Tuesday, March 22, 2011

McMinnville, Oregon

 March 13-16 I preached a revival in McMinnville, Or. Though I have seen some of the saints from McMinnville during the years in conference and other places, I had not been to this church in 21 years. My family was pioneering in the Northwest in the late 80s and this was (and still is) the conference church for our fellowship and we made many trips here. It was a great blessing to see many of the same saints still serving God as zealously as they were 21 years ago. There is nothing like longevity. There were many new faces and many of the children who were babies and toddlers back then are now ministering in various capacities such as pioneering a church, music and acting and serving in the church.
  God gave us a wonderful revival I would truly describe as a "time of refreshing" that comes from the presence of the Lord. Each night there was a wonderful presence of God and the fellowship afterwards was just as great. Pastor Kevin and Janet Foley are currently Pastoring here and they, as well as all of those laboring in the Northwest need our prayers. This has been a hotly contested harvest field with many battles but yet many precious souls that are being redeemed by God.