From Alpena, MI to Lawrence, KS with a pit stop in Elkhart, IN

Pastor Paul Frey

We spent the weekend at Cathro Baptist Church in Alpena, Michigan. Pastor Paul Frey has been leading this church for 9 years. He is doing a great job reaching this rural area. On Saturday we went out on the bus route visiting. The pastor and I went to the country part of the route while the others went to the town. While out the pastor was able to lead a parent of one of the riders to Christ.

Pastor with some of the bus kids

Then on Sunday I taught the Sunday school hour on missions and soul winning. Then during the morning service I preached a message on the purpose of motherhood. All mothers were recognized and honored during this service. 

Special Music

The service was great and we enjoyed the singing and special music. Following the invitation time the pastor had a convert that got baptized. Praise the Lord. 

Baptismal Service

Then after the service I rode on the bus with the pastor and enjoyed getting to visit with some of the riders. It was a blessing getting to spend time with them and see where the route goes to. The route has a lot of adult riders on it. That is a blessing to see this church reaching so many adults.

Bus Route

Then Sunday evening I showed my video and presented our mission. I then preached the evening message as well. It was blessing to see hearts being stirred. The church will be voting on partnering with us next Sunday night. Hopefully we will gain a new partnership!

Presenting Sunday Evening

On Monday we traveled to Elkhart, Indiana to visit David Khin and his wife Ni May Wi. David had contacted my wife a month ago after a convert of my wife's had given them such a strong testimony that he felt he needed to talk to us. When my wife talked to him his testimony wasn't clear so we were wanting a chance to meet with him in person. 

David Khin

We were able to talk to David at his work place. He took his lunch break and we visited with him for 30 minutes. He gave us an excellent testimony of having been born again when he lived in Burma. However, he was unsure about his wife's salvation. We had opportunity to visit with his wife and we also met his cousin who was visiting them. His wife claims salvation, but doesn't have a clear testimony. His cousin Bawi has a clear testimony and we believe that he is saved. Please pray for his wife as we are going to be taking them through a Grow in Grace booklet and trying to help them grow. Hopefully, if his wife isn't saved she will trust Christ! Also, pray that we can find a good church in the area for them. 

Bawi and Ni May Wi

We then traveled to Lawrence, Kansas to attend the Bible college graduation for our in laws and some friends that were graduating from Heritage Baptist College which is a ministry of Heritage Baptist Church. This church is led by Pastor Scott Hanks and is a partnering church with us.

Dr. Scott Hanks

The service was great. There was very good special music by the college and the commencement service was fantastic as well. Pastor Sven Larson also spoke during the service and his daughter was a graduate that night too. The main message was preached by Pastor Tony Keeton from Union City, TN.

My daughter-in-laws sister Melody Smith had an opportunity to speak after being recognized. She had just gotten engaged earlier that day, so it was a very special day for her and the Smith family! May the Lord bless all these graduates as they move into their future ministries and lives!

Melody Smith

While there we also saw Brother Bob Miller and his wife from Lincoln Baptist Church. They were there to pick up their son Travis for the Summer. Travis is a student at Heritage Baptist College. Mrs. Miller was led to Christ by my wife in 2009 and then I led her husband to the Lord after that and his son Travis to Christ. Brother Miller is now a deacon at Lincoln Baptist Church and his wife is of course the deacons wife, a Sunday school teacher, junior church worker, and runs one of the bus routes. This family is tremendous blessing!

The Miller Family