Agricultural Development Foundation, Ltd.

ADF Newsletter Volume 25 No. 2 March 2020

Report from the Winter Meeting

Baptist Rural Life Ministries Bee Project, Hon-

duras and Guatemala was approved for $5000

A report* included “The $5000 you gave us last

August made it possible for us to achieve our

goal of adding a beef cattle component so we

can train villagers in beef cattle production.”

Restart of the Baptist Out of School training pro-

gram (Philippines) funded in the August meeting

has been delayed as all available resources are

being used to repair earthquake damages.

Nelson Philpot reviewed the history of agricul-

tural missions and encouraged ADF to meet the

challenges ahead

Dr. John Lawrence, recently retired veterinary

missionary, described projects, emphasized the

need to keep work confidential for safety of

workers, and requested prayer for an innovative

program of delivering the Bible in native lan-

guage.

Jeff Palmer, former IMB ag missionary and cur-

rent CEO of Baptist Global Response gave an

update on the work of BGR. One third of BGR

efforts involve disaster response and 2/3 involve

community development including agricultural

projects. BGR is currently supporting 40 ag pro-

jects, many of them in closed areas.

* *Country and personnel are not identified for securi-

ty reasons.

President’s Message

What a wonderful Winter Meeting in Vicksburg!

Many thanks to Jim Watson, James Henley and oth-

ers who helped to organize this meeting. I am espe-

cially grateful to Dr. Nelson Philpot for sharing in

such detail the history of ADF. It was encouraging

to hear the faithfulness and dedication of those who

have shown the love of Jesus Christ through this or-

ganization over the last 50 years.

The reminder that we still have a task to fulfill did

not end with the Winter Meeting on Saturday for me.

In our Sunday morning worship service the following

day, our pastor’s focal passage was the healing of a

lame beggar (Luke 3:1-9). We all know the story. In

verse 6 Peter tells the man “I do not possess silver

and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the

name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!” (NAS).

Then in verse 7, “And seizing him by the right hand,

he (Peter) raised him up.” The miracle was by God,

but He used Peter to help the man up to walk on his

newly strengthened legs!

Is the work of ADF not the same? Are we not the

outreached hand God has equipped to serve others

through agriculture? May we always give God the

glory while continuing in His service.

Casting Bread,

Randy Graves.

Nelson Philpot (below) gave a comprehensive ac-

count of agricultural missions history and identified

the challenges ahead.

David Morrison (right) gave the Louisiana report.

The Louisiana Fellowship has been supporting an

IMB missionary in Eastern Europe for about 5

years now and contributed $8,500 in 2019. They

have also funded projects in Thailand and Mexico.

Pictured left is Gene Baker.

Jeff Palmer (below) gave an update from Baptist

Global Response. BGR is currently supporting 40

ag projects, many of them in closed areas. Jeff not-

ed that there are still many IMB missionaries do-

ing ag work even though there are now few

trained, vocational ag missionaries. There are

many opportunities for BGR and ADF to cooper-

ate.

Thank you First Baptist Church, Vicksburg, Mississippi for hosting

the January Meeting!

Web links to cooperators:

Baptist Rural Life Ministries – http://www.BRLM.org

Filter of Hope – http://www.filterofhope.org

Gracewater – http://www.gracewater.org

Reclaimed Project – http://www.reclaimedproject.org

Donations should be mailed to: Agricultural Development Foundation, Ltd.

P. O. Box 450, Clinton, MS 39060

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Officers elected at the January Meeting

President……………………………..Randy Graves

Vice President…………………….James A. Henley

Treasurer…………………………...Bobby Redding

Project Coordinator…………………....Dan Watson

Secretary………………………………..Dick Parish

Board Chairman………………………..Ben Ingram

Directors Emeritus

Nelson Philpot

Joyce Watson

Harold Watson

Directors

Gene Baker Wayne Gemeinhardt

Ron Baker Sean Milliken

Don Blasingame Terry Kirkpatrick

John Clement David Morrison

Bobby Redding David LaMay

Stephen Redding David Mason

Dan Watson Richard Parish

James A. Henley Alan Stringer

Bill Nutt Jim Watson

Jim Whitehead Chuck Wilson

Charles Johnson Carl Prewitt

David May Randy Graves

Ben Ingram

ADF Contributors 2019 and through 2-20-20

Anne Alexander

Ron Baker

Don Blasingame

Alan Cameron

Sharon Cameron

Lawrence Copes

Lyle Corey

Clifton Curtis

Phil Davis

Randy Graves

Robert Green

Merrill Greenlee

James A. Henley

James Henley

Ben Ingram

Roscoe Ivy

Wayne Jordan

June Juhnke

Terrence Kirkpatrick

James May

Tommy McDonald

Barbara Monzingo

David Morrison

Richard Parish

Nelson Philpot

Carl Prewitt

Bobby Redding

Stephen Redding

Janet Sessums

Chris Strain

Lucy Stringer

James Taylor

L.S. Taylor

Bill Tomlinson

Glenn Triplet

Tom and Gloria Thurman

James Valentine

Dan Watson

Harold Watson

Jim Watson

Wynndale Baptist

Please notify Adriane Brown of any discrepancy at: adrianebrowncpa@gmail.com