Ministry Update
The regular schedule of our revival meetings for 2011 has come to an end. We have only two Sundays of preaching left before the end of the year. What a great year the Lord has given us!
This past month has seen some good meetings, though they were unusual in that I flew to them all without my family. Just a couple of stories will suffice to show you how God is answering prayer.
On Sunday, November 6, 2011, I opened a meeting in the Cornerstone Baptist Church of Phoenix, Arizona. After the service began—in fact after I had announced the text to begin my message—a man came into the auditorium and took a seat. At the invitation he raised his hand for salvation, but I did not see it due to the size of the auditorium. The pastor, however, was aware of what was going on and asked me to approach the man after I turned the service over to the pastor.
The man was very open and willing to step into a room apart and listen to what I had to say to him. He had a fascinating background to relate. He was fluent in five languages, had been a citizen of three different countries, and had served in Saddam Hussein’s army during the Iran/Iraq War of the 1980’s. His journey to Phoenix led him first through Canada, then Chicago, and finally on to Phoenix.
Louie, as he was called by his English-speaking friends, was Assyrian. As I reviewed the Gospel with him, the Spirit of God convicted him of his sin. Before long, he prayed and asked the Lord to save him.
On the closing night of that meeting, a little boy of perhaps eleven years of age listened intently to the preaching. Being convinced of his need for a Savior, he was impatient by the time the invitation came. As soon as everyone around him bowed their heads and closed their eyes, he marched right up to the pastor on the platform. He needed to be saved and was unwilling to wait for any formalities!
The Lord has given us good meetings, not only this month, but all year long. We praise Him for His working through us.
In the coming weeks, we will be relocating to Southaven, MS, where I will be accepting a position as staff evangelist at the Clearview Baptist Church. For many years, I wanted to be staff evangelist at a local church, but the Lord delayed answering that prayer at different places and for reasons of His own. Now, we believe He has led us to the right church, the right pastor, the right place, and the right time. We are scheduled to move the week before Christmas. Pray for us. Our phone numbers will remain the same as well as our e-mail, but we will have a new snail mail address. It will be posted on our website once the move is complete.
Thank you for another year of supporting our ministry with your prayers. The longer I serve the Lord as an evangelist, the more convinced I am that we can do nothing without the power of God, power that comes to us through the prayers of God’s people.
