Feliz 27 de Febrero

Happy Independence Day!

Feb 27 is Independence Day in the Dominican Republic. We thank God for the freedoms we enjoy -- especially, the freedom of religion.

We pray for his blessing as we strive to share the blessing of true freedom -- freedom from sin, fear of death and the devil -- through faith in Christ Jesus here in the DR.

The Lord bless you with his Peace,
NW

Seminary classes with Missionary Martens

Since this is a new blog, some of these posts will be "old news", which is really an oxymoron, isn't it?

One of our joys in the DR is preparing local men to become pastors and leaders in the church. The Lord of the Church has blessed us with six men who desire to serve Him as pastors--Alex, Helve, Obed, Julio, Feddy and Rona (seated, left to right). We ask for your prayers that the Lord bless their seminary studies.

We welcomed LATTE Professor Ralph Martens (standing) for a three month teaching session last year (15 Aug - 15 Nov 2006). He taught Dogmatics (doctrine), the Formula of Concord (one of our historic Lutheran Confessions), New Testament Isagogics (an introduction and overview of each book of the New Testament), Pastoral Theology, Greek, and the Life of St. Paul. Yes, his plate was full. We thank God for his labors!

The Lord bless you with his Peace,
NW

And we're off...

Greetings and welcome!

This is my first attempt at a blog, so please be patient with the learning curve as I try out different options :-)

It is my prayer that through this blog I can share with you news about the blessings and success of the preaching of the Gospel here in the Dominican Republic. There is no more important and precious message to share with others than the full and free forgiveness of sin through faith in Jesus Christ.

If you do not know who Jesus is or what he has done to open wide heaven's doors for *you*, please click on the link "Want to learn about Jesus?" above and to the right.

The Lord bless you with his Peace,
NW