DR4Christ Ministries

Ingrid (11) & Frandy (7) received Christ as their personal Savior  Not sure what an extra $74 could do on the mission field?  Pastor Nestor Ojito who trained with us in Cuba before we were forced to leave, recently informed us about an incredible opportunity to start a new work in the central province of Villa Clara.  This is approximately 270 kilometers east of the last church we started in Havana in 2005.   Last year, the churches in Cuba began giving so that several men and women could travel to the province of Matanzas each...

Pastor Alberto Castilla enjoying his first McDonald’s They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and this one is very historic and many of you have had a lot to do with this. The man on the left in this picture is Pastor Freddy Centeno. He grew up in my father-n-law's ministry and started a church in a now annexed (used to be a part of Nicaragua) part of Costa Rica called Liberia.  When Regina and I went to...

The day that I accepted Jesus as my Savior was the day I began experiencing the joy that comes with His presence, guidance and purpose.  I have joy because He has been faithful in never leaving me or forsaking me in our family’s travels through Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.  Now that He has led me to be a foreign church planter I have peace and joy in knowing that He has a plan to prepare me for His...

Enjoying Father, Son time at the Houston Museum My mom and dad has been a tremendous blessing over the years to our ministry. Many of you know my father, John Franklin as a teacher, many as a historian, others as a genealogist. Loved by his students, its hard to go anywhere with my Dad in Lubbock, without running into someone who hasn't passed through one of his classes. Dad is also a writer and is just about finished with - "Love Among The Derricks" which is filled with...

IBB Don Pedro’s 180 Bible Club continues growing! If you were walking down the road and someone shared with you that you were headed in the wrong direction would you turn around?  Turning sometimes is a hard to do, however turning from sin and self to trusting Jesus Christ is something everyone should do.  Spiritually speaking this is repentance and that is exactly what 180 Bible Clubs are all about. Children of all ages attend the Bible Clubs in Don...

  Jorge and Penny need video cameras for  T.V. show The Bible says in Matthew chapter 5:14 that we are the light of the world.  Jesus said in John 8:12 that He is the light of the world.  How can both of those be true?  When you give your heart and life to Jesus Christ, you are saved, and Jesus comes to live inside of you, and the light of the world comes to live inside of your heart, and you, now become a light designed to illuminate His love to others in darkness.  In our fourth annual...