I want to request special prayer for my dear brother and fellow pastor, Pr. Lucrecio Muñoz. I developed a friendship with him not long after I came down to S. Jersey in late 2023. He is a diligent and faithful expositor of Scripture, and we connect weekly to visit, study, and pray together–in English and Spanish. I have also preached in his church a few times and have been very blessed by the biblical and reformational work going on in that Hispanic congregation.
Because his church is not in the financial position to support him very much, he resorts to secular work as a painter to provide for himself and his family. He has also experienced recent setbacks and discouragements, and I would like to request special prayer for him and his dear family.
If you would like to make a special donation for him, we would be happy to forward it; and as usual, all gifts would be tax deductible. Go here to donate. Simply make a notation for “Pr. Muñoz” either in your PayPal gift or on any check you mail in, so we can keep it separate from the main funds.
West Port Experiment 
This donation is for Pastor Munoz…
Hi! Pastor Ives…I was about to check in to the prayer meeting last week but then my oar finally broke in half and I had to half paddle back into shore…the wind was up… I smelled the fragrance of the yellow cedar when the oar broke. It was Dave’s oar. We sat side by side when we went anywhere, and I rowed on the starboard side and Dave always on the port side of the skiff. He made my oar of chewy spruce wood, but he made his of the lighter yellow cedar, and it finally wore out…
Thanks so much, sister! And oh, I’m glad you managed to get to shore!