Tuesday, November 6, 2012

We need your help!

Hello MAD Grads! Today is a pivotal point in the future of our country. We live in scary, yet exciting times. No matter who wins the Presidency, the Lord Jesus is still sovereign and in control. If you’re somewhat awake and watching world events unfold, it is obvious that our Lord is returning soon for His bride. In these last days, the body of Christ needs to be busy sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with a world that’s lost its way. The MAD Live Event equips the church to do just that. We are in need of your help. Our schedule for 2013 is weak. We have never been this late in the year without the first quarter being filled with ministry events. It seems to get harder and harder to get churches to commit to a date to bring us in to minister. We don’t ask for much….just our travel expenses and a love offering. We know God is using this training in a powerful way because of the large amounts of testimonies we receive as people begin living a lifestyle of evangelism after participating in a MAD Live Event. In addition, almost 800 people have been saved at these events…all to the glory of God. So here’s how you can help: 1. If you are not already praying for us on a daily basis, would you please begin to do so? Ask God to fill our ministry schedule for next year and to use us for the glory of Christ. 2. If we haven’t been to your church for awhile, would you consider bringing us back to do another MAD Live Event, or a Walk thru the Bible Old Testament seminar? Your prayers and help are coveted and appreciated. Come quickly Lord Jesus! Don and Cathy

Monday, October 29, 2012

Sorry this is so difficult to read. It is formatted with paragraphs, but they disappear once I post it. October's Amazing Praise Report “For they are traveling for the Lord, and they accept nothing from people who are not believers. So we ourselves should support them so that we can be their partners as they teach the truth.” 3 John 1:7-8 How the Lord worked through us in October, 2012 Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! What an incredible way to start off our 5th year of ministry! We began in Port St. Lucie, FL at the Calvary Chapel presenting the life changing MAD Live Event material to 310 people. We ended our month of ministry in Frewsburg, NY at the Alliance Church, teaching the same material. From four MAD Live Events this month, we have truly been overwhelmed with testimonies of brothers and sisters in the Lord sharing their faith with people for the first time. They are now excited to have been called of Christ to be His full time Ambassadors, and are sharing His love with those in their world. In addition, the Lord was pleased to allow us to be a part of seeing 19 people repent and trust Christ to save them at these events. In October, I was also blessed to fill the pulpit in 2 churches on Sunday morning, and I had a ministry display at the Iron Sharpens Iron Men’s Conference in the Buffalo area. In all, we equipped another 441 people to begin living a lifestyle of evangelism in these last days. Praise the Lord! Here are a few testimonies to bless your heart: “I'm soooooooooo excited to have shared my Jesus today!!! At the dentist office with my sweet dental assistant. I really was just talking about my life and how the Lord had changed me and all the joy and peace he brought into my life. She would acknowledge in between my conversation and would say, "oh how sweet".....and then she came back and said something like... "I hope you don't mind me asking you, but what church do go to?" ....YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! She was raised Catholic and said that she goes through the motions and does what she thinks is right. And told her that, that was the problem...that we did not have to do works to earn Gods grace, only to accept His sacrifice and turn away from our old ways! I