August 2, 2002

Dear Brethren:

Within the past few months I have been approached by a few people about the possibility of hosting a trip to Brazil to visit some of the work of Baptist Faith Missions. If there are enough of you that are interested in making this trip, if you will contact me very soon I will try to make reservations for all of you for some time between October 1 to 18. We will try to visit the work of Paul Hatcher, Harold Bratcher, Harold Draper and Mike Creiglow. You will need a passport and a visa. The passport will take a couple of weeks and the visa from the Brazilian consulate will also take about ten days. If we find that this will not give us enough time, we might be able to make it in the month of November, but however we do it, we must get started. The round trip ticket from Miami is approximately one thousand dollars ($1,000.00). If you want to go, please contact me soon.

This past month Betty and I went to the good state of Alabama to be with the Good Springs Baptist Church of Rogersville. We had visited this church several times in the past and upon the invitation of their new pastor, Brother Daniel Darracott, we spent a weekend with them where I preached and presented the Work of Baptist Faith Missions. After the presentation, some expressed their desire to increase their support of BFM, and that was encouraging to us. It was good for us to get to know Pastor Daniel and his family as well as to fellowship with this church once again.

While in Alabama, we also visited Faith Baptist Church of Leighton. The Faith church has co-pastors, Phillip Potter and Truman Kimbrough. We once again enjoyed our stay in the home of the Potters. They are like family to Betty and me, and have been for many years now. The church built a new church house just a few years ago and are already hurting for space. It is a joy to see them have this problem.

We also made a drop-in visit to Gethsemane Baptist Church in Marengo, Ohio. This church also has a new pastor since the last time we were there. They are excited and going forward under Pastor Brian J. Anderson.

We also made a drop-in visit to the Walnut Creek Baptist Church in Baltimore, Ohio, where Michael Herbert is pastor. I gave them a video of "Baptist Faith Missions Around the World."

We finished the month participating in the Summer Conference of Baptist Faith Missions hosted by Storms Creek Baptist Church. Co-pastors Jim Orrick and Kenny Hurst, along with the members of the church, did a great job and everything went very well. The speakers were at their very best, and I heard more than one comment that the church was revived, and if for no other reason, the conference was a great success. What a great time we all had!

In His name,

Bobby D. Creiglow