The last couple of months have been a complete whirlwind of ministry and travel and family and fun. At the beginning of June we drove from Watsonville California to Turkey Hill Ranch Bible camp near Jefferson City Missouri. After three weeks of preaching at camp we drove back to California to be a part of a conference at Yosemite national park. Following an intense week of ministry there in the beautiful sierra mountains we traveled on to Portland Oregon where we visited friends and family and churches and then helped for a week out at Eagle Fern Camp.
Eagle Fern Camp
Yosemite Conference
The week before arriving in Portland we were able to get our whole family together and go to Yosemite National Park where I had the privilege of preaching at a California Bible conference there that has been happening for more than 40 years. When we arrived we were rather exhausted after having driven 1700 miles in about 31 hours but we were excited to be entrusted with a spectacular message in such a spectacular place. During the course of the week Scott Degroff and I preached a combined 18 times and the Lord really seemed to work through the messages.…. It was a fantastic conference that brought many blessings from the Lord. Brothers and sisters came from many different places around the country and there were even passer-by visitors that listened in on the meetings. It was a special week and we are thanking the Lord for the work that he did in the hearts of many people! We must keep praying for revival on the left coast!
Turkey Hill Ranch Bible Camp
In June we spent a really intense three weeks of ministry out at Turkey Hill Ranch Bible Camp in Missouri. I preached a total of 31 times while Amy worked with the young ladies and was the speaker for one of the girls camps. Cullen, Bria and Josiah helped as cabin counselors and Mya and Ellia had a good time as campers. One of the weeks we spent on the Current river in the Ozark mountains doing a wilderness camp for high school girls. On that trip we floated 60 miles with 16 teenage girls. Amy and Ashley Allen were the speakers and the Lord really used them to impact each of the girls that had come. There’s nothing better than life on life, one on one discipleship and Bible teaching in small group settings! Jimmy Allen and I were the grunt guys that just stayed out of the way except for helping with the set up and tear down each day. We also played the role of body guards that camped off in the distance and made sure everyone was safe from wild animals, drunks and anything that could be a potential danger….. We all survived….. kinda sunburned, kinda sore, kinda tired….. but feeling very blessed!
Evangelism in Jefferson City
While in Missouri we were able to form an awesome army of evangelists! We went out into the streets of Jefferson City and we had hundreds of good conversations with people about Jesus.
"Guns, Gold and God"….. That was the title of the questionnaire that we used….. and it worked great! Almost everyone I talked to wanted to participate and it ended up producing numerous gospel conversations. The questionnaire goes like this: (feel free to use it)
1-What’s your point of view on whether or not Americans should be allowed to posses guns?
2-What do you think is the cause of our recent economic crisis in the USA? (Stock market crashing, inflation, gas prices, national debt)
3-If you were one of our nations founding fathers and you wanted to communicate with Americans today. What would you say?
4-If you were God and wanted to communicate with people how would you do it?
5-How would you convince people that this was really you communicating to them?
6-If it could be proven that it was really God who was communicating to us through the Bible would you conform your life to its moral and doctrinal teaching?
“That’s it! Thanks for participating in the questionnaire!”
