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6/06/2012

June 2012


Pam and I have just arrived home after a lengthy ministry trip. We traveled a total of 4075 miles in what we called a Spring Harvest trip. We visited churches and people in AR, NE, WY and SD. The opportunity to share the Gospel and the work of LAM as always was the motivation for taking such a long trip. What made this one different from the others we take? We did it on a motorcycle. The sights and sounds of such a trip are spectacular but the sights and sounds of people coming to Christ or rediscovering their purpose is beyond description. The Lord moved  powerfully in homes, churches and even cafe's during this trip. It was a marvelous time for us. With camera in hand, Pam documented the trip as we traveled from city to city and state to state. From a man who felt God would no longer use his gifting and leadership ability to a guitar player who hadn't played in years. From people called into a Spanish speaking ministry, to a woman with cancer standing strong in her faith for God's healing power. We saw God do amazing things. We visited people we haven't seen in many years and were encouraged to find them strong in the faith. When I first arrived in Pierre, SD in May of 1988 I asked God for the meanest man in the city. A few years later I became dear friends with a man who many said could be that man. On this visit I talked with him at length about his life. He cried openly as we talked of God, hope and  friendship. He told me his heart was right with God and how I had impacted his life through our friendship.  As I listened to him talk I knew I would someday see this man in heaven. While certainly not completely due to my efforts, I knew I had a hand in his conversion. My friend that is true mission work. I stood on a peak, in the Big Horn mountains, with a  friend in awe of what God has given us here on earth and pondered that if earth is this beautiful after man's contamination, what must heaven be like? (Eye has not seen nor ear heard what God has prepared)
            Together Pam and I prayed for you; as the sun rose over the prairie or the mountains we called out to the father on your behalf. Expect to hear from heaven, expect God to do something special for you. As the Shunamite woman in II Kings 4 don't allow yourself to speak anything but life over the promises God has given you. She refused to speak death over her son (her promise). She only spoke, It is Well! Like her we speak those words over the promises God has made us and we encourage you to do the same. The fruit from this long journey will only truly be measured in heaven but we are confident that God has used us this month in some way to bring hope and encouragement to others.
            We want to welcome any new partners who are receiving this letter for the first time. God blessed us with new people who will also help carry the torch of providing healthy meals, a word of hope and a loving environment to hungry children.
            By the time you read this letter it will be less than 2 weeks until I will once again be in Cuba. Please help me pray about his trip. I want my visit there to be a blessing and not a burden. Pray for open doors and divine favor.