Wednesday, April 27, 2016

More testimonies form the MAD Live Event with 106.9 The Light

“Attended Make a Difference training in Hickory on Saturday and MUST report what a real difference it has already made in my life! Even though my husband and I read the Word every day and pray daily, I kept feeling like I needed to do MORE. Now I know exactly HOW I can make a difference to bring people to Jesus without fear. And live Evangelism every day. Plant the seed and let God do the rest! Everyone who is part of a church really needs to think hard about bringing Don Sunshine and his Make a Difference training to your church. It WILL change your congregation! Thank you 106.9 for making this happen.”

“I will use the Gospels of John because we currently have family members who need to be reached. My husband also goes to work with many unchurched people. I recently did the Make a Difference training with PTL speaker representative, Don Sunshine and I am ready to equip myself and share my faith and reach as many people as we can!! It really hit me hard hearing a quote about "how much do you have to hate someone to not share Jesus with them"

Monday, April 25, 2016

We serve an amazing God!

While I was away, we got a new neighbor. As I unloaded the rental car in my driveway, I heard the distinct sound of a Harley-Davidson firing up. I looked over at the neighbor's house and Cathy commented she thinks he has two. SO when I left to drop off the rental car I pulled up into his driveway to say hi and welcome him to the neighborhood. Long story short, he is from Gilbertsville, PA...Berks County...not far from where we moved from in February! We had a great conversation and he told me if I ever wanted to ride to let him know. He has 3 Harleys. I have a new neighbor and friend, and another Divine appointment for sure!

Divine Appointment

I was driving towards home after the MAD Live event in NY. I stopped for dinner then headed south. I was looking for a Comfort Inn to stay at because I was getting tired but wasn't having any success. I searched the GPS and none appeared anywhere near my location. In Washington, PA there was an exit with a number of hotels, but Comfort Inn wasn't mentioned on the signs. I looked to my left as I passed the exit and there was the hotel I wanted! I drove to the next exit, turned around and went back."

I met a man from India named Serma behind the desk at the hotel. He checked me and and saw the cross on the from of my short and asked what the shirt said. I showed him the front of the shirt. It read, "This shirt is illegal in 53 countries; Restricted Nations - 40; Hostile areas 13" He read it and asked me if that was true. I said, "Yes and it's probably worse now then when the shirt was printed." I asked him ro read the back of the shirt and turned around. The back had a large cross on it and quoted Romasn 1:16 - " I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes." He read it out loud and asked what that meant. I asked him what he believed and he said he didn't follow any particular religion but believed there was a man named Jesus. I shared the Gospel with him and he listened intently. I told him that I was going out to get my luggage and I would bring him something to read. I retrieved a "One Second after you die" booklet and a Gospel of John. I have him both booklets and explained them to him. He told me he would read them and let me know if he had any questions. I gave him my card with my contact info.

Praising God for this Divine appointment.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

MAD Live Event #465 is complete

I completed MAD Live Event #465 today at the Park UM Church in Sinclairville, NY. 56 people attended and we saw the Lord work in hearts resulting in 2 more people giving their lives to Christ in repentance and faith! PTL! Next week I'll be in Bethlehem, PA.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Iron Sharpens Iron, Grand Rapids, MI

We had a great day at the ISI Conference. The numbers were low (around 300 I am told), but for a first time conference that's fine. I spoke with a number of people at my booth, but no pastors. My seminar had 45 men attend. One man came up afterwards and told me he gave his life to Jesus Christ. Praise God! A Pastor also approached me and wanted to know what I was doing tomorrow. I told him "driving". He asked me if I wanted to come and speak at his church tomorrow! Sadly I had to decline as I need of get back. He wrote his info down and will most likely book me for a MAD Live Event sometime soon. Another person also wrote down their contact info for me to follow up.

Ont he way home I stopped for dinner and prayed for a young waitress named Quinn. We had a great discussion and she came back to my table and asked how she could pray for me! I asked her to pray for safety as I had 18 hours of driving ahead of me. It turns out she is a follower of Jesus Christ and a college student. We had some nice fellowship in between her waiting on other tables. I blessed her with a 70+% tip.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Iron Sharpens Iron in Grand Rapids, MI

I am excited to be speaking at the first Iron Sharpens Iron Conference in Grand Rapids, MI tomorrow. They have almost 400 men registered to come. I am excited to see how the Lord will work in the hearts and lives of men tomorrow!

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Some testimonies from the MAD Live Event in Hickory, NC

Thanks for emailing me back. I thoroughly enjoyed the M.A.D. event. It spoke volumes to me. You were very engaging and real life applicable. Matter of fact I got the chance to pray for my waitress and give her the Pocket Testament. It was awesome. I am shy but with learning what we learned Saturday I want to get the focus off of me and onto God's Work for His Kingdom. We drove close to an hour or so to get to Hickory and I looked for a familiar face from around our area and unfortunately didn't see one, but thought if you could come to our small town then maybe more would come. I can't say enough of it. I want everyone I know to be able to attend. I give glory to God for speaking through you. I thank you for being obedient and helping the rest of us to do what we are commanded and purposed for.

