Bahama Mission
November and December 2000
We are thankful that the 2000 Hurricane Season has given us additional time
to continue recovery efforts from the past. Every where we go, doors are
open and gratitude is expressed for the water, food and medical supplies
that were given. The giving of Bibles and Bible Study materials along with
World Bible School lessons through the schools is almost at an end. We would
have finished if the students had come back to class for the last week after
exams. We will catch the last schools when activities resume in January. We
have saturated Abaco, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Long Island, San Salvador, and
given many WBS lessons for the cities of Freeport and Nassau. Pray with us
for a great harvest of students and opportunities to bring men and women to
the Christ.
Lincoln Young will soon be in his new quarters built by the brethren from
Nashville and Memphis. The paint was donated by the Church in Abaco, and
brethren in Ft. Myers gave the money for furnishings. This two room and bath
area is handicap friendly and will allow Lincoln to use his electric wheel
chair to get out in the town area and visit more with the people of the
community. They have a large "end of year" parade in Rock Sound this month
and the Church will use this opportunity to distribute Bibles, Tracts, and
WBS lessons to the large crowds who come to watch. The brethren from
Tennessee are also getting his electric wheel chair operational.
Todd and Jamie Brunner are really doing great in Marsh Harbour and have
started a new congregation out at Snake Cay (15 miles away). They meet on
drift wood pews on the beach. They had nine last week on Sunday afternoon.
Todd also studied with a young man and baptized him in the sea in Marsh
Harbour. He has started a class for men on Saturday mornings, and they have
a midweek Bible study in Snake Cay on Thursdays, and plan to restart the
Ladies Bible Class after the first of the year on Thursday evenings. They
also work with teenagers with a sandlot volleyball game and devotional once
a week. Dinah and I have a wedding to help with and will be preaching two
Sundays in Marsh Harbour during the holidays. Todd and Jamie will be away.
Frank and Bea Sarver will arrive January 2nd for their ninth year. They will
spend 10 weeks in Marsh Harbour teaching and encouraging. We are all excited
about their coming.
Other helpers in the past few weeks include: Jack and Donna Steward who have
a condo in Treasure Cay (20 Miles north of Marsh Harbour). They teach,
encourage and will be using their plane to help follow-up on WBS students in
the various Islands. They are also looking into starting a congregation on
the north end of the Island. They have already found one former member of
the Church.
Danny and Melanie Guinn from Gulf Coast in Ft. Myers vacationed in the
Bahamas a week or so ago. Maybe I should say, they tried to. We met them at
Services in Eleuthera and talked them into using their plane and muscles to
help deliver Bibles in Cat Island. Two days later we got them to fly up to
Abaco and carry a load of paint and Bibles to Eleuthera. They will be back
in February and June to help with programs and Vacation Bible Schools.
Steve and Victoria Fraasa( Fraasa Films Inc.) spent six days taking 7 hours
of film of the work to donate a short Documentary of Bahama Mission.. We
will use it to keep you better informed of what is happening and to
encourage others to help. This donated film would have cost $15,000 plus
expenses to produce. We are thankful for all of the sacrifice and hard work
as they use their talents for the Cause of Christ in the Islands. They are
members at West Broward in Ft. Lauderdale.
The Freeport congregation with the support of all congregations in the
Bahamas is trying to complete the building in San Salvador. They had 7 in
attendance last Sunday and had hoped to complete the work, but the supplies
did not arrive on the mail boat.
Sympathy is expressed to Bill Miller (Preacher at Highbury Park) in the
death of his mother in Nassau, and to Dick Parker( Long time missionary to
the Bahamas)in the passing of his sister in California.
We welcome a new supporting congregation this month. The Bedford Church of
Christ in Shelbyville , Tennessee has joined with all of us . We are most
thankful.
We are trying to slow our efforts down until we can raise some additional
funds, due to the large increase in fuel prices. We can't preach if we can't
get there!
Dinah has really worked in the distribution of Bibles in the schools,
keeping the picture bulletin boards updated and even giving me short naps by
flying the plane when the old man gets exhausted.
Thank you for your continued support and prayers. Checks for the work can be
made to:
Bahama Mission Church of Christ and sent:
Attn: David Caskey Missions
Gulf Coast
Church of Christ
3825 McGregor Blvd.
Ft. Myers, Florida 33901
Dinah and I wish you a great New Year in the Service of our God.
david
