Hi gang,
Arrived 8 1/2 hrs after leaving. No problems, good weather and roads, just a long way. We stopped by the church to unload the equipment and will set it up tomorrow. Had to get it out of the trailer because we are expecting heavy storms tomorrow and Saturday.

Speaking of that, pray for attendance. We are trying to reach the students of the area and it may just be that God is sending the storms to “decrease options” to do anything else.

Thanks again,
JOhn

It’s a brief stay at home as we take care of bills and prepare for the student conference in TN where I will be doing both the worship leading and the preaching.
Pray for God’s leading and that many will come to know Him and others may recommit themselves to His work and leadership.
Blessings,
John

A great night and boy, were there a lot of kids “in the house” tonight. The AG Center was pretty full tonight and everything went great. There were 5 decisions for Christ that I heard about. The leadership was still going through things when we left. My voice was strong and things went well, so thanks much for all the prayers.
We will be heading home in the morning to spend the night and run errands before heading out again.
Blessings,
John

We arrived to set up for the UPWARDS basketball awards in Pontotoc. Wow…..it is being held at the AG Center in Pontotoc becuase that is the largest venue in town. They have 540 kids involved involved in the program and with the parents and coaches there they have set up for 1000 people. Large screen projection and all. Pray for a great harvest as many of these will not be regular church attenders if at all so the field is ripe.
I’ll try and let you know how it goes so I’ll thank you in advance for the prayers.

Blessings,
John

Wow, an incredibly busy day on Saturday. The family conference that featured Richard Ross from Southwestern Seminary speaking to parents, Doug Compton of Doug Compton Ministries for the students and me with kids.
Tough toward the end. The afternoon involved 3 one hour sessions with small breaks in between. I had 3 yr old through 5th grade. Not my ideal setting and as the afternoon wore on the kids really got tired making things all the more difficult but all in all things went well.
We drove on to Yazoo City last night arriving around 11 p.m. We’ll use today to rest up and visit with parents before heading out to Pontotoc, MS, tomorrow for a large UPWARD Basketball program. I understand there are 500 kids involved with the program so pray for God’s word to be clear and penetrate hearts.
Blessings,
John

It was an incredibly busy 3 days at home. When we got home Monday night I began listing things that need accomplishing before heading out again on Friday. Priority was this weekends Family Conference in Quitman, MS. 3 separate sessions to do. Then an UPWARDS Basketball Program on Monday in Pontotoc, MS. So I took some time to look it over.
The thought came to me that we would get home on Tuesday evening, be home Wednesday, then leave Thursday for a Student Conference that I am leading in TN on Friday through Sunday. In other words, that prep work needed to happen now for there would be no other time to do it so I got busy.
And there you go. Finished the prep work last night around 9:15. We will pack this morning and leave around noon. Your prayers are much appreciated as we continue the work. Will try and let you know how things are going but not sure of the availability of the blog where I am headed. Should be able to catch you up on Monday at the latest.

Blessings,
John

Hi Gang,
Just got in and it’s good to be home. We’ll settle in and take a day or so to get some rest then hit it hard preparing for our next trip out. Thanks for your prayers and we “burn up the roads” all over the country.

Blessings,
John

It was a good day at Earle Baptist Church. All the equipment worked well and there was a good crowd in attendance in the new sanctuary. The pastor was really pleased and said there were several people there that he had been working on for almost 10 years. He was really excited to see God use the revival and the new building to bring them in and renew a relationship that had severed 10 years ago.
He told me that even though I didn’t see a lot of movement not to be disappointed. There were several “God” things that had happened this week. Praise the Lord and thank you for the prayers.
We plan on heading home tomorrow.
Blessings,
John

Well, the crowd was down from the last few nights. I guess, being Saturday and all but there were several who had not been there previously and although there was little movement at the conclusion the spirit was good and those in attendance were responsive.
Pray for continued strength. I’m beginning to wear down. It’s been a long road trip but things have gone well so thanks!
Had a bit of difficulty with the pianist tonight so I’ll be using tracks the remaining 2 services. Pray that I do exactly what God wants the people to experience.
On the tech front, we only had use of 1 projector again tonight but worked on the problem following the service and it looks to be solved. No echo either. Still don’t know the cause for that one but God took care of it so thanks for the prayers!
I’ll be in touch,
John

Bugs, bugs, bugs. Well, one of the projectors continues to malfunction and turn off after a few minutes of work but we did have one that was working so we made it fine.
An new bug tonight. An echo. Yep, my voice was in a five second delay. Really, really, very distracting. The few I spoke with following the service just thought someone was talking, like, out in the foyer or something. That’s what I thought until Patty told me it was me I was hearing. We’ll have to get that straightened out before tomorrow night, I’m telling you right now.
Thanks for your continued prayers. A pretty good crowd although down just a bit from the last two nights but several at the altar again so God is moving and people are being responsive. We praise Him!

Keep praying,
John