Greetings to everyone!
Hello dear friends! We pray this letter finds you all doing well and trusting in Jesus even more than
you did the month before. We praise the Lord for keeping us busy and allowing things on our path to
keep us reminded of our need for Him. How complacent the Christian life would become if we had
no reminders of our need of faith in Christ Jesus! There is never a dull moment on our road, and
while we continue to raise support for our ministry and are allowed the privilege of being a blessing
to others, we are continually reminded of the wonderful provider that we have in our Heavenly
Father, and how He meets each and every one of our needs and gives us grace to get through what
would otherwise be impossible without Him.
This past month the Lord has brought us continually to
Philippians 4:19 "But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus." What a word of encouragement Paul left for us to receive, even on our dimmest of days to
gently remind us that it has nothing to do with us and our supply, but rather His supply in glory by
Christ Jesus, that will meet not just some of our needs but ALL of our needs! Oh, what a promise!!
Hallelujah!
Our schedule has changed a bit for the end of February. But the Lord is in control and He knows our
needs, so we are not going to worry about it. We will just keep pressing on for Jesus. We know the
good Lord will provide and make His way anyhow!
We will be working out of Lighthouse Children's
Home in Jay, Florida over the next several months. Jay is a very small city in the panhandle between
Pensacola, FL and Alabama. We will be presenting our ministry in churches within surrounding
area of the panhandle of Florida. This Lighthouse ministry has been such a blessing to us and is
allowing for us to stay there and work out of there, just to see us get on the field as quickly as possible,
giving us a place to live between church presentations that wouldn't be so far down into Florida. We pray that the Lord blesses this ministry greatly! We also pray that we can be a huge help to them
and a blessing to the girls who live there! If anyone wants more information on the Lighthouse Children's
Home Ministry or ways that you can donate to their outstanding work in Jay Fl, please let us
know.
Our new temporary mailing address during this time will be:
Ray and Kim Boltz
P.O. Box 667
Jay, FL 32565
Phone numbers and emails, of course, will stay the same.
In closing, we just got finished with several Mission Conferences, and we are presently in the midst
of one in Melbourne, Fl. Please pray that these churches will want to claim the field of Guyana,
South America as their own, taking us on for support and sending us to the field to reach the people
for Jesus Christ! All of us are commanded to reach the world...some will go, but others will send. The fruit of all the labour goes to everyone's account who is involved, Praise the Lord!
Please pray
too, that many of the churches we already have been in will start to pick us up as the Lord allows.
Ministry Prayer Requests:
*For our Summer and Fall schedule to start filling up with opportunities to present our ministry.
*Continued support to quickly rise as our hearts long to be reaching the people in Guyana.
*Special funding for conversion of home into Children's Home, and for appliances needed.
Boltz Prayer Requests:
*For God's provision and wisdom in tackling all the necessary things we need to accomplish to get us to Guyana!
*For two good, used, reasonably priced cars for Ryan and Rachelle while at college.
Many thanks to each and everyone of you again for your love, prayers, and support! God Bless You! Praying for you all as well!
Serving Jesus Until He Returns,
Bro. Ray and Kim Boltz & Family
Joshua 24:15
Psalms 27:10 “When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.”
James 1:27 “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.”
January 2010 On Pre-Field Ministry
Greetings in the Name of Jesus!
Well the New Year has begun! With a few weeks into the year already behind us, we’re realizing how good the
Lord has been to us already. On New Years Day of all days, a pastor called to book a meeting for later in year,
Praise the Lord! We’ve been in seven churches already plus attended a Church Planting Missions Conference at
Heartland Baptist Bible College that led to many contacts for this upcoming year. To follow along with us in
travels and prayer for the remainder of the month: we will be at Victory Baptist in Cedar Park, TX on 1/20; at
Riverside Baptist Church in Meridian, TX on 1/24; and Harmony Baptist in Gatesville, TX in the evening of the
24th; in a Missions Conference at McGregor Baptist Church in McGregor, TX from 1/27-1/31. We will begin
our travels back to Florida on Feb.1st.
In 2009 we were in 73 churches! It was an incredible year with many blessings. As we continue in being busy
presenting the ministry, please be in prayer with us that monthly support will continue to come in from the
work we have already done. This will be such a good thing and get us to the field more quickly. Despite the
average low opportunity of presenting ministry work in churches in the month of December, we were blessed to
be able to present it eight times and update an already supporting church in Pennsylvania.
In December, we had the privilege of leading 3 young people to the Lord in Oklahoma. Pray that these young
people will continue to seek the Lord and stay surrounded with God’s people. In fact, pray real fervent with us
for all the youth this year. The devil is trying so hard to get them to live for themselves and to not even pray about what the Lord would have for them to do. The youth are the next generation of the church. If they remain
off course and being guided in other directions, and not abounding in the work of the Lord, what will Christianity
become? Oh, that they would rise up and stand for Jesus!
