This is Brother Jonathan pictured with a family he met out soul winning. They got saved and the children got baptized. We love families at Lincoln Baptist Church! Overall we had a great Sunday with 112 in Sunday school and 6 professions of faith made and 3 following the Lord in believer's baptism.

This is my son Jonathan singing a special Sunday night. He has been a real blessing to us this Summer. Over all we had a good day with 126 in Sunday school. We also had 3 public professions of faith made and 1 baptized. Praise God for His wonderful mercies!

This is Curtis, who was one of two baptized this morning at the invitation. Curtis got saved two Thursday night's ago. I was out on the soul winning bus and Curtis waved at us real big, so I pulled the bus over and talked to Curtis. Curtis is a mute and has a lame arm and leg on his left side of his body. I was able to lead him to Christ. He came to church today on the church bus and got baptized. Praise God for a church that will give the Gospel to anyone! I thank God to have th opportunity to work with Curtis.

This is Erika, one of three baptized on Sunday. We had a great day on the buses with 45 on one route. We had great offerings for the week and 38 saved. God has truly blessed our church and I am thankful for all that He has done for us. May we continue to see many saved and baptized!

Today we honored some of our Veterans in my adult Sunday school class. We had from right to left; Brother Edward Fauth ~ W.W. II veteran in the United States Navy. He saw action in the South Pacific. Then we have Brother Paul Lewis ~ served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1954. Then is my father, Brother Hugh Painter ~ served in the United States Marine Corp from 1957 to 1960. Then is Brother James Phillips ~ served in the United States Army and then the National Guard from 1963 to 1999. These men all served over seas answering the call of our nation during times of conflict ranging from Japan to Lebanon. I consider it a great honor to pastor these men and the many other veterans in our church. Over all it was a rather low attendance day with it being a holiday weekend. Several families were out of town, but we still had 101 in Sunday school. We had 19 riders on our van route. We also had 31 soul winners out Thursday night with 35 souls saved. Over all we finished the week with 48 saved! Praise God for our great nation and enjoy your 4th of July.

This is my wife and I pictured with Dr. Danny Ortiz and his wife. Dr. Ortiz and his wife have had a great impact on our family, probably, much more than they actually know. They were both mentors to my wife and I when we were in Bible college at Texas Baptist College. He was one of the main speakers for the teen convention we attended in Longview, Texas last week. He preached an absolutely fantastic message on Wednesday night called "I Sought for a Man Among Them." It was powerful! We had nine of our teenagers surrender to a call from God to go into full-time service. Praise God for His wonderful workings in the lives of young people.

We are giving our new baptistry a good workout by using it every service. Praise God we baptized Janelle here Sunday morning and another one Sunday night. Might I say thanks one more time to Brother Dos Rossouw for making this all possible. We had a good weekend having 21 saved just on Saturday morning. We had a total of 39 saved for the week. We had 114 Sunday morning and 67 Sunday night. We had very good offerings as well. God has richly blessed us time and time again. We are excited about all the things God is doing in our church. Thank God for His wonderful workings!