Dear Brothers and Sisters, With thankfulness in our hearts, we want to share with you the good things the Lord blessed us with during the season of Christmas. We, the church in Varna, organized a competition for the best nativity drawing. Forty-six children and youth, from different parts of the city participated. The event took […]

“Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord” 1 Corinthians 1:8–9. The winter winds are blowing from the north, bringing those very cold temps, which most of us […]

We are grateful to the Lord for His manifold blessings upon our lives. Ebola is finally gone from Liberia and just about leaving Guinea; this is an answered prayer for us. We give God the glory. We also want to thank you for your prayers for our nations. None of our members was killed by this killer disease. For the month […]

We are planning to take two Short Term Mission Teams to Mexico in July 2016. The teams will consist of no more than 22 people per team. The dates are July 9-16 and July 16-23. If you are interested in joining one of these teams, contact us via email at director@ofwbi.org or call Harold or […]

I am pleased to report that The House of Prayer in Balchik, Bulgaria, which was Willem’s dream, has been dedicated to the service of the Lord. We praise the Lord for this wonderful blessing! I am sorry that Willem was not able to experience this joyful day. (Lydia was in attendance, but due to Alzheimer’s […]

This was an exciting and productive summer for our Short-Term Ministry. We only spent one week in Mexico, but we had a great team and were able to accomplish the goals that were set for the week. The team traveled to San Antonio, Texas on July 11, where we met them with the vans. After […]

On April 6, 2015, Fred and Linda Baker, Sandra and I, boarded an airplane at RDU for a trip to the Philippines. Fred and Linda had not visited there since 1996, and the people were eager to see them again. I asked Fred about the trip at the Convention in 2014 and he said his […]