March Newsletter

Travel Plans

Since my return from Honduras last month, I have been preparing for classes I will be teaching in the future. Noma and I will be traveling to Fruitland, New Mexico next week to teach a 6-hour class to a group of men on the Navajo Reservation. We are excited about that trip. As of this minute, I am continuing to schedule trips to congregations who are involved in our work for reports. On April 4 I will be reporting on the school in Danlí, Honduras to the congregation in Pryor, Oklahoma. On April 18 I will be traveling to Bagwell, Texas to give a report on our work the past year; I will also be giving a report to the congregation in Slim, Oklahoma, but I have not finalized the date for that report yet.

Beginning in May, my schedule will pick up somewhat for a while. On May 8 I will be speaking at the 11th Annual Hugo Lectureship. On May 22 I will be traveling to Guatemala to teach Old Testament V. I plan to stay over the next weekend to attend a lectureship planned for that date. I will return on Monday, May 31. On June 3 (tentatively) Noma and I will be traveling back to Guatemala for a few days and then over to Honduras for a few days before returning home. On July 29 I leave for Vishakaputnam, India where I will be teaching for two weeks there, return home on August 14. I will leave off there on my schedule. I do have other events scheduled after August, but I will save them for future newsletters.

Personal News

Noma and I are doing well. Next week is Spring Break and that is why she will get to go with me to New Mexico. We are also glad to see some warmer weather make its way here, even though today is a bit cool with the wind. We thank all of you for your prayers and support of our work.
If you would like any further information about our work, I encourage you to contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Also, you can visit our website at: www.WeTrainPreachers.com.

A new source of information specifically dealing with the extension program is a new blog: http://extensiontraining.wordpress.com.

You may contact me at:
2013 Rushing Meadows
Edmond, OK 73013
Cell Phone: (580) 326-1914

...praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ... (Colossians 4:3).

Thank you and God bless you all.

Donnie Bates