About Us and Newsletter Archives
We (Larry and Ginger) both grew up in the First Baptist church in Norman, Oklahoma. Ginger was a year behind Larry in school, and in high school and we dated for about 18 months. We would go our seperate ways and have our own families. In late 2010 we would reconnect and would marry in 2011. That began our adventure together.
In 2017 while we were cooks for our youth group at Falls Creek, God called us into missions. We didn't really know what that meant but we were pretty sure it meant moving away from the Bible belt. In 2018, God put the "x" on the map and we moved to Monte Vista, CO.
The missions calling would continue to evolve as in May of 2020 we planted Grace and Mercy Bible Fellowship in Monte Vista. Later that year Larry would take on the position of interim pastor at First Christian Church. The two churches started doing outreach events together and then started meeting together and in early 2023 the two merged to form Grace and Mercy Christian Church. Later that year God would move us back into our calling of missions. We would resign our positions of pastors of the church and move to Westcliffe and expand our ministry in the area of evangelism.
What we do
Short term mission trips. These trips usually last a week and are evangelical in nature. You can see more about the trips we've been and on what we are planning to go on our missions page.
Puppets. Ginger and Larry were in the same puppet group at First Baptist when they were in high school. Larry has written many original scripts and Ginger loves to use her sewing talents to make new costumes. The puppets love to get out and tell people about Jesus.
Simply the Gospel. The Gospel is not complicated; but too often we make it that way. Simply the Gospel is my project to make it easy for people to be able to share their faith.
Equip Others. We love to teach others how they can share their faith. We can put together a workshop or class or just some individual training. Contact information is below.
Newsletters and Archives
About 3-4 times a year we send out a newsletter to our supporters. Here you can find copies of past newsletters.
Fall/Winter 2025
Two festivals, a car show and postponed mission trip.
Summer 2025
A review of a very busy summer including the mission trips the Navajo and to Fiji.
Spring 2025
God's new vision for our lives and a wrap up of the Thailand Mission Trip.