Spring Break and Masters Club

Well we did the spring break just last month which was really fun we got some good witnessing in. Some people would listen others got upset like one man who was angry because dad had on a hat that had the army star on it and went around trying to knock it off dad's head drawing blood on our pastors son he also started shoving people. His wife also lifted her dress all the way up so dad said she was like a whore so the guy went off again trying to get to dad. The wal-greens store also put up a sign that said We do not support this group the next day we were out it was not working. Other then that there was nothing really exciting except there was one man who dad witnessed to and the guy said that we were building walls so dad pointed out all the people that were talking to us and that they must be climbing over the wall then he talked to him for a few more minutes then the man left. But the next day dad saw him while we were eating and talked to him for a few minutes he listened and dad offered to buy him lunch but he rejected. Then we did Masters Club Saturday and the kids had alot of fun they got a bunch of awards like first and third place quizzing. Right now we are in Cincinnati to go to the Creation Museum. Hope you enjoyed reading.

Endure the hardness

In second Timothy.2:3 it says [Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.] We are going to meet trials and tribulations we're going to face hard times like the Bible says in second Timothy.3:1. Hard means. Harsh, severe, painful, difficult.
Here is some people who endured hardness
Elijah everyone was against him.
Jeremiah was put in a pit.

David his brothers were against him when he went to fight Goliath.

Job lost his family and his wife turned against him.

Even Jesus was spit upon, his beard pulled out, they whipped Him, then he was crucified.

All of the apostles faced hardship.
Verse four says [No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.] A person should stay away from the wickedness of the world like the videos and bad books magazines and video games
Paul says in the same book chapter four verse seven [I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:] Here at the end we see that Paul has fought a good fight stayed to the finish. At the end of our fight when its all over will we be able to say I have fought and good fight and kept the faith.
Thanks for reading.

Gasparilla

Last Saturday we were preaching at the Gasparilla parade which is supposed to be a family
event, which it is not.
It was pretty good, not as many people as last years event, but it was still good. We had brother Will from Chicago, and brother Greg and Jeff from New York, plus Lewis and Clark from north Florida, and brother Dave from Florida, and brother Glen also from Florida, and the Maynard boys and Rob and brother Brian from home in Panama City, Florida.

The day before we preached in Ybor City and we had this kid come up trying to mock us but he was drunk and did a lousy job. He did not get Mom's humor, she called him a snot nose punk. When he asked where we lived Mom told him that we lived in the mountains and came out and danced at night in robes so he asked Mom, "are you mocking me?"

Saturday we got out to the parade at about 10:30 and stayed out almost all day. Dad dealt with a man that used to be Catholic and had converted to Muslim. We had some signs out there that they did not like, they did not like the one about the women being keepers at home.


Dad

Brother Brian Glen and Rob

Aaron and I


Clay witnessing

New Book

This is a book I got called Elijah the Prophet of Confrontation, by John G Butler.

1. About the author, he was born in Iowa. And has been preaching in Baptist churches for about fifty years, he has pastored in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Iowa. He went to Tennessee Temple University and Cedarvile University. He also served in the navy. He has done about twenty seven of these books.
2. About Elijah. Elijah's name means my God is Jehovah. He is the second most written about prophet in the New Testament. If you look at James 5:16-18 you will see he was a man of prayer. Elijah was the one who preached against and mocked Baal 1 Kings.1:9,10. And was fed by the ravens 1 Kings,17:2-7. He also healed the young boy 1Kings.17:8-16. And he never died 2 Kings,2:1-12. He also controlled the rain for three years, he was the perfect weather forecaster, unlike those today!
   

Elijah was a Tishbite said to have been born in a place called Tishbe, a place which has not been discovered.
In 1 Kings 18:21-46, is where he and the Baal worshipers go up to Mount Carmel to see who the real God is. The Baal worshipers cry out all afternoon to their supposed God and he never answers them. So Elijah mocks them and makes fun of them saying he must be sleeping or maybe he is taking a walk. Then it is Elijah's turn and he tells them to dump water on the logs. Then he prays to the real God, and the fire comes down from heaven and burns everything up right away.
That's a real man of God he lives his life for God. No matter what they said against him he honored God, even when the children made fun of him he still stand for God. But the children did get what they deserved, when the bears came out of the woods and ate them.
I would like to be like Elijah, a man of God who preached against sin no matter what.

About witnessing

The bible tells us to witness in Mark 16:15 Acts 20:20-21 2. Timothy 4:2
Here are some people who witnessed:

• John and Charles Wesley
• Hudson Taylor
• George Whitfield
• Adoniram Judson
• Paul- Acts 16
• John the Baptist- Matt 3:1-2
• Peter- Acts 2:14
• Stephen- Acts 6:9-11
• Philip- Acts 8:5

Here are some tips for doorknocking:

• 1. Do not cross the grass
• 2. Go two by two
• 3. Witness, do not just invite to church
• 4. Leave tracts at every door

New Post!

Well we have had a busy but good time lately. Yesterday we went out door-knocking in a little town called Keokuk, Iowa. We talked to an atheist and then we talked to a woman who said she was born again but did not believe in God or hell and said if she went there she really did not care. Then we talked to a man named Reno who was raised catholic and was involved in occultism but he read the tract we gave him.
We are also going to Chicago for a meeting on Nov 26th

A post to young men.

A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. Pro.15:2

1. A wise son will listen to instruction Pro.13:1 out on the street we meet many people raised
church all their life and they are swearing at the preacher they did not listen to the Preacher.
Do you listen to the preacher?

2. A wise son will fear the Lord. Pro.1:7 Do you fear the Lord?

3. A wise man will have good friends. Pro.6:1-3 (good and spirtual friends)

4. A wise son will obey all the time as the Rechabites did in Jer.35:1-10. They obeyed him even after he was dead.

Eph .6:1. Says, "Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right,"