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Pastor Ron Hon

This past weekend we began our journey eastward by going to Lighthouse Baptist Church in Marion, Indiana. Pastor Ron Hon has been the pastor there since 1997 and his church has been a solid light to this city for many years. He has a lot of great families at his church as well as many of his adult children there serving faithfully!

Preaching Sunday morning

On Sunday morning I taught the pastor's Sunday school class and then preached the morning service. The last ten minutes of Sunday school I gave my testimony about how I got right with God as a backsliden law enforcement officer and called into the ministry. This is a testimony that I don't actually give that often because my testimony usually starts with me being a pastor and then becoming a missionary. Several commented that my testimony was powerful to them and had a positive influence on them. I am thankful that the Lord can use something from my past and use for His glory! I also preached the Sunday evening message and at each invitation hearts seemed to be stirred. Praise God for Pastor Hon and his church! Also, pray for them as they move forward with some building projects.

Evangelist Craig Bryan

We then traveled to North Carolina where we would have a meeting Wednesday night. On Monday we went to West Park Baptist Church and stayed in their prophets chamber for several days. This church is one of our partners and Pastor Billy Sechrist has become a good friend over the past year. In fact while we were here in the area we got to visit with many friends and partners. One of these friends is Evangelist Craig Bryan who is a great soul winning evangelist. He always hands out smiley face tracts everywhere he goes and wins many people to Christ in the meetings he has. I thank the Lord for friends like these and the others in the area that didn't get mentioned but they are good friends too!  

Pastor Stephen Pope

On Wednesday night we drove to a meeting we had scheduled with Calvary Baptist Church in Union Grove. This church has been led by Pastor Stephen Pope for 28 years and is a tremendous church. We had dropped in last January for a service and got this meeting scheduled. We enjoyed it the first time we were there and were very excited to go back. Pastor Pope and his church are solid. They are busting at the seems and are building a new building across the road that will be an incredible building. I believe their church will explode once they move in as they are actually losing visitors that come because there is no room to get any more people into their old building.

Pastor Pope during announcements

Before the service we went out for the churches soul winning time by knocking some doors up the road. All the people we met said they were saved already and knew the church already. A good testimony to the pastor and the church's outreach influence. Then in the service I presented our mission and then preached the evening message. It was a good crowd to preach to as the amen's were often prevalent!

Preaching the evening message

After the service there was a fellowship in the new fellowship hall. While over there the pastor showed us the new building. It is going to be a fantastic building. We are excited for them as they are getting closer all the time to opening it up. We are heading to Kentucky next. As always, please pray for our safety. May the Lord richly bless y'all.