View our beautiful Awana Float from the Austin County Fair Parade on October 13, 2011 < >

With the weather changing, school preparing to close, and summer quickly approaching, How 2 Women's Ministry Team is planning a number of exciting summer adventures. Game night was a big success last year, so the team is planning two nights of competitive fun. Thursday, June 17, and Thursday, August 12, beginning at 7:00 P.M. in the youth building women are invited to meet for fellowship. Card games, board games, dominoes, and more will be offered. Have a favorite game? Bring it along. Snacks will be served and everyone is encouraged to ...

"To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps." 1 Peter 2:21 While the Mission Belize team may not have suffered, they certainly didn't find much rest as they are close to completing Phase II. All that is left is for the local workers to finish the walls and the upper beam. The team of John Paget, John Grimes, David Nelson, Ken Franz, Don Mitchell, Jerry Sisson, and Matt Lewis left Bellville around 5:00 A.M. Monday, May 10, after starting with an early breakfast ...

"His eyes are on the ways of men; he sees their every step." Job 34:21 His eyes truly are on the ways of men and He has had his eye on every step that the Mission Belize Construction team has taken. From the smooth flight to the accomodating weather, from the material arrival to the "fire from heaven" concrete truck, God has had His hand on the workers and the work being done on the training facility in Belize. A team of four men from Texas, (l-r) Ken Franz, John Paget, John Grimes, and David Nelson, arrived in Belize to meet Bob Farley ...

Welcome to the HOW2 Ministries Church Family Blog. Our women's team is excited to have this opportunity to share the lives of the First Baptist Family. God has given each of us unique situations that allow us to share His blessings and love and this blog will hopefully provide ways for our sisterhood to keep up with all that He is doing in our lives. This blog will be updated as needed, but is designed to share all the family activities, ministries, opportunities, and current events God uses to bless our church family. Please send photos, ...

"To God be the Glory; great things He has done." It's fascinating to watch God work. The Mission Belize Team is beginning to form and dates have been established for activities. Phase I will begin on March 20 when the team of John Paget, Jerry Sisson, David Nelson, Ken Franz, and John Grimes flies to Belize City and makes their way to Punta Gorda - about a 5-6 hour drive. The men will be staying in a temporary building which is a very basic shelter, hopefully with power. The environment will be primitive with cots (if available) and a ...

"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1 What a mighty God we serve that the works He began with creation are still in progress and we, His children, are blessed to participate! This progress continues with the Mission Belize Training Center. In the beginning, is was a vision Bob Farley had, a dream he felt God had given him. But when visions and dreams are set in motion by God, reality soon takes shape and He is glorified. Currently the team is preparing for Phase I construction to begin. Funds are in place ...

The Mission Team made it home safely last night about 9:15 p.m. Thank you for all your prayers. Come out this Sunday and celebrate with us as we hear what God has done.

Today is the final day for the mission team to be in Belize before heading home tomorrow. They will spend the day in Belize City. Thank you for all your prayers for the team. We praise God for the forty-two people who turned to Christ. Pray for their spiritual growth and for the efforts of the local missionary and church as they follow up with these. The mission team is schedule to arrive in Houston at 7:20 p.m. tomorrow night. Pray for their safe travel. Next Sunday the team will give testimony to all that God has done during their trip....

PRAISE GOD! Read Pastor Wade's update from Day Four. Also, come next Sunday, August 16, and hear all that God has done this week as our Mission Team will be sharing in the morning service. Mission Complete!! Today was our gospel focus. Over 200 people heard the gospel, about 70 came forward for counseling, and 42 prayed to recieve Christ as their savior! Ther were 165 kids at the morning vbs, and 185 people attended the concluding service tonight. Praise God!! I pray that the Lord will stir in your heart for you to be a missionary no ...

Today is the last day for the mission team to conduct Vacation Bible School. Each day the number of kids attending VBS has increased from 100 to 160, all to the glory of God. Pray this morning for more children to come out and hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Pray also for the strength of the misison team. It has been a busy week. Also, this evening there will be an evangelistic service held for the families of the children in VBS as well as the adults of the village. The team will go out this afternoon visiting people in the village and ...

The mission team had another wonderful day at VBS. They also had a constructive afternoon. Read Pastor Wade's update below and see the pictures from the day. There were about 160 children that showed up today! Glory to God! Jesus is being exalted, and gospel seeds are being planted! We also learned about an amazing work that is being done by our great God through the two missionary families that live here. We will share more about this on Sunday the 16th! Please plan to be ther to hear all of our testimonies, and to celebrate what God has ...

Pastor Wade has sent an update from day two along with pictures. We praise God for answered prayer and bringing all the children. We just found out that the hotel we are staying in has reserve water tanks, caught from the rain each night. So thank God, we do have water!! He answers prayers in ways we couldn't expect! The rest of the city is out due to a water main bust. The city service department turned the water off to repair the main. So this is only a tempoary problem. Day two was amazing! There were 125 kids, to the praise of God. The ...

Well Day Two did not get started as the mission team may have hoped. Please read the previous posting "Prayer Request - No Water." Today the team conducted the second day of Vacation Bible School. Yesterday they had around one hundred children attend. You may see the photo of the children located in the post "End of Day One." We pray that these and more children attended this morning and will again tomorrow. Pastor Wade is able to send updates in the evenings so be sure to check back tonight and in the morning. The mission team will ...

Pastor Wade just emailed (Wednesday 11:00 p.m.) the following prayer request... "Prayer request: The city we are staying each night, Punta Gorta, is without water for the next two days, possibly longer. We will be bathing in a natural spring, and there are possible issues with food contamination due to the lack of water to clean things." Please pray that 1) members of the mission team will be protected from possible disease; 2) water to be restored to the city of Punta Gorda; 3) the peace of Christ will guard the mission team members' ...

Below is an update received from Pastor Wade along with a photo... < > Wow!!! We had about 100 kids show up, standing room only. We told them about our awesome God, how He created the earth and every living thing. We sang songs about Jesus with them. We loved them, and took them in our arms, just as Jesus would have done. Keep praying for God to grant salvation! FBC Bellville Mission Team < >

Today is the first day the mission team will go into the village of San Pedro de Columbia. There they will conduct Vacation Bible School for the children in the morning. The lessons and crafts communicate God's great story of redemption throughout the Scriptures, especially that salvation is offered through Jesus. This afternoon the mission team will go through the village visiting homes and people to share the gospel of Jesus Christ. This morning pray... that many familes will allow their children to come to VBS the power of God's Word ...

The Mission Team arrived in Belize City just before 12:00 p.m. our time. They will now travel by bus to Punta Gorda, a five hour bus ride. Below is an update and picture sent by Pastor Wade. "We are on the ground in Belize, on an old School bus, singing praise songs to the Lord!! Please keep on praying! Your FBC Bellville Mission Team!" < >

The mission team had an early start this morning leaving the church at 5:30 a.m. They arrived at Bush International Airport at 7:00 a.m. The flight to Belize City departed at 9:00 a.m. The team will be in the air for about two and-a-half hours. They are scheduled to arrive 11:30 a.m. our time, 10:30 a.m. Belize time. Once the mission team arrives in Belize City, they have a five hour bus ride to Punta Gorda in southern Belize. The team will stay each night in Punta Gorda and travel by bus each day to the village of San Pedro de Columbia. There ...