Plowing Ahead

Pastor John Heath

We are plowing on ahead as we reach the halfway point of our Fall schedule. Last Friday we traveled to Keokuk, Iowa to be with Calvary Baptist Church for their missions conference. This church has been led by Pastor John Heath for 27 years. Their conference started on Thursday, but we arrived in time to attend their missions banquet on Friday evening. It was a blessing being there and getting a chance to fellowship with the church folks, we even met another pastor from the next town over. 

Pastor Heath witnessing

On Saturday morning I went out visiting and soul winning with the pastor for almost three hours. We visited many of the bus riders for the church bus route and the pastor even had a chance to present the Gospel to a friend of one of the riders. However, the young lady didn't want to trust Christ as her Saviour. After the visits were done the pastor and I went door knocking. The pastor met a man named David and began to visit with him about his eternity. The man didn't know if he would go to Heaven and the pastor began to present the Gospel to him. While he was giving the Gospel to David a lady named Brittany came out of the house onto the porch to see what was going on. As we talked we discovered that she didn't know that she would go to Heaven. I was able to take my New Testament and present the Gospel to her. After about 15 minutes she bowed her head and trusted Christ as her Saviour. David trusted Christ as his Saviour as well. They are going to try to come to church the following week. We will be praying that they do so they can grow in the Lord.

Pastor Gary Dice

Saturday night, I showed my video and preached the service. Then on Sunday morning I taught the adult Sunday school class. A national pastor to India preached the morning service and then there was a meal after the service. The church was going to be having an afternoon service, but we had to drive to another meeting for Sunday night. That meeting was at Grace Baptist Church in Pittsfield, Illinois. That church is led by Pastor Gary Dice. 

Brother Brandon Owen and his sons

On Sunday night I showed my video and preached the service. Hearts seemed stirred and many took prayer cards from us. This is a great missions minded church. Pastor Dice has been in poor health since 2015, but has recently improved greatly. Please keep praying for his health to continue it's improvement. While there we ran into an old friend, Brother Brandon Owen. When I was a senior in Bible college, Brother Brandon was a freshman. His dad has been a missionary to the American Indians for a long time... Brother Sam Owen currently is in Dupree, South Dakota. Brother Brandon and his family have been in Pittsfield for four years and is working in the children's ministries. Please pray for us as we plow ahead to our next meeting.