Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Salinas, California

December 11-15 I was able to preach in Salinas, Ca. This church is being pioneered By Pastor Timothy Jones. Tim, his Wife Amanda and their triplets were sent out from Indio, Ca. appx. three years ago and are seeing great things in this Northern California City. The revival week started actually on saturday with neighboring churches laboring on outreach and putting on a music night with souls saved that came into the revival and God doing a great work in their lives. Thank God for the brethren that help us!
The church has recently acquired a new building in a neighborhood with great potential. They already has faithful young couples contending for ministry and rising to the call of discipleship. The revival week was wonderful with an intense presence of God and souls added to the church. Pray for the Jones as they contend for dominion in their city.

Los Angeles, California

"This ain't no Disco, this ain't no country club either, this is LA."
  I believe that is the words of a Cheryl Crow song. I'm not sure what she was trying to say, but I will say that LA is a unique city, with quite a history and masses of humanity. John and Kelly Jurenec, along with their family answered the call to go into LA after pioneering a fruitful work in Upland, Ca. I preached for them December 4-7. We kicked it off with a parade float in the annual Christmas Parade (which I was recruited into) after the Sunday morning service. Thousands lined the street as the church made a float that depicted a world too busy for Jesus. We were able to preach and testify throughout the whole parade. There is nothing like open air evangelism! There are young people and families that are locking into their church and catching a vision for what God wants to do. God gave us a great week with visitors, souls saved and people who were on the fringes that were faithful to the revival. Their building is a storefront on a busy street with many passersby checking out what God is doing. Pray for the Jurenecs as they attempt to get a foothold in this great city. I was reminded of the words of the Apostle Paul in I Cor. 16:9 "For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. "This is true of LA, God has opened a great door, but there are battles to be won.

Coeur d' Alene, Idaho

November 27-December 1 I preached in Coeur d' Alene, Id. Pastor Chris Wendt with his family has labored for I believe 15 or so years in this city. Besides being a place picturesque beauty, this city has been fruitful for the gospel. There are disciples being raised up to be launched into the harvest field and many mature, dedicated saints in the congregation. God really ministered to the church this week, with a real favor in the word of knowledge going forth. Pray for the Wendts as there are real strongholds that must be addressed in this area and like many of us, they need a breakthrough. It was good to get to know Chris and his family and church.

San Angelo, Texas

 November 13-16 I preached a revival in San Angelo, Texas. Pastor Jason Garcia and his family took over the church after pioneering a fruitful work in Seguin, Tx. and also seving as Assistant Pastor in San Marcos. We began Saturday morning with a Discipleship Class with the local men and an invasion team that was in town. We then took it to the streets and evangelized for the revival. Wer had a great week with good attendance and decisions made for Jesus. God's faithfulness blows my mind. We don't do anything different than we have always done, but the simple Gospel of hope works! Pray for the Garcias as they labor in San Angelo.

San Marcos, Texas

 November 6-10 found me in San Marcos, Texas preaching for Pastor Roman Gutierrez. Pastor Roman took this church over after an incredibly fruitful evangelistic ministry and also a time being a missionary in Bolivia. God is doing great things in San Marcos as the church is growing and tremendous doors of evangelism are being opened. They have a Bible Study on the campus of the local college with great attendance and people constantly being saved. Some are making the transition from the bible study to being faithful in the local church. God really helped us in the revival services. It started out slow, but as the week went on, God gave us momentum and Pastor Roman said Wednesday night we tied the record for attendance on a Wednesday Service. This church is a church planting work and there are disciples in the chute ready to go. Pray for this church to maintain the momentum God has given them, to break through in finances and jobs and continued favor in this city.

Ft. Worth, Texas

 October 23 -26 I was able to minister in Ft. Worth, Tx. for Pastor Ron Beyerle. Ron, his wife Lupe and family have been laboring in this area for 20 years and you can see the fruit of their lives being laid down for this city. They have a strong pulse of evangelism with music scenes and street outreaches that are impacting their city for God. The Ft. Worth church is also planting churches as well as sending their pastor overseas on missionary preaching trips. God is truly blessing their labors. I have a great priviledge as an evangelist to often preach for people I've never met, this was true with the Beyerles. It was a wonderful thing to see their whole family laboring and functioning in the church. It also amazes me how fast a relationship can form when you have a common vision of reaching the world for Jesus. God helped us in the revival with a wonderful presence of God I could only describe as "a time of refreshing" with the faithful saints ministered to, as well as many visitors and a precious few souls saved. Pray for the Beyerles as they labor here. God is using them greatly.

Mcdonough, Georgia

 October 16-19 I preached for Reginald Bart-Williams in McDonough, Georgia. This is a suburb of Atlanta. The church was pioneered by Mike and Lisa Jones from Tucson, Az. Pastor Bart-Williams, his wife Vera and family answered the call to take this church over about a year ago and are seeing a fresh move in their midst. there has been a constant flow of visitors and people being saved. We had a wonderful time in the revival as several young converts came and were fiurther grounded in God. There are also many mature saints in this congregation that didn't miss a service. The Atlanta area is a melting pot of nationalities and also a major immigration stop into America. Lets keep these Atlanta area churches in our prayers for God to give them favor and breakthrough.

Update

It's been a while since I've blogged. My only excuse is I've been busy and I don't carry a computer with me on the road. (hoping to change that this year) I will try to be more dilligent in 2012!