Great Meeting in Reno, Nevada

Pastor Randy Ralstin

This past weekend we spent with Lighthouse Baptist Church in Reno, Nevada. This church was started by Pastor Randy Ralstin in 1987 and is still led by this man of God today. It all started Friday night as the church was having a marriage retreat that he invited my wife and I to attend. We had a great time attending it and getting to know the great folks of the church. On Friday night all of the couples took a tour from restaurant to restaurant like a progressive dinner on the church bus which was to act as an airplane touring from foreign city to foreigner city trying different types of foods.

Pastor Ralstin leading a song on the bus

During this tour, we made an extended stop at an Italian place with a conference room so the guest speaker could share to us from the Word of God about our relationships. The food was great and we enjoyed getting to fellowship with other believers and enjoyed the good food. I was also able to give out a Gospel tract as a man commented about me carrying my Bible. 

My wife and I right before the devotional

The guest speaker was Pastor Bud Silva from Coast Hills Baptist Church in Santa Maria, California. He and his wife did a fantastic job on Friday night and Saturday morning as we had split sessions. We enjoyed the retreat and getting to the pastor and his family as well as the guest speaker and his wife. My daughters enjoyed helping the pastor's daughter in the nursery both Friday night and Saturday morning.

Pastor's daughter Rachelle

On Sunday it was Faith Promise Mission Sunday, which Pastor Silva would be the speaker for that as well. He did a great job teaching Sunday school and preaching the morning and evening services. During the morning service the pastor had me give a little information about myself and show my video. Then after the service we visited with many church folks about Thailand and gave out our prayer cards,

Pastor Bud Silva

Then Sunday evening my girls sang a special and the pastor had me give my testimony not only about my becoming a missionary, but how I went from being a deputy sheriff to bible college to the pastorate to the mission field. Then Pastor Silva got up and preached his testimony which is an incredible heart stirring story! The altars were full at the invitation and it was obvious that people had been stirred. Please pray for Pastor Ralstin and his family as they continue to labor to reach this needy city for Christ. Also, pray for us as we travel to Faith Baptist Church in Bourbonnais, Illinois for the start of many missions conferences across the rust belt states. Pray for traveling mercies and for us to win soul souls along the way! 

My daughters singing Sunday night