The Lord also saw fit to allow our boys to be in a
Christmas program at Calvary Baptist Church in Oklahoma. This was the very same day of our Christmas program
at our home church in Tampa Fl, and we were really missing them and not being able to take part. Till it
was all said and done, we were moved to tears realizing how good God is to us. Even though it wasn't our home
church, the Pastors wife without knowing our hearts were slightly saddened, asked our boys to take part. So,
God allowed the blessings of Christmas to still surround us even though we were far from home!
The deputation
trail can get kind of lonely at times, but staying closely connected to God will allow Him to fill each and
every detail whether big or small with his most gracious provisions. And for that we are very thankful!
We want to thank you again for all your love, prayers and financial support! Together we can reach the world
for Jesus!
Updates from the Jungle:
The plans to start the 4th church are coming along. Bro. Runyon is looking at the village of Matthews Ridge to
start this next church. He also has received part of the paperwork for the twins, Charlene and Cheo. His Scripture
Songs Daily Radio Broadcast ministry is also up and running again on the airwaves of Guyana! So things
are continuing to happen in the jungle! Praise the Lord!
Ministry Prayer Requests:
*Continued support to quickly rise as our hearts long to be reaching the people in Guyana.
*Special funding for conversion of home into Childrens Home and for appliances needed.
*That we will continue to see souls saved and decisions made for Christ while on our travels.
Boltz Prayer Requests:
*Van to keep on keeping on...it reached it’s 270,000th mile marker now! =)
*For God to get Ryan and Rachelle through yet another semester at Bible College.
*For two good, used, reasonably priced cars for Ryan and Rachelle while at college.
Serving Jesus Until He Comes,
Ray and Kim Boltz
Psalms 27:10 / James 1:27
December 2009 On Pre-Field Ministry
Merry Christmas Dear Friends,
As this month brings us out of the Thanksgiving Season and into the Christmas time of year, let us never
forget to be thankful to God for sending His Son to be our Saviour. Luke 2:11 says “ For unto you is born this
day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.” So tis the Reason for the Season...Jesus, Jesus,
Jesus, it’s all about JESUS!
At this time of year, we want to encourage everyone to take the best gift ever...Jesus...and share Him with
all your friends and family as you celebrate Christmas. We are so thankful that we will get to be home in PA
with our family for Christmas. It’s been four years since we celebrated Christmas with them. We have a lot of
lost family members and some that profess Christianity, but seem to disregard the Christ of Christianity. They
know Who we stand for, but reject Him, and oftentimes reject us too. Please pray that God has their hearts softened
by now to receive His Son this Christmas. Thank you in advance!
Well our month of December is quite busy, but not as busy as the previous months have been. We know and
trust the Lord will have our schedules increase again come January. Our schedule for December is as follows:
Dec. 2nd at Grace of Calvary Baptist in Erie, PA; Dec. 6th at Lighthouse Baptist in Dover, PA all day; Dec.
9th at Old Path Baptist in Spring Grove, PA; Dec. 13th at Calvary Baptist in Edmund, Oklahoma all day; and
Dec. 20th at First Baptist in Fredericksburg, PA. We plan to visit two supporting churches in the meantime as
well. God is so good...all the time!
Updates from the Jungle:
The generator is back up and running! Bro. Runyon held a 3-day Crusade in which several adults were saved
and baptized! As of December 1st, he also was able to get back on the radio broadcasting networks in Guyana.
Praise the Lord for all of His Blessings!
Boltz Ministry Prayer Requests/Praises:
*Continued support to come in
*Our New Year 2010 to fill up with booked church meetings
*Special funding for conversion of Children’s Home
***Praises--An enclosed trailer has been provided by Pastor West for us to use until deputation is over. We
were blessed with a really good Canon camera for our ministry by a couple in Virginia Beach, Va. Also, a
church in North Carolina provided new tires for our van just in time for winter travel.
Boltz Personal Prayer Requests:
*Fair weather for travel
*Health to stay good with all the climate changes
*Continued safety with our van of 260,000 miles!
Praying for you always and we thank you so much for all your continued love, prayer and support!
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Serving Jesus Together with You,
Ray and Kim Boltz
James 1:27 “Pure religion and undefiled before God
and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows
in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from
the world.”
THE “GUYANA LIGHT” NEWSLETTER
Sending Church: Southside Baptist Church
3911 West Bay Ave. Tampa, FL 33616
Sending Mission Board:
Baptist Missions to Forgotten Peoples
Jacksonville, FL
