James and Linda Belisle
Welcome to the new year! All of us during 2020 have learned to appreciate our Lord’s words when He said, “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the e [...]
September and October started out in the ministry like most normal fall months start. These months are busy for me. This year is different since my overseas meetings were canceled due to COVID, but God provided meetings here in the States. [...]
When the unexpected happens, that is often when we see more clearly how God guides us and proves Himself to us. We all know, and I am sure attempt, to have God guide us on a daily basis. However, it is in the uncharted waters of the unexpec [...]
At the beginning of the year, I was pleased with the trip schedule I had planned. I was looking forward to preaching again for some missionaries and visiting a number of missionaries I had never been with in the past. As I mentioned in my l [...]
“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Therefore, take no thought, saying, [...]
Year Filled with Blessings The year 2019 was another year in which God graciously allowed me to be used by Him to help ministries around the world. I had the privilege of taking six trips to five different countries last year. My first trip [...]
The last two trips I took this year reminded me that God’s work is not measured in years, but in decades. Let me just share with you the thoughts I had these last two months while preaching for missionaries and pastors in the countries of N [...]
Family As most of you know, all of our children are adults, and three of them are married. Three of the four live in different states, so we don’t often have the entire family together. This year, however, our children decided to come to Wa [...]
This letter will be a little different because I want to take the whole letter to talk about my trip to Egypt in July. I took the trip with a group of men and one lady from our church. We went there to help with a Leadership Conference. Nor [...]
May and June were quite busy with much training taking place, both here in the United States and overseas in Nigeria. I work with FBMI, the mission agency of First Baptist Church in Hammond, Indiana. We have a Candidate School each year for [...]