gave her the little book I picked up at the conference and invited her to Calvary Chapel Port St. Lucie. Praise God and to Him alone be the Glory!!!!” From a Lead Pastor: “Thanks again for sharing with our fellowship on Sunday and then doing your M.A.D. live event on Saturday. I was really happy that so many people from our church came to the seminar. It was just what the Doctor ordered! There's no telling what the results will look like until we get to heaven, but your training is already bearing fruit in the lives of God's people. I love your emphasis on how we need to be available to be used by the Lord naturally as He opens doors in our everyday lives. I also like how your training is not a "sales pitch" that pressures people to "close the deal". I've never been comfortable with high pressure evangelism that pressures people to say a prayer and make a decision they are not ready to make. Its true that we plant the seed and water the seed, but GOD gives the increase! I have already endorsed your ministry with another Calvary Chapel pastor in Florida. I will continue to spread the word about your ministry.” “Don...it is JUST as you say it is. I prayed 2x today, trusted God and He opened the door the moment I walked out of church today. I was able to witness for the first time to a friend today, prayed with her and gave her the Gospel of John from yesterday's event. It was as you said...it was SO easy and of course cried like a baby! My husband and I went to lunch today to bask in celebration and was ready to do just as you said about asking our server to join in. God quickly humbled me when we not only had one server, but one in training! I had only my husband's book left and thought "How am I going to do this"? 2 people 1 book. Needless to say our meal came, and my husband had started to ask them to pray with us...he flopped and I took over...I asked how I could pray for both and the server in training ask if we could pray for him to get the job. At the end, I made a decision to write a note with both their names, because both was better than not giving them a book. We tipped both at 50% just like you said. This process does more than just work...it changes lives. Glory be to God!” “Thanks very much for sharing during the M.A.D. training today. It was great and the best Evangelism training I've ever been a part of. SUPPORT UPDATE – We are blessed to have seen some positive movement in our support numbers. We rejoice that we have now reached the 60% mark! We praise God for His faithfulness and provision. If you have not yet partnered with us financially, would you prayerfully consider doing so? As you can see, God is using this ministry to rescue souls and equip believers to do the same. We need your help to reach 100%. Will you help? $5, $10, $20 a month…or whatever the Lord leads you to do will help us reach our goal! NOVEMBER SCHEDULE • Nov 8-9 - MAD Live Event for Christian School Administrators at the MACSA (Mid Atlantic Christian School Administrators’ Conference - Lancaster, PA • Nov 11 - MAD Live Event - Community Grace Brethren Church, Everett, PA • Nov 17 - MAD Live Event - Mt. Enon Baptist Church, South Philadelphia, PA • Nov 18 - MAD Live Event - Spring Valley Church of God, Temple, PA • Nov 24 - MAD Live Event - Berean Bible Church, Greene, NY PRAYER REQUESTS • Praise God for a truly amazing month of ministry - 19 souls saved and hundreds equipped to share Christ with a lost and hurting world. • That God would fill our 2013 schedule with MAD Live Events and Walk thru the Bible Old Testament seminars. I have been struggling the past several months to get bookings on the 2013 calendar. • That God would continue to bless us with good health, safety, and His anointing as we minister. • That people would continue to put into practice the truth they learned at the MAD Live Events. • That God would bless us with 100% support. Love in Christ, Don and Cathy

