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Fighting Giants

I was reading today in 1 Chronicles. I've been trying to read through the Bible in a month. I am a bit behind because of our extensive travel schedule, but doing well nonetheless. 1Chr 11 talks about David's elite group of warriors called "The Three". His 3 most valiant fighters. They were so faithful to him. Whatever he would even want, it was their desire to make David happy and satisfied.
Once in a battle when all the army turned and ran for their lives one of these “Three” stayed and fought, along side none other than David himself. Kings aren’t supposed to put themselves into a mix like that where they could easily lose their lives. But there is no greater form of leadership than putting oneself alongside the followers.
I hope that I can follow God so strong as David and his “Three” did. I wonder if I would be considered one of God's Elite? Would you be considered?

Thanksgiving

We've enjoyed spending some time with Crystal's family this past week for Thanksgiving.
Our thoughts are ever filled with "lasts" that we will have before we leave. It's a somber feeling, but we know that God is in it and will lead and guide where He will.
Needless to say Thanksgiving was great. We are feeling very "benefited" and in need of a good treadmill!

Car Problems

After our meeting at Florida Bible Church we left to travel north to be with Crystal's family for Thanksgiving. Miami to Murfreesboro, TN is about 850 miles, so that's quite a stretch, so we left soon after the morning service to get a good jump on the driving. On Monday we were going to drive the rest of the way. Just before we drove into Atlanta, we decided to stop and top off and take a short walk through Wally World and stretch our legs. After we came out, we found that our truck wouldn't start sounding like the battery was dead. Very strange since we had been driving for hours all day. We eventually found without much trouble that our battery had kicked the bucket! Praise God we were at Walmart, and were able to just get a battery there and change it out. Fun times!

Miami, Florida

This weekend we were in Miami at Florida Bible Church. It's one of our newest supporting churches. it was all God who allowed us to be a part of this church.
We are so excited to have them as part of our team now. They were so excited to have us a part of their church, and were so willing to help with the expense of our airfare to Costa Rica this coming April. All we could say after this weekend was, "Wow"! God is really at work through this great church.

These Past Few Days:

These past few days we've had fun. God is so good to give us good friends to spend time with. Crystal and I believe that an essential part of our deputation is raising a family of supporters who are dedicated to just ministering with us through prayer and encouragement. He has given us some like this, and we are so grateful.
We've also had a few meetings these past few days, and we are especially grateful for them as well. God is given us a full month of meetings this month and they have been an encouragement to us, and we hope we have been to them as well.

Meeting in Oklahoma

Yesterday we were in Ponca City, OK at a wonderful church. We had a great time sharing our burden for the Mexican people. Also enjoyed all of the great fellowship and food afterwards. Tomorrow Kevin and I head back on the road towards Florida for a full month of meetings. Please pray for safety as we travel and for health. It is hard on our bodies to go from a colder area to warmer area.

Picture Album

This is Crystal playing the girl in the drama that dies in the hospital.

The house fire scene where the brother and sister are pulled out of house. Girl saved and goes to Heaven, brother not saved and goes to Hell.

This the scariest scene. It smells like hair burning, lots of screams, dark, and very hot. This is the Hell scene.

Party scene that the brother of the drama threw and during the party house catches on fire. Kevin's brother Kenton played the boy. (disclaimer no real alcohol was used in scene just empty containers) This scene hit home to alot of youth that came through.

Report on Judgement House

Before each evening our church had praise & worship and prayer. It was a great time to thank God for using us and asking Him to work in hearts of those going through the drama.

This is what the gym looked like each night. Youth groups, couples, families, churches, and others from all over came with unsaved to go through Judgement House. Over 450 got saved!!! About the same for rededication or needing help in other ways!!! Many more emails of decisions still coming through the church. Heaven is going to be even more crowded! Praise the Lord for working in the hearts of these people.

Heavenly thoughts

Judgement House is now over but the scene that keeps in my head is this one. I will always remember when God (the actor) came up to me and said "I love you, thank you for serving me" and gave me a hug. I cry everytime I think of it. One day I will be in my Father's arms and I want Him to be able to say that to me. Think about it today...What are you doing for Him?

Crystal

More Judgment House!

As I said prior Judgment House has been going on at our church last weekend and will begin again tonight for this weekend. We are still feeling the effects from the hard work and long hours, but the eternal rewards continue to pour in as we heard last night that over 200 people have already accepted Christ as their Savior.

We received this letter last Friday night regarding a teenager and his decision to accept Christ. I wanted to share this with you all since it is so dramatic and shows how Christ deals with these people through Judgment House.
This letter was written by a youth worker who brought a group of teens from their church to Judgment House for the first time.

"My what a production on love...We had about 12 go through with many of them not knowing Christ. I was a little disappointed that one 1 went for counseling afterwards even though you could tell they were wanting to make a decision. We came back to a church members home for a pizza party and after we ate one of the girls asked, "is that we saw really true and we all will stand before the Judge to see if our name is written down in that book?"
Our leader had a chance to share the gospel again and 4 of those kids accepted Christ in that living room with the others watching. Four hours later my wife and I were driving 3 of the boys home, and one of these boys, Bobby, asked if going to heaven could really be that easy. (This boy is one rough dude! Been in jail a couple of times and has beaten up his mother twice!) he went on by saying, "Can God really forgive all the sins that you have committed?" Right then I stopped in the McDonald's parking lot in downtown Wichita and got the track that he was given when we were leaving and went over God's plan of salvation. After 10 minutes of very hard questioning and wondering if God could ever forgive a person like himself, Bobby and his two brother accepted God's free give of salvation!
When we got to Bobby's house he asked if my wife and I would come in and meet his mother. We agreed and went in. Bobby went right to his mother, got on his knees, and said, "Mom will you forgive me for hitting you and causing you pain?" His mother looked at him like he was from mars! She said, "Have you been drinking again? What's wrong with you?" Bobby replied, "Nothing. God has forgiven me of all my sins and I know I am going to heaven when I die, and mom I want you to be there with my and my brothers. Will you let this man tell you how God can forgive you and you can know for sure that when you die you will go to heaven?" We stayed in that house and shared the gospel with that mother. At 11:23 with her boys wrapped around her she became a child of God!
What an awesome experience!!!!!!
Tell your church, tell your pastor, tell your actors and cast THANK YOU FOR DOING JUDGMENT HOUSE! It was totally transformed a family and has brought them home where there was darkness."


What an amazing story! This is what God's power can do with people.
We thank God for Judgment House and what God has done through it, and what He is still going to do. I am praying that God will issue His most Mega-Abundant Blessing this weekend.
Again if you want to know more about Judgment House and your church can get involved with it please visit: www.judgementhouse.org

Thanks all for your faithful prayers for us!