Church Crusade

Brother Eric Lee preached a wonderful crusade for us. It was the third full week of May. We praise the Lord for the seven that came forward for salvation. Pray that each of these people will grow in faith and they will allow God to make real changes in their lives.

Leadership Conference

Brother Eric Lee, a preacher from my home church, came to St. Lucia in May. He preached a Leadership conference for us. We had several churches participate. It was such a blessing. The main theme of the conference was, “working together”. We had a wonderful time of fellowship and learning.
In the Picture, left to right.
Pastor Chester McDonald, Missionary Nathan Brock, Missionary/Pastor Samuel Philbert, Guest speaker Eric Lee, Pastor Hazel Williams, Missionary David Lindsey.

Tract Distribution

In April we received a container of 2,000,000 gospel tracts. Our original plan was to get just enough tracts for our surrounding area. As time and talk went on it grew into a much larger project. Fellowship Tract League sent 200 boxes of tracts and we are setting up a tract distribution center for the southern Caribbean here is Saint Lucia. Faith, Hope, and Ethan are filing orders and boxing tract to send to Trinidad and Jamaica.

Two flat tires and one van in the ditch

Last Saturday a pastor friend, Chester McDonald, came to our house. When he pulled over to the side of the road he hit the curb and busted his tire. When we found the spare it was bald and had a leaking plug in the side wall. We pumped it up real quick and he decided to make a dash for home. I told him if he needed me for any reason to call.
Sunday morning while I was teaching Sunday School my cell phone rang. It was Chester. He said the tire had blown out again while he was picking up people for church. He said he was calling for my help. WOW! Now what was I supposed to do? I told one young man, Randal, to finish teaching Sunday school, and told Brother Blade to get ready to preach. Then I left the church to go help brother Chester. I picked up Chester, his wife, and their baby off the side of the road and then finished his bus route for him. They only arrived thirty minutes late for their Sunday school. I left their church and rushed back to our church to hear most of the morning message. Brother Blade preached a great message on ways the Devil defeats us. As soon as service was over I took our people home. Before I reached my house Chester called again. His service was finished and they all needed a ride home.
Brother Chester ate lunch with us and then I took him to his van to see if we could get it home. After calling around we found another preacher who would let us borrow his spare tire. On the way back from collecting the spare tire we met another van in a narrow spot on the road. As we passed one another the other van slid into the ditch. It looked rough. We waited by the side of the road until enough men and a truck was there to pull him out. We were just thankful that no one was hurt.
During this time me and Brother Chester had good time talking about the ministry and trying to work together. He invited us to a youth meeting that his church has with another church. Tonight our church, Solid Rock, along with another Missionary and church went to the meeting. We had a great time of fellowship and fun. We even had a little food. I think there were a total of five churches represented there tonight. Please continue to pray for us all here that God will work in our midst.
Thanks for your time and prayers.

Another Soul Saved

This has been a very eventful two weeks. The container arrived. Brother Miller came from Indiana for a mission trip. We had three get saved last week on visitation. Then, last night there a teenage girl got saved at Solid Rock Baptist Church. I was not there for the service because I was preaching at Vision Baptist, the church we are starting. My e-mail is down right now and this is the only way I am getting news out at this time. God Bless and stay in touch.

Church material has arrived.

I would love to write a longer post, but I am really running short on time. I did want you to see a couple pictures of the container of tracts and church material that came last week. It is a blessing to see all the work that Christians have put forth to put these materials in our hand. I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Brother David Wood with Frontline Global Missions, Allen Johnson with Bearing Precious Seed, my pastor (and dad) Terry Brock and Light of Calvary Baptist, and Monica’s family for their help and financial contributions to make all this possible.

Happy Easter

The weeks and months are passing quickly.  The family is doing well, the weather is getting warmer again, and the churches are hanging in there.  We have been waiting for a container of tract and other materials for several months.  We were told this week that the container was now in St. Lucia and ready for delivery.  However, we have to wait for the Easter holidays to expire. We have a friend from Indiana coming down for a mission trip.  Brother Miller will be staying for several weeks to help us organize the 200 boxes of tract from the container.