Saturday, September 29, 2012

September Praise Report

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! October 1st marks the start of our 5th year of full time ministry at Don Sunshine Ministries. We praise God for what He has done. Here are some points of praise after completing our first four years of ministering for Christ: • Completed 192 MAD Live Events • Equipped 9,826 people to share their faith as a lifestyle • We were blessed to have seen the Lord save 763 souls at these events • Recruited 3,497 Pocket testament League members who have ordered over 53,000 gospels of John to be shared with lost people • Completed a number of Walk thru the Bible Old Testament seminars. I was certified as an “Associate Instructor”, then as a “National Instructor” with WTB. • Spoke at many schools, weekend men’s retreats, youth retreats, a women’s retreat, and a missions conference Your prayers and often sacrificial giving have made this ministry possible. We are SO GRATEFUL for this support. Rest in knowing that eternal rewards await you as you have invested in this work for the Kingdom. We are also thankful for the arrival of the fall season, as it re-opens the doors for us to be in churches equipping the body of Chrisy to share Him as a lifestyle. We had an incredible September, completing six MAD Live events in four states. I was also blessed to be able to preach at a church in Port St. Lucie this month. Below is a testimony that I received from one of the Live Events in SC: “Hey Mr. Don! I just wanted to say again what a meaningful day yesterday was for me. I thoroughly enjoyed your time at Lamar Baptist Church. I know it was a long day for you, with an even longer one ahead of you, so I didn't take time to linger afterwards.I was saved when I was in the 3rd grade as a result of Billy Graham crusade that I went to with my church. I have a pretty uneventful testimony but do realize the depths of what Jesus saved me from. I have always had a passion for reaching the lost, and I don't mind one bit talking to them. However, people look different to me after yesterday. It is probably sad to say that ultimately other people's salvation has been somewhat secondary to me. And not always that way, just in the "busy-ness" of life, jobs, etc. It seems that since yesterday's services, people look different and I pray that continues. I have been actively trying to practice things from yesterday. I am a Director of Operations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC and I'm sure you can imagine the strict guidelines that they have for "talking religion." That has never really stopped me from reaching out to the "SUPER LOST" if you can call anybody that. I guess that I mean the more troubled people, or the more openly troubled people. I actually had the privilege last week of witnessing to one of my associates. It was a good experience. I guess I will call it a "100% success" since she listened, but I like to see the fruit as we discussed yesterday. I really wanted you to know how much the day meant yesterday and I truly pray for God's blessings on you and your ministry!” “Mr. Don...just wanted to thank you for coming today to our church..you are awesome and i enjoyed every minute..im so ready to share my Faith with everyone i meet :) you are truly a "sunshine" that brighten my world..i learned so much.” SUPPORT UPDATE - Although our support has been “stalled” at 58% for several months, we consider ourselves blessed. We continue to trust God to provide for our needs, especially after the slow summer months when we’re not in churches, and therefore, not receiving any love offerings for ministering. We need your help to reach 100%. Will you help? $5, $10, $20 a month…or whatever the Lord leads you to do will help us reach our goal! OCTOBER SCHEDULE • Oct 6 - MAD Live Event - Calvary Chapel, Port St. Lucie, FL • Oct 10 - WGRC Radio interview - to be aired later • Oct 13 - MAD Live Event - Valley View Chapel, Long Valley, NJ • Oct 14 - Preach - Valley View Chapel - Long Valley, NJ • Oct 20 - MAD Live Event - Winfield Baptist Church, Winfield, PA • Oct 27 - Iron Sharpens Iron Conference - Hamburg, PA • Oct 28 - MAD Live Event - Frewsburg Alliance Church, Frewsburg, NY PRAYER REQUESTS • Praise God for safety and good health as we pulled our travel trailer thousands of miles in September. • For God to open doors of ministry to fill our fall schedule and beyond - would you pray for 1,000 MAD Live Event bookings per year? That’s my prayer. • For the nearly 15,000 trained believers to continue to share Christ as a lifestyle • For the seeds that we continue to plant to find root in good soil • Take this world but give me Jesus! Come quickly Lord Jesus! Love in Christ, Don and Cathy

