The Baran Family

The Lord provided another conference for us to attend.  We saw many familiar faces and enjoyed the fellowship.  Through this conference we were able to schedule more meetings!  It is exciting to see the Lord fill our calendar.  Please continue to pray for us in this matter! 

We were in a missions conference in Akron, New York with Pastor LaCapruccia and Fellowship Baptist Church this past week. Throughout our time there I gave our testimony, presented our burden, and taught Jr. Church and Children’s Sunday School.  We were also part of a missionary quartet in one service.  It was a blessing to meet the people and serve with them in just a short weekend.  It makes it difficult to leave when you meet new friends and see how they lovingly serve in their church. I look forward to the day when we shall no longer say goodbye.  Oh, what a day that will be!

We were privileged to be counselors for a second time at camp this summer. Much to our surprise, my wife and I were team leaders!  It was a lot of fun and we actually placed fifth out of twelve teams.  My in-laws surpassed us but we did manage to beat our assistant pastor.  :)  We had a great week with our teens.  The preaching was amazing and many many decisions were made.  It’s great to go to a camp where the Lord not only touches the hearts of the teens but also the hearts of the workers.

It was exciting to be a part of the annual prison revival hosted by Old Time Baptist Church under the Rock of Ages prison ministry at the Gowanda Correctional Facility in Collins, NY.  I use to go and preach in this prison once a month before I went on deputation. I enjoy preaching in the prison. The receptiveness of the men is amazing. They soak in everything you say. At this particular revival, I was asked to be one of the preachers. I enjoyed it so much. I was also able to talk to one of the men concerning his assurance of salvation. God worked mightily. Praise His glorious name!