3500 Maple Ave.
,
Odessa,
TX
79762
(www.waynepartain.us)
May 31, 2003
Our
gospel meeting.
From
May 14-18 we had a gospel meeting with brother
Martín Padilla of
Chihuahua,
Mexico,
doing the preaching. We were with Martín and the brethren of the
Samaniego
St.
congregation in
Chihuahua
a year ago (same month) and were impressed with the good work they are
doing, so we were pleased that the brethren here wanted to have Martín in
a meeting this Spring. It was well attended and
he brought very good lessons.
Another baptism.
I had
visited Oscar Nieto some
time back but was not successful in getting him to attend. But just before
the meeting he began attending and I continued to study with him. Then on
Sunday afternoon, the last day of our meeting, he called me saying he was
ready to be baptized.
Gospel Meeting in
Kerrville.
Faye and I
thoroughly enjoyed being with the
Kerrville
brethren again (May 29-June 1). As you know we lived there for three years
before coming to
Odessa
and they are like family to us. We had visitors from the community and
also from the English congregation in
Kerrville
(Junction
Highway),
San Antonio,
New
Braunfels,
Edinburg
and
Eagle
Pass.
There are four young married men in the congregation that are showing real
growth and responsibility.
Literature distributed in May.
59 Orders, 503 books.
Argentina-35; Chile-38; Colombia-43; Cuba-16; El Salvador-53; Florida-5;
Georgia-16; Guatemala-4; Indiana-7; Iowa-4; Italy-7; Mexico-85; New
Mexico-13; Nicaragua-56; Ohio-16; Peru-45; Texas-39; Virginia-21.
Correspondence.
We
continue to get a good bit of mail from the website. Along with the orders
come Bible questions or comments. Denominational preachers are most
interested in discussing tithing and instrumental music.