July • 2007 • Prayer Letter

Dear fellow helpers in the Lord,

Greetings in the name of our precious Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. I pray my prayer letter finds you and your church and family doing well.

The month of June has been another busy month. Because of the increase in postage rates, we have been busy boxing up Bibles and taking them to churches for mailing. We really appreciate the understanding that people have when we explain to them that the cost for mailing the M-bags has gone from about $18.00 an M-bag to over $85.00. The Priority Air Mail boxes of Bibles that we are now having to use, can be mailed anywhere in the world for $37.00. Again, thank you for understanding and for helping.

We praise the Lord for Pastor Frank Palmisano and the Lighthouse Baptist Church in Folsom, LA. This church of about 50 members has raised over $10,000.00 in postage for BEAMS. What a blessing this church has been.

This month, we also shipped another container of Bibles and literature to Bro. Bobby Bonner, missionary to Zambia. The Lord has used Bro. Bonner to organize over 200 churches in Zambia, and to have over 35,000 people saved.

Besides our regular shipments of Bibles to missionaries in 117 countries, we were able to help Bro. Chad Owens with 2,500 English Bibles for Ghana, and 1,500 Bibles for Bro. Terry Childers, missionary to Zambia.

Special Projects:
5,000 Bibles needed for Arnold Skelton, missionary to Ivory Coast: $35,000.00
5,000 Bibles needed for Bro. Bob Bowen, missionary to Southeast Asia: $35,000.00
250 Bibles needed for Bro. Dan Dwire, missionary to Uganda, $1,750.00
500 Ketchi Bibles needed for Bro. Wayne Anderson, $3,500.00
10,000 Thai Bibles being printed. Need $70,664.00
Any financial consideration for these projects would be appreciated.

BEAMS Rally
There is going to be a BEAMS Rally at the Shreveport Baptist Temple, Shreveport, LA on Friday evening, July 27.

We will be recognizing the following great men of God who have been faithful to stand by and preach The Word of God: Dr. Jimmy Tharpe, Dr. Morris Robe, Dr. Earl White, Dr. Jimmy Hollingsworth, and Bro. Donnie Cox.

The schedule of Services will be: 5:00 Supper
6:00 Special Music
6:30 Dr. Gary Winters
7:00 Dr. Bob Bowen
7:30 Recognizing Faithful Men
8:00 Dr. Joe Arthur

I thank each of you for your faithful support for the Freret’s and for the BEAMS ministry.