Also when I wrote down Florence church that was the biggest one I could think of at the time. I am currently working on figuring out which church would be the biggest and have space for parking so if you will give me a few days and I will get back in touch with you with the best possible place for you to come. Again thanks for this life changing event. Keep on my brother, keep on.!!!!! May God Bless and continue to use you.

This was the most inspiring, moving push that I needed to get going with what has been nagging at my heart for many months. God placed you just where you were to reach me. Thank you!

I want to tell you THANK YOU !! for the message today at Christ Church in Hickory. It truly was a game changer for me. I know that I should be doing all of these things, but simply not sharing the Gospel more. I have been in sales for 28 years. I am going to share the Good News of Christ with everyone!!

My wife Sherri attended your Make a Difference seminar at Christ Church in Hickory, NC. yesterday, April 9th. I was called away to baby sit my grandson so I couldn't attend but I'm watching the 3 videos that are on Youtube of your presentation. Anyway, Sherri came home and was very excited about what she learned and told me all about it. She said it was life changing. In fact she's flying to Austin, Texas as I type this for a business trip and took some of your materials to give out to whomever she sits with on the plane, haha. You really made an impression on her and she's stepping out of her comfort zone already. I too have been impressed with what I've learned so far from the videos.

From the 106.9 Facebook page:

Attended Make a Difference training in Hickory on Saturday and MUST report what a real difference it has already made in my life! Even though my husband and I read the Word every day and pray daily, I kept feeling like I needed to do MORE. Now I know exactly HOW I can make a difference to bring people to Jesus without fear. And live Evangelism every day. Plant the seed and let God do the rest! Everyone who is part of a church really needs to think hard about bringing Don Sunshine and his Make a Difference training to your church. It WILL change your congregation! Thank you 106.9 for making this happen.

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Incredible day in Hickory, NC with 106.9 The Light!

What an incredible day we had with 106.9 the Light in Hickory, NC! There were just under 400 registered and 300 showed up for the MAD Live Event. Wow did the Holy Spirit work in hearts today! Several people came up at the first break with tears in their eyes. Many, many people were impacted and here's the cool part - 17 people gave their lives to Christ today at the training! We are looking forward to booking churches to go to teach. Keep us in your prayers! God is good!

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Follow up to Friday's Divine Appointments

Here's the amazing follow up to the Divine appointment at the motor lodge on Friday night. As the Live Event was about to begin on Saturday, Susan (the Taiwanese lady) came in and sat in the front row. I went over and greeted her and thanked her for coming. She reminded me that she had to leave at the first break. I told her she could send me an email and I would send her a link so she could watch the rest of the MAD Live Event online later.

At the first break, I went over to her to say good-bye. She gave me a long bear hug and left. In part 2 as we were about 20 minutes before the lunch break, Susan returned with her husband! They sat in the front row and stayed for the remainder of the seminar. As the seminar ended, I was a little swamped with people and I saw Susan and her husband leave, but I had no opportunity to say good-bye. Pastor Brad came up to me and said, "You're not going to believe this, but Susan gave me her evaluation form and told me that she had just given her life to Jesus Christ!!! She told me she had to leave and that she had never been in a church before. Susan said wanted to come to the service tomorrow." She asked him what time she needed to be here and Brad told her. How absolutely incredible is that? Less than 24 hours earlier this lady was an atheist, and the next day she became a follower of Jesus Christ! We were blessed to see the hand of a sovereign God at work making this happen. PTL! I also had the privilege of praying for two servers in the restaurants that I ate in. Upon returning home today, I was able to share the Gospel with "Zoom", and ETSU student working for Enterprise who drove me home after dropping off the rental car. God is good!

Friday, April 1, 2016

Divine Appointments

Today I traveled about 600 miles from Tennessee to Cape May, New Jersey to do a M.A.D. Live Event tomorrow. I stopped for dinner and had a waitress named Kaitlyn serve me. I was able to share the gospel with her and pray for both her and her Marine Corporal fiancé named Jeremy. I left her a Gospel of John with a personal not and a generous tip.

When I arrived at the motel that Cathy had selected for me to stay at, I met two ladies behind the desk named Susan and Jill. Susan is from Taiwan and Jill is a former Catholic. God opened the door for me to share the gospel with these two ladies for an hour and 20 minutes. Susan did not believe in God or the Bible. But when I was done sharing, she told me I had convinced that there is a God and that the Bible is the Word of God. Both ladies just soaked up the truths I was sharing with them. They were very excited and plan on coming to the training that I’ll be doing tomorrow. Jill is even going to bring her four children with her! I told them that I believe that God had me come to this motel to meet them because He wants both of them in heaven with Him. They both agreed that it was definitely a God thing that led me to this motel so they could hear what I had to share. What a day!