• October 2018 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, When the year starts to come to a close everyone seems to be amazed that it is almost over. I’m not sure why we are surprised by that every year, but we are. And, so here we are again towards the end of another year. Nigeria Trip Due to visa delays I…

  • August 2018 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, “Thank you for being here. If you were not here, I would not be saved.” These were wonderful words to hear from 12-year-old Russell who had gotten saved the previous night. Russell is a hearing Korean student who came to the Bill Rice Ranch as part of a larger group trip to…

  • June 2018 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, Thank you for your continued prayers and financial support. As mentioned in my last letter, I have some computer and networking projects I’m working on in the office. Thankfully, God has helped me complete one of them. I attribute that to your prayers and help from good friends. Even though some of…

  • March 2018 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, What a wonderful start to a new year! I am excited about what God is doing in, and through, our ministry. Italy In the last letter I asked you to pray for a trip to Italy that our son James and I were taking at the end of the year. We spent…

  • December 2017 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, Merry Christmas! In my last letter I told about the 18 who were saved on my Africa trip; however, I only gave details about Ethiopia. I also visited Tanzania and Zambia. Since then I have spent time at a couple of Christian colleges representing BIO. Tanzania I was with Bro. Frank Laurent…

  • September 2017 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, On the heels of a wonderful trip to the Philippines, I spent three great weeks in Africa. There were 15 Deaf and 3 hearing saved on my trip. Others were challenged to be a witness to those God brings their way. I am going to talk about each of the three countries…

  • Ethiopia Conference Letter

    [This letter was written by Mrs. Tsehai Mulugeta (the late Pastor Bizuayehu’s wife).] Dear Friends, Love and many greetings to you and your dear family in the most holy name of our Loving Lord Jesus Christ. Praise the Lord for the wonderful conference we had throughout the three days of August 25-27. The meeting was…

  • August 2017 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, In the church service I was in Wednesday night, the pastor mentioned that the Pacific Ocean was a large place. I leaned over to my wife and said, “Don’t we know. We flew over it twice in the last couple of weeks.” Philippines Trip We just returned from visiting Chris and Carol…

  • June 2017 Prayer Letter

    Dear Praying Friends, What a wonderful whirlwind of activity since I last wrote. April started with a trip to West Coast Baptist College. Since then I have been to 3 other colleges representing BIO and being encouraged by the young people who are looking for ways to minister. We also interviewed a couple of new…

  • March Personal Update

    Thank you for taking the time to read this longer personal report. In my regular prayer letter I had a really good story that I wanted to share. As a consequence, all the personal stuff got bumped out. So here is the all family news and ministry info that didn’t make it into the regular letter.…