UPDATE 3-23-2007               (Update history starts at bottom of page)

I want you to hear from Angela's own words. This is a few sentences from an email she sent me, with caps." IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BLESSING IN MANY WAY S... THANK YOU FOR JUST BEING MY FATHER. DISTANCE AND YEARS AND DRUGS AND ALCOHOL CAN'T TAKE ALL THAT AWAY NOW. I HAVE A FATHER. IT IS FINALLY SO NICE TO SAY IT, MEAN IT AND NOT FEEL ONE BIT BITTER ABOUT IT ANY MORE. TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS...I LOVE YOU

Tell me Jesus Christ doesn't heal! Truly amazing!

UPDATE 3-17-07

My beautiful granddaughter Sari just made me a beautiful necklace that I hang from my rear view mirror. I see it everyday. Thank you Sari. I love you.

UPDATE 3-5-07
Laura just had another boy, Mathew Steven Miller
UPDATE 2-6 2007
Just a quick update...
* My wife is now in her 7th year free from cancer. Praise the Lord
* I am approaching my 6th and final year as Elder...WOW. The Lord can use anyone.
* We have sold our business, primarily out of lack there of. LOL
* Again the Lord has provided, we are now rehabbing houses. I love it, and I thought 60 was old.
* The college kids from our church just asked my wife and I to teach a Bible study...but I am a high school drop out. I guess the Lord will have to handle that also.Thanks to Logos Bible software they think I am an expert. Mums the word.
* We are having a Mountain Top Experience these past few months, what a great time it has been. I hope to return with some details of the past few years, its been a strange time and blessed.
* Thanks to Logos Bible software they think I am an expert. Mums the word.
* We are having a Mountain Top Experience these past few months, what a great time it has been. I hope to return with some details of the past few years, its been a strange time and blessed.
* I had my testimony redone for a radio show at Pacific Garden Ministries. It's the old type radio show format. If your interested you can hear it here. Its about half way down under Ray Peterman.

UPDATE 6-18-2005 YAHOOOO!

My daughter Angel has really impressed me with her many trials and how she has grown. She attended an Alpha program we have in our church and has started that walk with the Lord that can be a real test when things just don't seem to go smooth. My God Bless her! I love you Angel.

UPDATE 9-23-2004

My daughter Laura just had a baby boy named Peyton. I love Mike to.(-:

My wife is getting close to that special number...5 years cancer free.

I am an Elder in our church and have come to understand serving the Lord should take priority. Yes I am still a sinner and fall far short of the Glory of God. I just keep walking forward in the sanctification process and praise God for saving a wretch like me. May you come to have a personal relationship with the King of Kings! He loves you no matter what you have done. Ask Jesus in your life right now, its easy. Just say and mean it,"I believe you are the God of all creation and you sent Jesus to die for me. Jesus, I want you in my life...save me. I will confess my sins and repent as I walk the rest of my life with you as my Lord and Savior. I say these things in Jesus name." Hallelujah , you are born again. Now tell a friend.

Confession
2-27-2001

I claim to be a Christian but have failed to take care of my own family. I have a daughter from a previous marriage and have failed to even acknowledge she exists. Her name is Angela and she lost her mother at a young age. Where was I.....drunk and only worried about myself. I am sorry for this uncaring attitude and hope the Lord will lead me to a better understanding of others feelings.
I am not a person who does much visiting so I would make an open invitation to Angela and her family to visit my home any time. My mother is still telling me I don't visit her enough and my wife's family rarely sees me. More to follow

UPDATE 4/22/2000

My Wife gave her testimony in church last Sunday which you can read below.
I would like to briefly share how Christ has walked with me through out life. My first encounter with Him was at a Christian grade school. I learned that Jesus rose from the dead but I thought He was in heaven and not involved in my day to day living. As I grew I began to see all

The injustice in the world and bought into the youth rebellion of the late 60’s and early 70’s. I believed that it was ok to do what ever you felt like doing as long as you didn’t hurt anyone, not realizing that our actions always affect somebody.

I was in control of my own life…until I came to the realization that my husband was addicted to alcohol and drugs. Early in our marriage I asked Jesus into my life (simply because of the persistence of another person). Salvation through Christ sounded too good to be true, so I accepted it with an attitude, saying that if He is real that He would have to make all the changes in my life. He did make changes and He began with me.

Shortly afterward a pastor visited us and invited me to his church. I began to attend and a void in my life was filled. I became very active and met an evangelist minister who just happened to be a former alcoholic. He prayed with me and explained how serious alcoholism is.

Although my life wasn’t perfect I found great joy in knowing the Lord. As the years went by Ray eventually went from an alcoholic to a workaholic. I was still involved in church but was so busy trying to meet everybody’s needs that I kept Christ at a distance.

I was brought to my knees when I noticed signs of substance abuse in Ray again. I prayed and cried to God in desperation because I felt so lost and out of control of the situation .At that very moment his sister called. She would have been the last person I would have asked to help me . But God used her to assist in seeking treatment for him. We were told that a spiritual program would be used and that an intervention was needed. I had my doubts because he was always against anything spiritual. The Lord walked me through the process and Ray found sobriety.

Three months later my mother, who was my best friend, passed away. I was overwhelmed with grief and emptiness. Upon the urging of another Christian friend we formed a Bible study. It seemed like a foreign language at first but we persisted and our group grew in closeness and knowledge. My grief had been replaced with a deeper commitment to Christ.

One week we decided to go to an Earl Bailey revival. A friend named Terry and I went to the altar and there I gave Ray and my children to Jesus to do what I was unable to do. From that moment I knew that Ray would come to Christ thinking that it would be on his deathbed. Again I underestimated God’s goodness. Now I know how wonderful it is to be married to a Christian.

A couple years ago we participated in a Bible study called "Experiencing God." I considered myself a good and forgiving Christian but during that study I began to feel bitterness toward Ray. Eventually I realized I had suppressed anger for many years. I asked the Lord to remove this overwhelming resentment. When He did I saw how judgmental and self-righteous I was inside and that without God’s grace and goodness I wasn’t any better than anyone else. I know now that I must call on Jesus Christ daily to stay on track, not just when I’m in trouble.

Jesus isn’t with us physically but he is the savior and comforter to all that call upon his name. We are on Earth for just a short time when compared to eternity. I had to come to terms with this over the past year.

More real smiles from our daughter Laura's wedding. We are proud to have Mike Miller as our son-in-law.

Our mission trip to Russia. My beautiful wife next to me, Judy from our church and Pastor Dave. All from Faith Community Fellowship.