Y Youth Camp is this month and we need to be praying for the youth and youth leadership team, that they all will be touched in a special way.

Y Pastor Jose is going to Mexico this month, to minister in one of the cities there.

Y Pastor Jon is going to Niger with Bruce McDonald in March.

The month of February is the month we proclaim our love and gratitude for our wives, girlfriends, husbands and mothers. From the romantic side of us, the giving of cards, flowers and chocolates expresses our love for our loved ones.

From what I can find out, there are three men named Valentine who were martyred for their faith; a Valentine of Rome, a Valentine of Terri and a third Saint Valentine martyred in Africa. They became romanticized through the Middle Ages and to the modern day as well and became a model for us proclaiming our undying love for our sweethearts.

We can apply this to the ultimate Love and Sacrifice and Promise of the Lord Himself who was given as a ransom for the whole world, even for you and me.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16).

Let us return that love in gratitude to the Lord this month and forever that we may receive the Promise, and let us pass on that same kind of love to one another.

Love,
Pastor John Branson