12/29/2025
Well, we have now finished another year. By the time we meet again it will be 2026. Can you truly belief you are still here at the beginning of the second quarter of the 21st Century? When I was a kid running around in the dust of West Texas, that was not even a thought in my little head. God has blessed me and my family over the years so much more than I could ever have imagined. I am so proud to have four Godly sons and their families. I have been super blessed with the wife God provided me from my earliest recollections. Queenie and I met when we were just children, and we played together with the neighborhood gang. We had the privilege of growing up together and serving God for over 40 years.
In 2014, after helping with the birth of Granite Mountain Baptist Church of Marble Falls, we retired, but God had other plans for us and took us to Eastlake Fellowship and to FBC Tow for interim terms. The second time FBC Tow asked us to come help in an interim, they decided we needed to stay as permanent. We have now served the great folks of Tow and surrounding area for over five years and loved it all. There were times we were not able to serve in the way we wanted, but God blessed anyway with some of the greatest Christians anywhere.
Now we are about to begin the year 2026 and God has begun to make some outstanding changes in our church. We have been blessed with the addition of a couple of new members following their baptisms and we are being visited regularly by several families in the area. We spent over four years praying that God would bring new folks to worship with us and in the past six months or so, He has absolutely answered our prayers. I want to thank a special member for all his work and prayers. I could not have done much of what I have been able to do without Bro. Gary Sutton. Gary has been so faithful in meeting and praying with me and encouraging me. We spent many Saturday mornings visiting the community in his mule.
Oh, I guess I am just getting too sentimental in my old age, but This has been such a wonderful year, and I am so excited about the next one. I know that God is going to answer even more prayers and we are going to see the community of Tow make a real turn toward serving the Lord of lords and King of kings. This is going to be a super banner year for First Baptist Church of Tow. Please join us in prayer to this effect and then watch as God goes to work. My prayer is "God give me strength and energy to serve you this coming year. May I be open to every challenge you set before us and may I be receptive to your leadership. I will give you all the glory and praise. In Jesus' wonderful Name." AMEN
