February/March 2004
Newsletter
(2 Kings 6:21) "And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My
father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? And he answered, Thou shalt not smite
them:… set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their
master."
FEED YOUR ENEMY
We are preaching in the FREE SPEECH AREA on the campus of South
Western Texas University in San Marcos, TX. A
white female approaches and violently and profanely objects to our message and asks if we
have a permit (for the free
speech area) and
what group sponsored us onto the campus. She
demands our identification and that we immediately cease.
She, between profanities, accuses us, “three white guys” of
haranguing the students. She calls the campus
police and sits on the fountain to await them. She
and I have an interesting conversation while waiting.
She fills the uncommitted, uninterested security cop with all of her
harangue and he suggests we check with the dean’s office. She threatened to get our tag number in order to
trace us so she would not leave our side as we enter the dean’s office. We all found out that she was wrong on all
accounts and now “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” She continues following us to the elevator causing
a large fuss all along the way. Finally, I
threatened to call the police (that’s a switch) if she did not leave us at once. In the midst of the fuss the Dean of Students made
himself known and invited all of us into his office for a hearing on the matter. She quickly filled his ear and we answered his
questions. When he found out she was a
student studying to be a reporter, he quickly tried to politically settle the matter but
she kept up her vitriolic harangue. At a
critical point I stopped her and invited her to join us for lunch. I told her where and when and walked out. She showed up ten minutes later to a completely
different scene. I was a gentleman (believe
it or not) and she was a lady. She asked all
the right questions and for forty minutes we poured the Lord’s and our testimonies
into her ear. She listened as if all were falling on good ground but to be reaped another
day. Shall I smite them? No, feed them and neutralize their hatred. I don’t always love my enemies and treat them
to lunch, but maybe it would go better for us if we did.
Pray for us; we are taking the entire college to minister in that same
“free speech” area tomorrow.
ON THE STREETS
We preached very many times on the
streets of Austin, TX. We
enjoyed ministering to a music festival here. Some
of the attendees may not have enjoyed our ministry. We
received some not-so-bad publicity as the conflict between our ministry and the festival
heated up. We are still plagued with Leslie whom we mentioned in the January newsletter. Keep praying.
There is no measuring the full affect of our ministry until we arrive in
glory, but I feel very strongly that we quell sin to a considerable degree as we scatter
the salt of the Word of God onto a decaying society.
We also ministered on the streets of Liberty, KY. with pastor Mark
Lawless and Battlefield Baptist Church. Thank
God for the faithful soldiers who serve in the “Yukon”
and “South Pole” regions of our world. Those
who will hold a banner at the only intersection in their community are to be held in as
high esteem as the ones who contend at the sodomite parades and at the Mardi Gras.
IN THE CHURCHES
We were honored to minister in the
following churches in February/March. Capitol
City Bapt., Pastor Hank Thompson, Austin, TX., Amazing Grace Bapt, Pastor Doug Coates,
Tulsa, OK., Bible Bapt., Pastor Sam Ingram, Beeville, TX., Tabernacle Bapt., Pastor David
Moore, Cleveland, TX., Calvary Bapt., Pastor Mark Parker, Conroe, TX., Battlefield Bapt.,
Pastor Mark Lawless, Russell Springs, KY., Saxton Bapt., Pastor Mike Gray, Williamsburg,
KY., Bible Believer’s Bapt., Pastor Bevins Welder, Corpus Christi, TX., Old Paths
Bapt., Pastors Joe Cammilleri and Jay Folk, Clarendon, NY.
TIS THE SEASON FOR
BLITZES
Don’t let this year go by and miss
the national street preacher’s conventions. There
is one in your area. Details at www.streetpreaching.com For Memphis, TN., the Beale Street Blast in
April/May call Ken Lansing at 901-386-2035. For the Alaskan Blitz in June call Ron
Robinson at 907-389-2828. For the Euro-Blitz
in Amsterdam, Holland in July call Jake Huussen at 011-31-36-536-3399. For the Upstate Hearer’s and Doer’s
Blitz in Rochester, NY in August call Joe Cammilleri at 585-964-9350. For the West Coast
Blitz in California in September call Ron Knudson at 530-432-2366.
We continue to have need of nothing but your prayer...
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