It's Your Ministry too!

Just wanted to thank all of you so much for your encouragement, prayers, and support. We have been here for one week and there has been a lot happen that we have not been able to share with you yet. There has been a lot of time spent settling in, but there has been time to minister to others and I plan to share some of that with you now.

We were immediately welcomed by Christian Life Church here in Orange Beach. We are beginning to make friends there and they have been encouraged and we have been encouraged by them. They have already been able to help us and it appears more help will come from them. Just to name a few, Phillip and Jenny (Missions Pastor), Dr. Steve and Joanne Hankins, Clint and Heather, and others. I am to meet with the Pastor Rick Long this week to fill him in on the vision to carry the cross to the beaches and any other way we can help in their ministry.

We have had many conversations with people about Christ through the campground, KidCraft, and the CrossWalk.

Barry was able to have deep spiritual conversations with our neighbors at the campsite. One man and wife expressed that they had both had addictions to alcohol and that the husband had given his life to Christ 10 months ago at Bradford. Barry spoke to Him about a sovereign God and that God appoints people to be in specific places to guide those people towards a Saviour and fulfill the will of God. This gentleman expressed that he knew that Barry was placed at that site to encourage him to now seek God's will for his next step in life because he believes he should be making a difference in other peoples lives to guide them to the Lord.

KidCraft (our little campsite meeting for kids to have craft time, learn about God, and to be given love) was kicked off Satuday night. We had 4 kids show up (Only invited a small number of kids). We were able to present the message of salvation and 3 stated they were already saved. One little boy named Scott (9) was inquisitive about salvation but was not willing to ask Jesus into his heart yet. Please pray for Scott. He was very close to asking Jesus into his heart. We pray that the seeds planted will begin to grow. They were all given a bracelet that reminded them about Christ.

There are countless Christians that we have been able to inspire by simply sharing our story with them. Many have expressed that they are inspired to obey God more and trust Him in deeper ways by witnessing our steps of faith.

The building of the cross in now underway, and we can hardly wait to witness how God will use this avenue to present the gospel.

Again, we have been encouraged beyond words by all of you. We ask that you keep us in your prayers to constantly seek and obey God's commands in our lives. We ask that you will fervently pray for the souls that we will come into contact with through this ministry. Lastly we are excited to see how God begins to grow the base of this ministry geographically, financially, relationally, and spiritually.

As you can see we have been busy. Please know and remember that your prayers, contributions of materials and donations to help with finances have and will continue to be used to build God's Kingdom. We are praying that God continues to provide the resources needed to continue these ministry opportunities. Not only do your contributions help, but everyone else that you are able to share our story with will also be used to further the glorification of God.