Above: Anne, Kaleah and Bruce
Below: Andrew Panaggio teaching O.T. survey. Half of the students are simultaneously on-line. |
| | Santiago Theological Seminary - Praise God we had a blessed course given this month on Old Testament survey by Andrew Panaggio, who is finishing his Ph.D. in O.T. at Wheaton. He speaks fluent Spanish, having grown as a missionary kid in Peru.
- Praise God Matias is working towards certification in biblical counseling so he can supervise others in our program who will be doing the same.
- Pray for God to provide satellite sites in the USA and other countries for our Biblical Counseling Conference in Santo Domingo August 21-22, 2026, including Ed Welch, Brad Hambrick, Beth Broom, and Miguel Nunez. Let us know if your church would like to host the conference. The messages will be in English/Spanish.
- Praise God for the arrival of the Ray Call family on March 24. Ray will be coordinating a diploma program in Missions, Evangelism and Church Planting. Pray for the finalization of details in setting up the program.
- Pray for God's provision for us to resume construction of our classroom, offices and cafe. We know God is in this and we look to his provision in his timing.
- Pray for an upcoming Pastors Breakfast April 7 to present our programs and discuss church leadership training for the future in the DR.
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| | Family Update - Praise the Lord that he has provided for us a new home to live in. We moved in March to a larger house at a lower cost in a secure neighborhood in a great location and near friends. This amazing provision from God enables us to provide hospitality to the many visitors, professors, and residential students.
- Pray for Nelson, a new believer whom we are helping, to soon secure his working papers.
- Praise God that Kaleah is getting the therapies she needs to flourish. We see her progressing in her ability to make friends, read, and write.
- Pray for Anne's teaching ESL and discipling girls at Santiago Christian School.
- See below a short video of our family in front of the construction site.
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| | Above: Mirka, visiting lecturer, teaching holistic mission to our residential students: right to left--Enmanuel, Matheu, Cristo, and Daniel. |
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Prayer Requests - Thank God we are already making good connections with our new neighbors.
- Pray with us in plans to share our house with students.
- Praise God for Daniel, a residential certificate student Bruce is currently mentoring, as he studies missions with me, along with others. Pray for the Lord's direction in his life. He is considering going to Kyrgyzstan for a training program for Latino missionaries for 3 months, a year from now.
- Pray for Alvaro Rodriguez, our executive director, as he makes a trip to share our seminary vision in the USA at the end of April to mid-May.
- Praise God Matias Casco will be attending the Association of Biblical Counselors convention in May in Ft. Worth, TX where he will have the opportunity to promote our partnership with ABC. He has also started the process of becoming certified by ABC to lead the certification process for all Spanish speakers.
- Pray for Bruce in preparing to teach a course in April for Haitian Bible College students on Genesis 6-9 from his book Noah: A Righteous Man in a Wicked Age.
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| Beth Broom, one of the leaders from ABC, is teaching counseling for those suffering, at STS and at our upcoming conference. Here is a short video describing our connection with ABC.
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| | Partner With Us
Mailing address for support checks:
Reformed Evangelistic Fellowship PO Box 847 Bristol, TN 37621-0847
Be sure to include "McDowell ministry" on memo line of check so it goes to correct account. Include your email address. Or donate on-line:
https://www.refglobal.org/mcdowell-bruce.html |
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Non-Profit Donation Website
Donations should be made through Allegro Solutions: - https://allegrosolutions.org/index.php/giving/ . Contributions can be made via credit card, Paypal or bank draft/ACH.
- Payments by phone at 1 (713) 874-1519.
- Mail a check payable to Allegro Solutions with the account designation on an attached note to:
Allegro Organizational Solutions, Inc.t 5535 Memorial Dr., Ste. F-811 Houston, TX 77007 USA
Important—use giving account designation code: DR-STSantiago.001
The STS website: https://stsantiago.edu.do/wp/ Contact me regarding donations directly to our STS bank account in the DR. |
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