Sunday, August 26, 2012

August ministry report

“By God’s grace and mighty power, I have been given the privilege of serving him by spreading this good news.” Eph 2:7 August, 2012 Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! August wraps up another summer for us all. As usual, we didn’t have many M.A.D. Live Events in this traditionally slow summer month. We did have an unexpected additional Ultimate Adventure trip to Utah in August. An old friend and former co-worker at Family Life Ministries booked me to take him and his 4 adult sons on the father-son trip of a lifetime to Utah…..and it was that and a whole lot more! We had an amazing time together and I was blessed to see these men experience the beauty and adventure that Utah offers its visitors. After a 3 week break in between the trips, my friend Jim and I drove across the country so I could lead the adventure, while his 4 sons flew into Salt Lake to meet us. While in Utah, we went ATV riding, camped in a meadow at over 9,000 feet above sea level, whitewater rafted, rode horses into Bryce Canyon, slept in a tipi, hiked in the Virgin River through the center of Zion National Park, canyoneered, and rode some very difficult rocky trails in Jeeps in Moab. We had a number of good spiritual discussions and I had the opportunity to share Christ with a number of people. I was blessed to be able to share Christ with one of our lodging hosts and laid hands on him as I prayed for him. There is a highlight video on my website from our first trip this summer. Check it out. I’ll be posting another video from the second trip sometime soon, so keep and eye out for that. Lord willing, we hope to have a trip or two next summer. If you’re interested, let me know ASAP. At the end of August, I had the privilege of doing the MAD Live Event for a Hispanic church from nearby Reading. Teaching in a primarily Spanish speaking church was a first for me, amd they said it was a first for them as well. After a 2 ½ month hiatus from teaching, I was anxious to do this Live Event. The church was doing a weekend retreat and they asked me to share the teaching over the course of the weekend. Unfortunately, in 3rd grade I began learning a foreign language in school, and that particular year, French was the language we had to learn. I took French all the way through high school. So that education was of no value when speaking to this church. Most of the 50 people spoke English, but there were some who were Spanish speaking only. Several people worked to translate the truths from God’s Word and keep up with me….but it was not easy as I am typically a fast talker. I praise God that one young man trusted Christ to be his eternal Savior at the conclusion of the event. SUPPORT UPDATE – Our monthly support continues to stand at 58%. We continue to trust God to provide, especially after the slow summer time when we receive no love offerings at churches. We need your help to reach 100%. Will you help? $5, $10, $20 a month…or whatever the Lord leads you to do will help us reach our goal! SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE - EXCITED to be teaching again! • Sept 8 - MAD Live Event - Lighthouse Assembly of God, Westport, MA • Sept 21 - MAD Live Event - SOLO Women’s Retreat, Lake Junaluska, NC • Sept 22 - MAD Live Event - Skypointe Church, Traveler’s Rest, SC • Sept 23 - MAD Live Event - Lamar First Baptist Church, Lamar, SC • Sept 29 - MAD Live Event - Calvary Chapel, Jupiter, FL • Sept 30 - Preach at 2 AM services - Calvary Chapel, Port St. Lucie, FL PRAYER REQUESTS • For God to open doors of ministry to fill our fall schedule and beyond - would you pray for 1,000 MAD Live Event bookings per year? That’s my prayer. • Our travel in September will take us from MA to FL. Please pray for safety as we pull our trailer. • For the nearly 15,000 trained believers to continue to share Christ as a lifestyle • For the seeds that we continue to plant to find root in good soil • Take this world but give me Jesus! Come quickly Lord Jesus! Love in Christ, Don and Cathy