Ministry Update

I have been visiting people in the hospital for two weeks now. It is amazing how much more open people are to the gospel when they are lying on their back with nowhere to look but up. The Lord has directed me to the right patients at the right time each day. This week we had the privilege to see five come to know Christ as Saviour. We had several who said that they were not ready, and a couple have said that they have never done anything wrong or worthy of Hell. We praise the Lord for those who have listened, believed, and willingly repented of their sins!

Pop Quiz on Bible Characters ??? :-)

The past two services we have had some visitors at church. Two brothers and a sister have come together. They are all between ten and thirteen years old. Before I started the message, I decided to have a pop quiz on Bible knowledge. I asked them to tell me the name of a person from the Bible and something that they did. The first one answered, “God”, and “He made fish”. The second one said, “Moses”, but he didn’t know anything that Moses had done. The third one answered, “Mary”. When I asked her what she knew about Mary, she very innocently replied, “She took her lamb to school”. We then had a short conversation about a different Mary that birthed the Lord Jesus, and how he was the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. Please pray for Jane and her brothers that they will soon understand enough about Christ to accept Him as Saviour.

Hospital Visitation Part 2

Monica and I have been volunteering at the local hospital for the last few months. Last Tuesday, I went in early and did some visiting with a Christian doctor. Two people we visited already had a Bible in the room and said they had been considering giving their life to Christ for some time. They just needed that extra encouragement. Within just a few minutes they both prayed and ask the Lord to save them. Thank God for His guiding hand!

Hospital Visitation

Monica and I have been volunteering at the local hospital for the past couple of months. I go every Tuesday and help with the orthopedic clinic. It has been a real change of pace from everyday life. The orthopedic surgeon, Niddi Dagbue, is a Christian. A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about evangelizing and spreading the gospel. He suggested that I start going to the medical wards to pray with the patients. I think this will be a great opportunity to meet new people and to spread the gospel.

New Ministry Opportunities

Several weeks ago, we took our youngest son, Benjamin, to the emergency room to see the doctor. It was a Monday and the ER was very busy. After talking to four different people they finally decided that they did not have time to see us that day. On Tuesday, we did get to see the pediatrician. During the office visit I jokingly told the doctor that I was going to volunteer at the hospital. "That is a great idea." Replied the doctor. Within just a few short days, Monica and I were scheduled to volunteer once a week. We have been helping at the hospital one day a week for the past six weeks and loving it. The Lord has opened the doors for us to pray with several patients. We have also had several ask us about the church that we are starting in Choiseul. Being at the hospital has also given us more exposure to the people in the area. Pray for us as we endeavor to build a relationship with the people for caring for them and loving their soul.

To past two Monday's have given me the unique experience of speaking in a public school. A local pastor has been speaking in the school every Monday for quite some time. The last two Monday's the pastor was out of town and I was able to take his place. It was a real joy to speak with the elementary kids. Both weeks we read from the story of Naaman and the little maid. The first week, we spoke about the little maid, and how she showed attentiveness. The second week we spoke about Naaman and his unwillingness to obey. Pray for us that the Lord will continue to open doors for us to tell others about the Lord.

Youth Camp

Youth camp was August 20th - 23rd. Brother David Lindsey, another missionary here, headed up the camp and I was ask to help with the games and preach a couple of messages. About four or five churches sent youth to the camp. Several gave testimony that Lord touched their hearts during the meeting and the gospel seed was planted in several others. We are looking forward to another camp within the next year.

Long winded preacher

This last Sunday was a tough one to get through. We announced that we would be having a morning Sunday School and AM service two or three days ahead. On Sunday morning two young people came. One was the young girl, Tracy, who got saved on week #2. The other might have been her little sister. I really can’t remember. The service was short and sweet. I mostly preached to my family about preparing for future service.
I had intentions on starting the PM service at 6:00, but no one was there. We started right at 7:00 with a few songs and the kids sang a couple of specials. I started preaching about 7:30. I was originally going to preach on the second coming. Before I started I asked if anyone had a question I could answer from the Bible. Thelma asked if I could speak a few minutes about having a Christian family. So, I preached on the duties of fathers, mothers, and children. Then I preached on the second coming, and then I preached a little bit on the purpose of the law. Then I spoke a few minutes about moral living. After a while I noticed my two younger children, 9 months, and 2 years, were really restless and my dear wife was starting to look tired. When I finally looked at the time it was about 10:15. WOW!!! Talk about long winded preacher. I closed the service as quick as possible, and we left for home about 10:30. When we left there were 15 – 18 people still standing outside talking.

