Sunday, February 24, 2008

Written by Dr. Keith Gomez @ 4:00PM

I appreciate all of your prayers and the kind notes of sympathy you have posted on the website. I certainly appreciate all the cards, the letters and all that you have done for me and my family.

Over the last several weeks, I have been in the states of Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Florida. I have been on several ranches with lodges just spending time in my Bible and in prayer. You pray that God would allow me to receive the healing that I need for this unbelievably deep hurt that I am feeling. I loved my wife very deeply and I believe that you hurt as deeply as you love. So, I want you to pray for me as I seek out God’s will for my life and the future of Northwest Bible Baptist Church and Providence Baptist College. There is much to be done in the ministry and I trust God will give me a new vision and drive to do His will.

Every morning, I seem to wake up with tears. It seems that I go to bed with tears. I will return to Northwest Bible Baptist Church as soon as I feel that God is finished with me in this matter of healing. I trust that all of you would continue to pray for my family. While I was in Texas I received a phone call that Carla’s stepfather died of cancer. So, I set out immediately for Baton Rouge, Louisiana to bury my stepfather-in-law. I got to thinking about my precious mother-in-law who has lost a daughter and a husband within 23 days of each other. She is a very strong woman. I see where my wife received her strong traits! Jackie McFee is a wonderful mother-in-law. Thank God for all that she taught and instilled in my wife. We had a good funeral for Tom McFee, with several folks saved. Even after the services were over, we were able to lead several men to Christ. My son-in-law, John Martin, was pinning some of these men down and dealing with them about their souls. I spent a few days with my father and my sisters in Baton Rouge. Then I headed out to Florida. I will be in Florida for a few days with some individuals who wanted me to come down to their ranch and spend some private time.

I trust that you will think of me and pray that God will do a work in my heart where He will give me His mighty power to be able to continue this great work that He has put me in.

I have thought recently about my precious wife and how, if she could come back, she would not want to. She is beholding the face of her Savior every day, along with the Saints of God, her family and her loved ones that have gone on before her. I feel that she would not want to come back even if she could, but we will be able to go to her one day and that will be reality for all of us!

I love you and thank you for thinking of us at this time in my life and the lives of my family and ministry.

Sincerely,

Dr. Keith Gomez

Pastor