Sunday, July 29, 2012

July Ministry Report

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Every year the summer is a slow time for us. Church attendance is thinned due to summer vacations and we can’t get bookings to teach almost anywhere. 2012 is no exception. So we are busy making calls and working to fill our fall schedule and beyond. In addition, Pastors are also difficult to pin down during this time of year with church leadership on vacation as well. But we press on! I was asked to speak at a “Camp Meeting” in nearby Laureldale, PA the evenings of July 26-29. Each night I shared a message, a gospel presentation and invitation. This camp meeting hall is 89 years old and has been used of the Lord in mighty ways over the decades. As I stood and spoke to 30-60 people each night and gazed over hundreds of empty seats, I wondered what is must have been like to have been there in years past when the room was packed with hungry souls, aching to hear the truth of God’s Word preached. With all the publicity and promotion that the organizers did, there was so little interest. How sad! We have slipped so far away from God. It seems like anything takes priority over gathering with believers for a short time each evening to hear the Word preached, not to mention the opportunity to bring some unsaved friends and loved ones out to hear the gospel message. I am grateful for the opportunity to share from my heart with the chosen few in attendance. I received many comments from people of how the Lord used the messages to impact their lives. Praise Him! We did an Ultimate Adventure trip to Utah at the end of June and early July. A total of 16 people went on the trip. We had awesome weather and a great time. I shared the gospel with the mixed group of saved and unsaved people on the trip. A 12 year old girl named Caitlyn from Florida came with her grandfather and she gave her life to Christ while we were in Utah! Her grandfather had the privilege of leading her to the Lord. Praise God! We were blessed to have been able to bring our 12 year old granddaughter, Maya on the trip. She has been looking forward to going on the trip for 4 years. She and Caitlyn did everything the rest of us did. I am so proud of them! My brother Doug came along on the trip and video’d much of the trip. You can watch the promo video he put together on our website. Just click on the “Adventure Trip” tab and you’ll see the link for the video. Considering he was using a brand new camera, he had never done anything like this before or ever filmed something like this, he was able to put together a pretty impressive piece highlighting the individual portions of the trip. Be sure to check it out. On the way home from Utah, were blessed to be able to spend a couple of days with my brother and his wife at their mountain home in Colorado. We had a great visit, although it was marred by an unexpected trip to the ER for me. We are thankful that everything is OK….I had an infection. We now need to figure out how to pay for the ER visit and tests that were done. I am going back to Utah to do another trip with a friend and his 4 adult sons next month. For those interested, 2013 trip dates will be selected in the beginning of September. If you’d like to go, begin planning now! Here are a couple of MAD testimonies to encourage you. The first one is from a Pastor in NY: “Recently I had the opportunity to attend an evangelism seminar presented by Don Sunshine. I highly recommend this ministry and can honestly say that this was one of the best one-day events that I have attended in years. Originally from a Catholic background and receiving Christ through C&MA ministries, Don is an energetic, practically helpful motivator and communicator. He is as entertaining as he is encouraging. I am planning to feature Don as a speaker at Frewsburg Alliance in the next year.” “I gave a trucker a Pocket Testament. When talking with him, he said that he was not sure if he would go to heaven. God gave me the opportunity to share with him and to listen as he opened up his heart. We prayed before separating, and now he can live with assurance that he is going to heaven because of what Jesus did for him on the cross, and he has accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior.” SUPPORT UPDATE – Our monthly support continues to stand at 58%. We continue to trust God to provide, especially after the slow summer time when we receive no love offerings at churches. We need your help to reach 100%. Will you help? $5, $10, $20 a month…or whatever the Lord leads you to do will help us reach our goal! AUGUST SCHEDULE • August 5-7 - Travel to Utah, prepare for trip • August 8-16 - Ultimate Adventure trip to Utah • August 17-19 – Travel home • August 24 & 26 – MAD Live Event – Ebenezer Church of God - Denver, PA PRAYER REQUESTS • For God to open doors of ministry to fill our fall schedule and beyond - would you pray for 1,000 MAD Live Event bookings per year? That’s my prayer. • For the nearly 15,000 trained believers to continue to share Christ as a lifestyle • For the seeds that we planted to find root in good soil • Come quickly Lord Jesus! Love in Christ, Don and Cathy

