Happy New Year

Good morning brothers and sisters. It is the first Sunday of 2008 and I want to praise the Lord for my salvation. Next month will mark my 27^th year as a Christian. In 2009, I will be a Christian for 1\2 of my life. My salvation is old and new. It is just a real and fresh to me as the day I got saved, and I continue to show the love of God to those that He sends my wife. Not only me, but the Baden church also. We have been feeding homeless people in a few locations around downtown and I got some happy and sad news this weekend. Ray, from the brickyard, has quit drinking and gone home. He told me that he was saved as a child and was ready to serve God again. Another man accepted the Savior about a week and a half ago. On New Year’s Eve, he was upset about not seeing his children. He got into a fight and was hit in the head with a brick. Although he had a headache, he seemed to be all right. The next day, while lying in his tent, he passed away. Thank God for His mercy. Danyel, a woman that we have know all of her life, is living with Deb and I now. Five month ago, she decided to change her life, and a month ago she moved in with us. I pray that your salvation is a fresh today as it was at the beginning.

Love, Pastor Don