Two more saved!!!!

Last night was another wonderful crusade service. Pastor Minnville from Tabernacle Baptist church preached. He has preached each of the past three Tuesday night services. This service was especially great because we had two ladies come forward for salvation. The first was a 24 year old lady, Thelma, who has come to the crusade since day one. She is the same one I dealt with after the first service for close to an hour. She came forward during the second week and talked with another lady about salvation. This week she came forward and said she was ready to give her whole life to God. Praise the Lord!!!
The second lady is a mother of four. We stopped one day and gave her and her husband a ride home. When we mentioned the crusade she said they would like to come for a visit. She previously attended an Evangelical Church in her area. I saw that she was under conviction for a couple of nights. It was such a blessing to see her accept Christ.

I've Never Saw it on Quite This Fassion.

Last night, April 8^th, we had another interesting service. Pastor Minnville, pictured in the April 5^th post, preached on the rich man and Lazarus. He preaches mostly in Patios which means my family and I don’t understand much if anything said. Each night of the crusade we have had up to twenty standing outside the building listening, talking and otherwise. About five minutes into the sermon one of the fellows outside made a negative comment. Without missing a stride Pastor Minnville walked around the corner and preached for the next thirty minutes out the window to the crowd outside. The church people “Amen-ed” him on even though most could no longer see him. Pastor Minnville is sixty-nine years old and has slowed quite a bit, but last night we saw that he still had a good firing desire to preach. It was great!

After the service Sister Minnville led a fifteen year old girl, Tracy, to the Lord. Sister Minnville called me and Tracy’s mother into the room and she told us both that she had accepted Christ.

When it rains it pours

You’ve heard the phrase “It’s either rain or shine”. This Sunday we had both the same day. We had our first Sunday morning service this Sunday. (The Crusade started last Sunday night) The AM service was quite and calm with only my family attending. Ethan led the singing, the girls sang a special, and I preached on assurance of salvation. The pm service started around seven with four children. Within just a few minutes several more joined the service. There were several that came and went during the service. We had three different groups for the service; one for the singing, a second for the first half of the preaching, and a third for the second half of the preaching. In all we had about twenty that came through the service at one time or another. There were about six or seven that lasted the entire service. The biggest disturbance of the meeting was an opossum that walked through the church with a mango in his mouth. The fifteen or so people that were there scattered. Several tried running away while a few others took folding chairs to swat at it. (They like to eat them.) We never did catch it. We have two that are asking lots of questions about salvation and one couple that is interested in getting married. Please keep us in your prayers.

One down, and one to go

Tonight’s meeting concluded the first week of Crusade in Mourne Sion. Last Sunday was very eventful with three children sick at home, two getting sick at church, and a flat tire with no jack. We had three other churches that brought people during the week as far as an hour and fifteen minutes away. Apart from the other churches our attendance was from four one night to eighteen on Sunday night. One received Christ as Saviour, Praise the Lord!!! There are a couple more that we are praying will come forward for salvation. The picture above is the Tuesday night service. Pastor Minnville from Tabernacle Baptist is preaching.

A Building for Church

We finally found a building for church. A friend from Brother Nye’s church told us about this place that was once a dance hall and rum shop. The owner died several years ago. The building has been vacant since. The owner agreed to rent us the building for a couple weeks to have a crusade. The crusade will start March 30th and will continue until April 11th.

In search of a church building

We have been working in the village of Mongouge for the past several weeks, trying to visit, start a couple Bible studies, find a building for a church, and become more familiar with some of the people. I and at least one of the children have gone to Mongouge six of the last seven days. We have made a few friends and have had opportunity to sing and witness to several homes. We have also been looking for a building to start a church in the past couple weeks with no success. On March the 7th a friend told us about a building in the area where we have been working. On the 8th we looked at the building and ask the owner about renting the building short term. We plan to rent the building the first two weeks of April for a crusade (revival). Pray that all will go well, that attendance from the community will be good, and that people will be saved.