Shrivnauth prayer letter (May 2024):
Dear Pastor, Church Family, and Friends,
The Lord gave us a total of 81 salvations and 7 baptized in our church ministries during the months of March and April. One man who got saved grew up as a committed Hindu. God was working on his heart, and he was beginning to see some of the fallacies in his religion. I led him to Christ, and he followed the Lord in believers baptism. He is now a driver in our bus ministry. A teenager who got saved in our church a while back was finally given permission by his mother to be baptized. His family came to Guyana as refugees from Venezuela. Venezuela is communist and next to Guyana. This teenage boy is a soul winner. He also is our translator to reach Spanish speaking Venezuelan fisherman for Christ. He comes with us on Saturdays to speak to them about their eternal souls, and how God wants to give them eternal hope in Christ. After an hour or so with this ministry, which we call our Spanish Boat Ministry, he goes with us to visit our bus route.
We have a discipleship course called "Foundations of My Faith." We use this discipleship program to teach our people great Bible truths that are essential to their lives. It was written by Pastor John Wilkerson, pastor of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana. It is among some of the best discipleship material we have ever seen. A medical doctor from India and his wife attend our church and went through all three levels of the course. After finishing, he said to me, "Pastor, I want to be a Baptist like you. I want to follow the biblical teaching like the apostles and win souls. I want to take this message to my people in India." To date, he has led eleven of his relatives in India to Christ on video calls using some of the teaching he learned from the discipleship lessons.
We want to give a big "Congrats" to our daughter, Elsie, for graduating from Hyles Anderson College in May. We came to see her graduate. It was a hight time for her and for us. Elsie is very dedicated to her ministry of loving her bus kids from Chicago. I know God has great things ahead for her. On May 8, our son, Rydal, is getting married to a very sweet girl. We will be attending their wedding. Congrats to Redial and Amanda who will soon tie the know of holy matrimony.
Thank you for praying for my healing and recovery from the stroke I had in the beginning of the year. God has heard your prayers. I cannot begin to tell you how many times God placed the right people, in the right places, at the right time to help me. Only God could have done this. I am doing well. Keep praying.
Please be in prayer for us in these things:
1. Our oldest daughter, Natalie, and her husband and their two children are home on furlough from South Africa after finishing their first term on the field. They started Compassion Baptist Church, and it is going well. Please pray for health and safety for them in their travels. If you can take them on for support and have them in your church, I know the Lord will bless you for it. You may contact them: Josh and Natalie Aaron 945-269-2160.
2. We are planning a big VBS in July. A church group and their pastor are coming form the US to help us with this.
3. In August we have a medical missions group coming. Also in August we have teen camp and other activities planned for young people. Please pray, for the devil loves to send hindrances to all we do for the Gospel's sake.
4. In September we are launching the Teaching All Nations Bible Institute. This will be a great undertaking. I believe a systematic way of teaching Bible principles to others is a great way to get workers into the Gospel ministry and to train the next generation.
5. In October we have a Brother and Mrs. Steven and Kenny Froelke coming for ou Faith Promise Missions Conference. The missions conference is always a highlight for our church each year. Brother Froelke married my wife and me 34 years ago when he pastors in Pennsylvania.
Thank you for helping us in prayer, as well as in finances. It means the world to us.
In Christ Jesus the Anchor holds,
The Shrivnauth Family
Noel, Charlene, Rydal, Gretel, Elsie, and Nolan