I know his family and brother who is also a pastor. It good to be with him and have some time to talk. I ask that you pray for Bro. Fred as he continues to lead this church.

We were able to visit with my Dad and Ms. Nell for a few days and that was nice. I'm thankful to the Lord for the safe trip he gave us. We arrived back Monday night safe but tired.

Update on Jamaica

Jeff and I talked to Dean Dawson today about the needs in Jamaica. Pastor Dean express the need for money to purchase building supplies while they are able to obtain them. Many of the churches and homes in the area of the camp have been damaged and Pastor Dean would like groups to come help these churches and individuals repair and clean their homes.

We would like to take a small group possibly as early as September to help these people. Our biggest obstacle would be coming up with the money to pay our way to Jamaica. I ask that each of us pray and ask what the Lord would he would want you to do. Some individuals might want to give money for building supplies, others might want to give so that someone in our church could go and do the needed repairs. We would like to send a check for building supplies as early as next week.

Hurricane Report from Jamaica

Pastor Dean Dawson, Director of Bethel Christian Mission, Newport, Jamaica has shared with us about the water and wind damage that was done to the camp and in Manchester and Clarendon parishes in Jamaica. Pastor Dean is asking for volunteers to help with the recovery of the camp and helping the people in the surrounding area. It has been reported that between 50 and 60% of the homes in Manchester and Clarendon parishes have lost their roofs. If you would like to help provide humanitarian assistance to those who are financially unable to repair their roofs, we ask that you consider giving a financial gift that we can forward to Pastor Dean to help with the repairs. You might pray and see if the Lord would want you to go to Jamaica and be part of a team that would do repair work, if you are interested in going or would like to know more, please let myself or Bro. Jeff know.

Bethel Mission Website