Wednesday, May 15, 2013
2013 - Alaska, National Bible Bee, AND ?
May 2013, anticipating God's wonderful gift of another arrow in the quiver coming beginning of August - so there will be 9 of us. Rebecca, Rachel, Joshua, Sarah, Lily and Josiah are excited; Theresa and I are ELATED! GOD is so good! In prep, here in Alaska we've been recently blessed with a 15-pass Van; blue this time around. Gearing for Bible Bee (starts 01 June) and a late November 2013 family trip to the lower 48 (in the planning = Tennessee, Texas, and as the LORD provides, maybe even MEXICO!) so stay tuned!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Pastorate at FBC, Higgins
wow! it's 2011...although I'm no longer preaching at FBC Higgins; here's a link to the sermons from this past Sunday (just click the hyperlink references) - a.m. Ephesians 2: 1-9 and p.m. Colossians 3: 1-10. Reminders for us to 'take off the old man' and "put on the new". Praise the LORD!
Monday, March 22, 2010
MEXICO 2010?
Opportunity abounds, and there's one coming the week of 4 April, on mission to Acuna, Mexico (Del Rio, TX). We're in prayer, knowing the Lord opens doors, and seek His will.
-more to come-
-more to come-
Friday, November 6, 2009
Persecuted? Let's not forget we are the LORD's vessels!
Psalm 109
A Cry for Vengeance
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads. 26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 that they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
A Cry for Vengeance
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; 2 for the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. 6 Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. 7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. 8 Let his days be few; and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. 11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labor. 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. 13 Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. 14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. 15 Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. 16 Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. 17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. 18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. 19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. 20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. 21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. 24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shook their heads. 26 Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: 27 that they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. 28 Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. 29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame; and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. 30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. 31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
First Baptist Church, Higgins, TX
REVIVAL IN PROGRESS!
18-21 October
We're blessed with the Massegee family, see them @ http://www.massegee.org/
18-21 October
We're blessed with the Massegee family, see them @ http://www.massegee.org/
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Straight from Brother Jim!
--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Jim Lamar wrote:
Howdy all,
Or should I say, ¡Dios le Bendiga!
Our trip to Mexico got off to a rocky start. Due to some family illness issues with the Aguilera family, we not only left 2 hours late but made an unscheduled stop in Wharton to visit their daughter in the Hospital. The trip to the border should take 6 hours and we were scheduled to leave at 4 AM. By the time we actually arrived at the border it was after 2PM. By the time we stopped in 4 different exchange houses to convert our dollars to pesos and purchased our vehicle insurance it was after 4 PM. Thankfully we all agreed that pushing on at that point was problematic so we spent the night in San Benito and attempted an early start on Saturday. We were at the 24 hour free trade bridge by 7:30 only to discover that while the bridge is open 24 hours a day, the immigration office did not open until 9 AM. Drive down to Brownsville, find another bridge, encounter the typical paper work delays, we finally crossed into Mexico around 10AM on Saturday instead of 2 PM on Friday.
Our plans to finalize the purchase of the property on Saturday were unrealized. We made an appointment with a lawyer in Ciudad Mante for Monday. By now I can report that the seller did not have all the paper work together at that meeting so we try again tomorrow morning. No major problems, just the typical paper work hassles that accompany such transactions in Mexico.
On the positive side, we had very good attendance at the Sunday morning services at El Limonal with roughly 30 adults and 20 kids meeting in the front yard of Brother Andres. This morning we had 40 children and 12 adults participating in VBS in addition to the 19 workers and teachers making it happen. We were allowed to use the new property this morning even though the deal is not yet completed. If this year is anything like previous years, attendance will grow by leaps and bounds each day. We picked up more supplies today to be ready for tomorrow morning.
We were blessed this morning with excellent weather. It probably never topped 90 degrees and we were in a shady yard with a pleasant breeze. It really did feel great. Excitement is building and I personally will be very glad to finish the purchase of the property.
We will have more stories and more information as the week progresses. Today was our first opportunity to locate a cyber-cafe and get work back out to our friends and family back home.
Please keep us in your prayers this week.
In Him,
Jim {Santiago} Lamar
Howdy all,
Or should I say, ¡Dios le Bendiga!
Our trip to Mexico got off to a rocky start. Due to some family illness issues with the Aguilera family, we not only left 2 hours late but made an unscheduled stop in Wharton to visit their daughter in the Hospital. The trip to the border should take 6 hours and we were scheduled to leave at 4 AM. By the time we actually arrived at the border it was after 2PM. By the time we stopped in 4 different exchange houses to convert our dollars to pesos and purchased our vehicle insurance it was after 4 PM. Thankfully we all agreed that pushing on at that point was problematic so we spent the night in San Benito and attempted an early start on Saturday. We were at the 24 hour free trade bridge by 7:30 only to discover that while the bridge is open 24 hours a day, the immigration office did not open until 9 AM. Drive down to Brownsville, find another bridge, encounter the typical paper work delays, we finally crossed into Mexico around 10AM on Saturday instead of 2 PM on Friday.
Our plans to finalize the purchase of the property on Saturday were unrealized. We made an appointment with a lawyer in Ciudad Mante for Monday. By now I can report that the seller did not have all the paper work together at that meeting so we try again tomorrow morning. No major problems, just the typical paper work hassles that accompany such transactions in Mexico.
On the positive side, we had very good attendance at the Sunday morning services at El Limonal with roughly 30 adults and 20 kids meeting in the front yard of Brother Andres. This morning we had 40 children and 12 adults participating in VBS in addition to the 19 workers and teachers making it happen. We were allowed to use the new property this morning even though the deal is not yet completed. If this year is anything like previous years, attendance will grow by leaps and bounds each day. We picked up more supplies today to be ready for tomorrow morning.
We were blessed this morning with excellent weather. It probably never topped 90 degrees and we were in a shady yard with a pleasant breeze. It really did feel great. Excitement is building and I personally will be very glad to finish the purchase of the property.
We will have more stories and more information as the week progresses. Today was our first opportunity to locate a cyber-cafe and get work back out to our friends and family back home.
Please keep us in your prayers this week.
In Him,
Jim {Santiago} Lamar
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
New Pastorate! First Baptist Church, Higgins, TX
The Lord is good!
The Mexico mission is in good hands with Bro. Benito and Bro. Jim; our prayers and support go with them and their families. Preparations are going very well, more than a dozen suitcases of clothes will travel, as well as a team to minister through preaching, teaching, and fellowship. Let us all be a part - PRAY!
It will only be "just a little while" before our family's visit back down south to Mante & Limonal, as we continue to serve as the Lord desires.
The Mexico mission is in good hands with Bro. Benito and Bro. Jim; our prayers and support go with them and their families. Preparations are going very well, more than a dozen suitcases of clothes will travel, as well as a team to minister through preaching, teaching, and fellowship. Let us all be a part - PRAY!
It will only be "just a little while" before our family's visit back down south to Mante & Limonal, as we continue to serve as the Lord desires.
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