Next month is the annual Family Fellowship Week for World Wide. I always look forward to those very special days. We will be in Ocala, Florida, with Memorial Baptist Church and Pastor Mike West. If it is as it has been in the past, and I have every reason to believe it will be, we will have a wonderful time of fellowship around God’s Word.
Very often I ponder the past. Memories are more important to me than ever before. It was my privilege to become part of World Wide in June of 1976. The meeting that year was in South Carolina with Pastor Russell Bell. I appreciated the invitation to visit the conference that year but had no idea that the board would consider asking me to become part of the Executive Board. It was an honor then, but much more so today. Working with Pastor Wingard has been a dream come true for me. I am so grateful for his leadership through the years. God has been so merciful to us to give him health and longevity of life. I cannot imagine World Wide without Pastor Wingard at the helm. Pastor Wingard, Pastor Eborn, and Pastor Bell are the remaining original members of the Executive Board. We praise the Lord for the firm foundation and direction that these godly men have consistently provided for WWNTBM.
A number of men have been added to the board through the years. There could not possibly be a group of men anywhere that love working together more than these men do. In every detail of the mission you can see the impact that Pastor Wingard has had in getting us to the place that we are now.
When we get together each year I am blessed by every participant and moved by the memories of years gone by. The Lord truly blessed World Wide by sending us the O’Malley family more than twenty years ago. The ladies in the office continue to do a fantastic job. Miss Naomi has also put her fingerprints on so many parts of the mission through the years, and we are so grateful for her sacrificial service to the Lord through this ministry.
Not everyone is required to be at the meeting, but that doesn’t mean you can’t come. I will assure you that Pastor West and Memorial Baptist Church will roll out the red carpet for us. Those of you that cannot be there, please pray that the Lord will bless every aspect of the meeting.
May you enjoy the blessings of the Lord as you continue to serve Him faithfully.
In His Service,
Danny A. Whetstone
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