June Ministry Report

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! I apologize for the lateness of this report, but we left for Utah on the 25th and our adventure trip began on the 30th. With a VERY full schedule and limited access to any technology, I couldn’t get the report done until now. We had a total of 16 come along, five of whom were unbelievers. At the time of this writing, we have just completed the trip. From an adventure perspective, we had an incredible time. Check out some of the videos posted on the Don Sunshine Ministries’ Facebook page. Spiritually, I shared a gospel presentation with the group which included five unsaved people. I let them know that I would be available anytime during the week if they had questions. A number of the believers on the trip had opportunities to water the seeds that I had planted. It was exciting to hear of the conversations that took place along our travels. A grandfather from NJ came along with his 12 year old granddaughter from Florida. He had the opportunity to lead her to a decision to surrender her life to Christ! “…Great rejoicing in the presence of angels over one sinner who repents.” Thank you Jesus! We had 3 MAD Live Events in June, equipping another 184 people to begin sharing their faith in Christ in these last days. We were also blessed to see a harvest of 30 more souls for the Kingdom, mainly students from the Christian school that I presented in. All glory to our Savior! A few testimonies to encourage you: “Just in from the mother of Olivia, the other teenager sitting with my Hannah...Was just at Walmart with Olivia and we split up to shop , when we got back together in the parking lot she told me she witnessed to a woman in the book section she prayed with her and gave her a gospel booklet to read !!!!!!! Praise God !!!” “Another testimony from yesterday afternoon - We took the kids to Applebee's after church. We asked the hostess if there was anything we could pray for her for (Hannah knew her); she blushed, then said "yes," so we did! Then, when the waitress came over, we recognized her as a young lady we hadn't seen since she was quite young. She's the daughter of a friend of ours whose wife left him for another woman. Needless to say, the kids were less than receptive to anything having to do with God - their lives were a mess! She was new on the job and very friendly, but struggled to keep things straight for all of our orders. We kept encouraging her along the way; and when it came time for our meals to be delivered to us (45 minutes into our wait at least), we asked how we could pray for her and she began this dialog of how she was in college and looking at 7 more years (she wants to the Nurse Practitioner), etc. etc. Anyway, she stood right there by our table, and with head bowed and hands folded, joined us in prayer!!! It was awesome! I then left her a little Gospel tract (the one with the flowers on the front because I didn't have any food ones), and she commented how touched she was by the fact that we were so nice "all things considered" and how blessed she was that I wrote in the booklet! Yeah, baby, that's what I'm talking about! It's so easy....” This one came after doing a MAD Live Event on Saturday and preaching on Sunday. “Just a note to say what God is doing in DSM is so way cool! We are the front row pentecostals, with a daughter named Sunshine. I was wondering if you saw my spirit man running up and down the isles saying Glory to God? Fantastic presentation on Sat. AND Sunday was GLORIOUS. ABUNDANT STREAMS of LIVING WATER!!!!!!! I was picking up a lot of OUCHES, you wield a powerful two edge sword!.....GREAT! My husband wants to thank you and has put your name, by his computer, so he can pray for you daily. Time is short, many are perishing, time to fight the good fight. Thanks again for telling the WHOLE Truth.” “On the National Day of Prayer at our prayer booth, Dan came to me for prayer for his grandson's health. With the PTL Gospel of John, I shared what was even his greater need and he prayed to receive Christ as Lord and Savior. He has been coming to our church to receive fellowship and instruction.” SUPPORT UPDATE – We slipped a little last month as 2 “regular” supporters had stopped being “regular”. We’re not sure what their status is so we took them off of the “regular” supporter list for now. We are so thankful to you and to God for providing for our needs We need your help to reach 100%. Will you help? $5, $10, $20 a month…or whatever the Lord leads you to do will help us reach our goal! JUNE SCHEDULE • July 1-9 - Ultimate Adventure trip to Utah • July 26-28 - Outreach Speaking – Rosedale, Laureldale, PA PRAYER REQUESTS • For the Holy Spirit to move mightily in people’s hearts at the end of July. I will be doing several messages at an evangelistic outreach event. • For God to open doors of ministry to fill our fall schedule - would you pray for 1,000 MAD Live Event bookings per year? That’s my prayer. • For the nearly 15,000 trained believers to share Christ as a lifestyle • For God’s spiritual protection - we have been under some Satanic attacks at the end of our Utah trip • For the seeds that we planted along the way on our trip to find root in good soil • Come quickly Lord Jesus! Love in Christ, Don and Cathy

