We also safely completed our 7th Annual Smoky Mountains Motorcycle Adventure. We had a small group of men participate, and God blessed us with perfect riding weather and safety. As usual, there were great times of fellowship and sharing and Cathy kept us full of good food. We rode on the Devil’s Triangle, the Tail of the Dragon, and the Cherohala Skyway. Upon leaving the Devil’s Triangle, we were passing Powell, TN, so I thought the guys would enjoy visiting The Crown College of the Bible. We stopped in unannounced and were treated to a wonderful tour by Dr. Samworth, the man in charge of the seminary. What an amazing place this college is!
Over the years we have lodged at different places for this trip, but each presented a unique set of challenges. This year we were led to an incredible place which we plan on using every year from now on (Lord willing). We can’t say enough good things about the Smoky Mountain Christian Village in Pigeon Forge. It is an amazing facility with a service minded, loving and caring staff. If you ever travel to eastern TN, check it out!
What a huge blessing we received after completing a MAD Live Event in Allentown, PA. A family attended the MAD Live Event and their careers involve TV and video production. They were impacted by the training and offered to film and edit a professional introductory video for our ministry website. They also offered to do a full video of a MAD Live Event with 3 TV cameras…one on me, one on the screen and one capturing audience reaction. These videos will be edited and compiled into a set which we can offer to people and churches. This video series of the MAD Live Event could then be posted on the www.myproplay.com website which will provide us with the opportunity to equip many more people, provide us with MUCH needed exposure, and give us some addition revenue for the ministry. We are looking for a church within a reasonable driving distance of Allentown so this professional quality DVD set can recorded and produced. We would appreciate your daily prayers about this opportunity specifically.
After doing the final MAD Live Event of the month in Whitehouse Station, NJ, the church asked me to stay and address all of the small groups and combined Sunday School classes on Sunday. The sanctuary was pretty full and I spoke for about 75 minutes summarizing the teachings from the day before, and quoting a number of passages from David Platt’s book, Follow Me. I HIGHLY recommend that everyone purchase his two books – Radical and Follow Me. They truly rocked my world and they will rock yours as well. They’re only about $8-9 apiece on Amazon and other sites. Based on the feedback, it was clear that the Holy Spirit was working powerfully in hearts and lives. Many, many people spoke with me at the half hour break between Sunday School and the service, as well as after the service was over. Praise God!!!
We also received a donation and thank you letter from someone attending this event in Allentown: “Thank you for coming to Cedar Crest on Saturday. It happened to be my 50th birthday and there is no better way that I could have spent it.”
For those not connected to our ministry Facebook page, you can become a follower of my BLOG, which is on my website near the bottom. It will regularly update you as to what the Lord is doing and how He is using us.
On the financial side, we were blessed to see an uptick in our support raising efforts. We are now at ~58%! We praise God for this as we have lost some supporters due to financial issues related to the economy, but God has graciously brought us some new supporters to make up for the losses and actually increased our numbers! PTL!!! We thank you for your faithful support. God has been so faithful to us, keeping us alive and providing for our needs through our faithful monthly supporters and the love offerings we receive at the MAD Live Events. We continue to trust Him to meet our needs.
JUNE SCHEDULE
• June 1 - Teach Adult Sunday School Class - Calvary Bible Church, Whitehouse Station, NJ • June 7 - MAD Live Event - Slate Run Baptist Church, Slate Run, PA • June 7 - Speak at Men’s Banquet - Stonington Baptist Church, Paxinos, PA • June 8 - MAD Live Event - Stonington Baptist Church, Paxinos, PA • June 10 – CEF Interviewer training class – I have been asked by CEF to interview a number of summer campers, determine if they have a relationship with the Lord, and if not, lead them to Christ. I have to attend this class to be trained before the interviews are done over a period of 2 days in August. • June 14 - Walk thru the Bible Old Testament Seminar - Yates Baptist Church - Lyndonville, NY • June 21 - MAD Live Event - Rio Knoxville - Knoxville, TN • June 22 - MAD Live Event - Ewtonville Baptist Church, Dunlap, TN
PRAYER REQUESTS
• “Fall bookings” is our number one prayer request. It is a day-in and day-out struggle to get dates on the calendar. Please pray for open doors and the exposure we need so our phone begins to ring. In the meantime, I will continue to grind it out on the phone! • Please pray that we will get into larger churches and have more people attend the Live Events. We have no control over how many people attend our Events, but the average number of participants is way down this year, most likely because we have been ministering in smaller churches. Our desire is to have more of an impact for the Kingdom. • There’s a possible breakthrough in regards to the opportunity to advertise in the national Christian motorcycle ministry’s monthly magazine. Please pray for victory in this opportunity. • For God’s Spirit to move powerfully as we minister in the places where He opens doors
Love in Christ, Cathy and Don
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