How the Lord Used Us in August 2018

How the Lord Used Us in August 2018
8/29/2018 9:18:00 AM by: Don

Hello Ministry Partners:

As we finished up two very slow months during the summer, we were blessed to have some formal ministry events in August. I completed a Walk thru the Bible Old Testament seminar at The View Church in SC, 3 MAD Live Events, spoke at a men’s rally in NC, and attended the “Race 2 Riches 3” off-road hill climbing event in TN.

One of the MAD Live events was in partnership with a local Christian radio network (WHCB, Love FM and “The Possum”). This was our first event with them and we look forward to doing another one with them in the future. 75 people attended and 2 people gave their lives to Christ at the event. One was a young man who told me he had been walking by the church in a depressed state of mind. He saw all of the cars in the parking lot and came in to see what was happening. This occurred during our morning break time. When we broke for lunch, he was standing outside by the door of the church. I engaged him in conversation, and invited him to lunch. As we walked to the gym where lunch was being served, I shared the Gospel with him. I found out he lives right near the church so I connected him with Pastor Joel. He stayed for the rest of the event and when it concluded, he came up to me with tears in his eyes and arms open wide to hug me. He embraced me, thanked me, and told me that he just got saved! PTL!! Pastor Joel will be discipling him. The other young man that was saved has agreed to let me disciple him! I am so excited about this and have been praying for God to lead me to someone who is interested in being discipled. Answered prayers!

When I was in SC on the 26th, I walked into the Cracker Barrel in Rock Hill, SC to eat and found 5 York County Sheriff's officers having breakfast. I introduced myself and told them I am a former police officer and SWAT team member from NJ and I wanted to share something with them and pray for their safety. They heartily accepted my offer! I passed out my police Gospel cards so each officer got one, and explained what they were about. They stopped eating and bowed their heads as I prayed for their safety and eternal salvation. They were VERY grateful! At breakfast I prayed for my waitress named Brandy and shared a Gospel of John with her. Another lady was saved at the MAD event that day, and 23 more people were trained. That evening on my way home I prayed for a waitress named Kendri and her daughter and granddaughter. I also shared a Gospel of John with her. God is so good!

This testimony came to me the same day as I completed the MAD Live Event with WHCB Radio, and the second one is a portion of an email I received after the same event:

“Hello Mr. Sunshine. I was in your class today. After the class I went to Starbucks. I engaged the man sitting across from me in a conversation and then spoke about Jesus. He turned out to be a Muslim from Egypt. I was able to tell him that Jesus is the only way to salvation. I did not convince him but thanks to your seminar I was not afraid and I felt prepared.”

“I feel the fire for God again and I wanted to thank you so much for your Make a Difference event. I want to be able to finish strong and hear Jesus say to me "Well done, good and faithful servant" and now I feel more confident to share my faith and to start conversations that will point people to Christ.”

SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER SCHEDULE

Sept 8 - MAD live Event #563 - Powell River Baptist Association, Jonesville, VA
Sept 9 - MAD Live Event #564 - Mineral Springs Baptist Church, Vinton, VA
Sept 10 - MAD Live Event #565 - Mineral Springs Christian School, Vinton, VA
Sept 15 - MAD Live Event #566 - Sandy Ridge Wesleyan Church,Hickory, NC
Sept 16 - MAD Live Event #567 - Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, Maryville, TN
Sept 22 - MAD Live Event #568 - Drexel Christian Center, Morganton, NC
Sept 23 - MAD Live Event #569 - Berean Baptist Church, Lynchburg, VA
Sept 29 - MAD Live Event #570 - In Partnership with “The Journey FM” - Winfree Baptist Church, Midlothian, VA
Sept 30 - MAD Live Event #571 - Cornerstone Community Church, Lynchburg, VA
Oct 6 - MAD Live Event #572 - Bonsack Baptist Church, Roanoke, VA
Oct 7 - MAD Live Event #573 - Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Morganton, NC
Oct 13 - MAD Live Event #574 - Valley View Chapel, Long Valley, NJ
Oct 14 - Preach - Valley View Chapel, Long Valley, NJ
Oct 20, 21 - MAD Live Event #575 - The Chapel, Chapel Hill, NC (Part 1 on the 20th, Part 2 on the 21st)
Oct 26 - Share a Gospel message at the 106.9 The Light Annual Sporting Clays Event, Waxhaw, NC
Oct 26-27 - MAD Live Event #576 - The Rock Church - Morganton, NC (Part 1 on the 26th, Part 2 on the 27st)
Oct 28 - MAD Live Event #577 - Sugar Mountain Baptist Church, Newland, NC
Nov 10 - MAD Live Event #578 - Salem Church, Klingerstown, PA
Nov 11 - MAD Live Event #579 - Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Bethlehem, PA
Nov 17 - MAD Live Event #580 - Richfield Mennonite Church, Richfield, PA

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RV FINANCIAL REQUEST

With much prayer and approval from our Board of Directors, we have acquired an RV (coach) for ministry. This is the first time our ministry has gone into debt and taken out a business loan. With all of the travel we do, we are excited and blessed to have this tool to improve our travel, and give us a place to stay when we serve the Lord in our off road ministry at campgrounds.

We would appreciate it if you would pray about helping us eliminate this $40,000 debt. We have 60 payments to make and would like to pay it off ASAP. If you feel led to help us with this request, you may send us a check. Maybe God will have you make on month’s payment for us, part of a payment, or pay it off! Whatever He leads you to do, we’d be blessed and appreciate your help. Just put “For RV” in the memo portion of your check. Remember, all donations are tax deductible. Thank you!

PRAYER REQUESTS

- For God’s Spirit to move powerfully in people’s hearts as we teach and equip the body of Christ this fall.
- SCHEDULE– this request is on my monthly report every month. Hopefully you understand that filling the calendar is a constant struggle. Because of your prayers, God has blessed us with a full fall schedule and we are now working to fill our 2019 calendar.
- Please continue to pray for the Lord to bring us someone to teach our training in Spanish.
- Healing – I have received 2 of the 3 PRP (blood platelet) injections in my knee. Please ask the Lord to use these treatments to finally fix my knee problem. Thanks!
- For the funds to come in so we can make the payments OR pay offthe new ministry coach.

Love in Christ,

Cathy and Don

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