Thursday, May 31, 2012

May's ministry report

Sorry...but I can't figure out why the paragraphs aren't breaking up. Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ! May’s schedule was slower than the first 4 months of 2012, so we had a chance to “catch our breath” from the fast paced schedule we’d been keeping. We presented 2 MAD Live Events in May and we were blessed to see one new person come to faith in Christ. As you’ll see from the testimony below, God continues to change lives and eternities as we equip the church to rescue lost souls. Here’s one of the testimonies we received in May. I praise God for how He is using this Live Event! “AMAZING! I used many of the techniques you taught, here is an excerpt sent to a friend describing what I experienced with God yesterday in my first witnessing attempt. “Yesterday was THRILLING! I felt the prayer power behind me, and I just opened my mouth and started talking about Jesus and what He has done for me, us, our marriage, $$, etc. I could NOT believe what I heard myself saying, and it was effortless! When I told her that she AND her husband needed to get right with God and THEN He would heal the marriage, she started to cry! I was stunned (I guess praying for her to have an open heart worked!) I gave her the book, she didn't flinch, at one point she said Yoga and Christianity are the same thing (I gave her "the look") - it was amazing. A wonderful first time witnessing experience for me. I gave her some Scripture about marriage, roles of husbands and wives, don't know where it will go, but Don reminded me yesterday that I need to talk, and then leave the results up to God. My day got weird yesterday as THREE unplanned sets of persons appeared who needed to talk, pray. I was exhausted when I finally fell into bed. Weird but good, and awesome to work WITH God.” FALL SCHEDULE - We are now working to fill our fall schedule and beyond with MAD Live Events and Walk thru the Bible Old Testament seminars. If you are interested in hosting one of these events, please contact me ASAP. WALK THRU THE BIBLE - I have been working to be certified as a “National Instructor” with WTTB. The videos have been turned in, my formal evaluation completed and I am on the last step which is church reference letters. Lord willing this new advanced certification will open some new doors of ministry for us. SMOKY MOUNTAINS MOTORCYCLE ADVENTURE - We had a small group attend this spring’s event. God blessed us with wonderful, dry weather, a welcome change from last year’s trip when it rained on us every day. We had 2 new guys from NJ come along. You can see them in the photo at the right carving a turn on the Tail of the Dragon. They were a huge blessing and fun to be around. Others came from PA and NY. We look forward to our next trip to TN. Thanks for your prayers for safety.
ULTIMATE ADVENTURE TO UTAH – We are excited to be leaving in late June for the trip to Utah. We have 5 unsaved people coming this year. Please be in prayer for Jill, Pam, Kristi, Rodney, and Jesse. Ask the Lord to open their eyes to see and that they would respond to the truth of His Word. SUPPORT UPDATE - Last summer our monthly support was at 37%. Over the past 10 months it has slowly climbed to 59%! We are so thankful to you and to God for providing for our needs. And we thank our new regular supporters and welcome them to our team for Christ! An old friend just booked an Ultimate Adventure trip to Utah with me for August 8-16. He wants to bring his four sons on this father/son trip of a lifetime. We wanted to open this trip up to any other guys who may want to come. As time is of the essence here, I need to hear from you ASAP if you’re interested. A flyer and PowerPoint slide show are on my website to show you what we’ll be doing. Pass the word for us if you will. Thanks! JUNE SCHEDULE • June 2 - MAD Live Event - Celebrate Family Church, Leicester, NY • June 6 - MAD Live Event - Abundant Life Academy, Nutley, NJ • June 9 - Our 39th wedding anniversary! • June 16 - MAD Live Event - Christ Community Church, Fredonia, NY • June 17 - Preach - Christ Community Church, Fredonia, NY • June 25 - June 27 - driving to Utah • June 28 - 29 - trip preparations in Utah • June 30 - July 9 - Ultimate Adventure trip to Utah PRAYER REQUESTS • For safety as we drive across the country and do the Ultimate Adventure to Utah. We’ll do about 7,000 miles overall. • For God to prepare hearts to hear the gospel message and for the equipping of larger groups of believers • For continued good health and stamina to do what he has called us to do • That our phone would begin to ring as pastors seek us out to minister to their flock (we currently have to call and call, and call, and email to try to get into churches. It is very difficult) • That we will grow in our faith and be more submitted and obedient to Christ each day • For our support to increase to 100% Love in Christ, Cathy and Don