Hi friends,
The retreat was wonderful. There were 32 golfers and about 18 fishermen. There was sucess in both arenas although I saw little. Lots of “agressive humor” (guys relentlessly picking on each other) filled the weekend with lots and lots of laughter.
The worship services were some of the best I’ve led in a retreat format as the men joined their voices together in praise. Men crying out to God to heal relationships and heal souls. Crying out in thanksgiving for His grace, mercy, and love.
Great time! We finished up at a beautiful golf course outside Freeport, FL.
Now home and although not much activity for this next month on the ministry calendar, it will be filled with exercise and memorization of Vacation Bible School music and Bible studies.
Thanks for the prayers and for checking in!
Blessings,
John

We arrived about 2:30 and moved in the necessary equipment for the event tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.
Thank you for the continued prayers. Immediately following the program, we will load and head home.

Blessings,
John

It was a nice, relaxing day today. We slept in for a bit, had breakfast then headed out to the church, with rain, to load up. Fortunately, the church had an awning/cover where we were able to get things loaded.
We headed to grab a bite then picked up some supplies for the road. This afternoon we went to the movie “Soul Surfer”. REally good. After a bite to eat, we’re back at the hotel.
We’ll be heading over to Tuscaloosa to set up for an Egg Hunt at Valley View Baptist Church then home!
Yee haw…it’s been a great road trip but it’s been since April 7th since I’ve been at the house. Hey, no prob…it’s all a blessing and part of the work!
Thanks for the prayers as we wrap up this great trip,
john

Well, if you are checking in after not finding a post last night, thanks for your faithfulness. It’s a blessing!
We saw 3 kids come to Christ on Kids Night last night. It was so exciting. We made the decision to load equipment this monring and go on out to eat with the team. Well, we saw our first tornado! How bout that?
A huge storm moved in toward the end of the service, another reason for the delay in loading. We headed out to eat and as we went toward town on Hwy 82 (major 4 lane around Columbus) the rain got harder with tremendous lightning. That’s when we saw it. The ominus funnel. It wasn’t touching down and because of the intense rain, we just weren’t positive but because of the rain and the hail that was increasing, we took an early exit off the road and got under the overpass to “ride it out”.
It was after things began to slow just a bit, that we headed to the resturant to find out that “a tornado had just passed over Hwy 82/Hwy 50. Yep, that was our overpass!
We got back to the hotel around 10 and there was no power in the hotel. Everything was restored around 1 a.m.
Now you know why there was no blogging last night! What a night!

We are headed out to the church this morning to load up. Another large storm is headed in.
Thanks for the prayers,
John

It was a very busy day today. It’s now 10:20 p.m. and we’ve been back in the room for about 15 minutes. We began the day today with a school program at 8 a.m. and really haven’t stopped since.
The service tonight was, again, powerful and spirit-filled and the altar filled once again. There was no public profession of faith but God is clearly working on several individuals we’ve been told about so pray that they will yield to His voice tomorrow.
Our day will begin early once again. We will be in a different school in the morning at 8 a.m. then have kids night with a program at 6:15 then the service at 7 p.m.
Thanks again for checking in and we appreciate your prayers!
John

A busy day today. This morning we met at the church at 10 a.m. for prayer. We prayed specifically for a number of things in the church and for a mighty move of the Spirit throughout this week.
Tonights service again found many at the altar and it appeared others under conviction. We pray to see God move and for them to be obedient.
Tomorrow I will be at Victory Academy chapel first thing in the morning. The voice is doing fine and we appreciate your continued prayers on our behalf!
Blessings,
John

It was a busy day and a great start to revival. Although there were no professions for Christ (of course, revival is for the church, not the lost) the altar will filled both a.m. and p.m. services.
The people were so friendly and we had more people come up before the service and introduce themselves than we’ve most likely ever had or certainly in a very long time. Wonderful spirit.
As with most churches like this one, I used a hymn medley early and contemporary chorus later and there was equal response as all joined in and many hands raised.
We are looking for big things from the Lord this week and the congregation seems right on the verge of breaking out in revival.
Pray for us, the guest speaker Bro. Wayne Hudson, and the church body of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus, MS.
Blessings,
John

Wow, what a day! We pulled out from Lebanon, TN, and it was 44 degrees, wind at 15 mph and rain. Just lovely! Nevertheless, kinda testy driving but we made it fine. Left around 9:30 and drove straight to the church, arriving about 3:45. We got all the equipment moved in, unhooked the trailer and headed out to grab a bite before moving into our hotel for the week.
We’ll begin with rehearsal in the morning at 8:30.
Remember Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and guest preacher, Wayne Hutson.
Thanks for the prayers.

Wow, what a night of storms but God answered our prayers and we had a “window” to move in equipment before the bottom dropped out again. REally nasty stuff but the boys spirits seemed fine. The crowd was down from what I was told to expect. About 100 total, including adult leadership participated in our time together. We pray that the seed that was planted will come to fruition this weekend.
We got back to the room around 11 p.m. and will try and get to bed pretty soon. We plan on heading out to Columbus, MS, around 9 a.m. tomorrow. We’ll be setting up our equipment tomorrow evening for the revival that begins Sunday.
Appreciate the prayers!
John

Well, we drove yesterday to Huntsville to spend the night and visit with friends. Woke this morning to some pretty nasty weather and knowing that somehow we had to head toward Lebanon, TN, for the R.A. Wilderness Challenge. We watched the doplar and waited for an opening, heading out around 12:45. It was a rough trip all the way but we arrived at our hotel around 3:15 and are going to wait a bit before heading to the campground for tonights event. We don’t actually do our part until 8:30 but we will probably head out around 5 or so depending on the weather.
Appreciate your prayers for the approx 300 boys and dads spending the weekend at this camp. I”ll give you an update late tonight.
Blessings,
John