Jerry Cantrell, Director
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Jerry Cantrell, Director |
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Glen and Mariann Willcut have just moved to Guyana to work with the churches in the Corentyne area. This will be their second tour in Guyana. They first came to Guyana in 1990 to work with the Springlands church in the same area. They were here for three years.
Glen and Mariann have been married 30 years. They both obeyed the Gospel in 1976. Glenn attended the Florida School of Preaching from '77-'79 and Tennessee Bible College '79-'80. He has been preaching since 1980. He has served churches in Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas. They have been coming to Guyana every year since 1983. They left the work in Eagle Lake, Florida, to move to Guyana.
The Church of Christ in Booneville, Mississippi, is now their home congregation and sponsor.
We welcome this good couple back to Guyana and look forward to a prosperous work together to the glory of God.
Their email address is gwillcut@solutions2000.net. Their mailing address is Lot #11, Trinity Street; New Amsterdam, Berbice; Guyana, South America.
It is Thursday, March 11, in Guyana and everything seems quiet on the political front. Rioting and demonstrating have diminished. Most of it seemed to have been carried on by a criminal element in the nation which was just looking for a good reason to let their meanness have an outlet.
Mr. Desmond Hoyte and President Janet Jagan are talking again, even though the talks are not very promising. Guyana has a lot of problems and there are no quick fixes, even though the opposition promises them. I suppose that is the way things are in every nation around the world.
Mac and I have been out and around town and we haven't noticed any disturbances anywhere. Any proposed travelers for summer crusades need not fear any harm. No need to back out! Everything is pretty much back to normal here.
Inflation is on the rise. The exchange rate for the US dollar has increased from 140 to 1, when we left in the fall, to 177 to 1, today. To keep pace, the prices have increased accordingly. A dollar doesn't buy any more now than it did a few months ago.
The challenges to the church have not diminished. We still have a lot of work to do in Guyana. People are being baptized every day and more new churches are being started. More workers are coming from the USA, making more converts, saving more of the lost, and leaving a huge challenge to the few workers here to mature all the new young Christians. There is crusade group working at Industry as I write, and an additional 16 precious souls have been added to the Kingdom as the result of their work. This means 16 more people who will need a great deal of attention by a scant number of workers, if they are to remain faithful. I am beginning to feel what Jesus must have felt when He said, "...the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few" (Matthew 9:38b).
School is going well. We have 14 dedicated students who want to preach the gospel. They are working very hard to prepare themselves. I wish we had the resources to double the number of students. Maybe then we could meet this growing need for workers!
The Lord willing, two weeks from tonight, Mac and I will be in Miami on our way to Dallas, Texas, for a "Guyana Forum" hosted by the Webb Chapel church. American workers to Guyana will gather in Dallas to discuss how we can better meet the growing needs of the church here. Please keep the Forum in your prayers. We need a plan that will help us better serve the Guyanese church.
We appreciate all of you back home for your interest, involvement and concern about this work. You are needed to help fulfill God's goal for His church here.
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