CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, OTTUMWA, IOWA

GET START THIS MORNING AT CALVARY BAPTIST, GOOD CROWD FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL AND THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE. ONE LADY, HER SECOND VISIT TO THE CHURCH WAS SAVED IN THE MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE. GOOD ALTAR CALL, GREAT SPIRIT AND DELICIOUS FOOD AFTERWARDS. PRAY WITH US FOR THE LORD TO MEET WITH US AND THAT THERE BE NO HINDERANCE TO THE WORKING OF HIS DEAR SPIRIT. I APPRECIATE SO VERY MUCH YOUR SUPPORT. KEEP THE PRAYERS COMING. WARM REGARDS

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, SNOW HILL, NC

THE SERVICES AT LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, SNOW HILL, NC CONCLUED IN WONDERFUL FASHION. ONE MAN SAVED ON TUESDAY EVENING (THE FATHER OF A LADY MEMBER) WAS BACK AS WERE SEVERAL VISITORS. WE WERE BLESSED WITH SEVERAL VISITING PASTORS AND THEIR PEOPLE; PASTOR STAN WINGARD AND HIS WIFE, PASTOR MIKE LOVELACE, PASTOR MAX BARTON AND HIS WIFE AND SEVERAL FROM OTHER CHURCHES FAR AND WIDE. WE ALL GATHERED AROUND THE ALTAR FOR A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE HEAVENLY FATHER FOR HIS PROVISIONS THIS WEEK AND PLEDGED TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO HELP PASTOR CONYERS IN HIS EFFORTS TO MOVE THE CHURCH FORWARD. THESE ARE SOME OF THE FINEST PEOPLE YOU WOULD EVER WANT TO BE AROUND, SWEET HEARTED AND KIND, COUNTRY FOLKS (PERHAPS NOT ALL BUT CLOSE) I SO VERY MUCH ENJOYED MINISTERING THE GOSPEL EACH EVENING AND THEN MY INTERACTION WITH MANY WHO "JUST DID NOT WANT TO LEAVE BUT STUCK AROUND" FOR FELLOWSHIP. IF YOU ARE EVER NEAR KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA, SNOW HILL IS THIRTEEN MILES NORTH, DROP BY FOR AN EVENING OF GOOD PREACHING AND FELLOWSHIP.

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, SNOW HILL, NC

SUNDAY WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL DAY AS WE HAD A LARGE CROWD PRESENT, FOUR FOLKS INDICATED THAT THEY HAD ACCEPTED THE LORD DURING THE INVITATION; SUNDAY SCHOOL SET THE WHOLE DAY IN ORDER FOR THE LORD TO WORK - I SO VERY MUCH ENJOY MINISTERING THE WORD DURING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL HOUR AS IT MOST OFTEN REMINDS ME OF MY SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES WHEN I PASTORED GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH IN DECATUR, ALABAMA - A GREAT TIME TO GET ACQUINTED WITH NEW PEOPLE BUT NEVERTHELESS A SERIOUS TEACHING ABOUT IMPORTANT PRECEPTS OF THE WORD OF GOD. THE EVENING SERVICE WAS TO SAY THE LEAST EXCEPTIONAL - COMMENTS LIKE "FORGET THE TIME, JUST GO ON"; "PREACH ANOTHER HOUR". THE LORD TRULY VISISTED US SUNDAY EVENING AS HIS PRSENCE WAS WORKING IN EVERYONE'S LIVES, THE ALTAR WAS FULL, YES FULL! ONE YOUNG MAN IN HIS THIRTIES REDEDICTED HIS LIFE TO THE LORD AND WAS VISIABLE MOVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE SUNDAY MEETING WAS THAT THE PASTOR WAS SO VERY PLEASED - HE HAS BEEN HERE FIVE MONTHS, TAKING A CHURCH THAT HAD BEEN HURT AND IS NOW IN THE HEALING PROCESS.

CHINA MISSIONS TRIP

BEAR WITH ME AS I AM CERTAIN THAT ALL OF MY EMAIL ATTEMPTS WERE CENSORED WHILE IN CHINA AND MOST, IF NOT ALL, WERE RETURNED AS UNDELIVERABLE. HERE IS WHAT I ATTEMPTED TO SEND:

WE MADE SIXTY-ONE BORDER CROSSINGS INTO RED CHINA AND WERE ABLE TO SMUGGLE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND SEVEN THOUSAND BIBLES INTO THE UNDERGROUND CHURCHES OF CHINA. WE WERE CAUGHT EIGHT TIMES, DETAINED, OUR BIBLES TAKEN HOWEVER WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THEM BACK AT A LATER TIME - WE REMOVED THE BIBLES -RETURNED TO A SAFE AREA, REPACKED ANOTHER LOAD AND RETURNED - WE USUALLY MADE FOUR RUNS A DAY AND ALL TO THE GLORY OF GOD. IT WAS REAL, EXCITING, SOMEWHAT SPOOKY WHEN DEALING WITH THE "ICE" OF CHINA AND TOUGH ON THIS OLD MAN AS THE CASES WE PULLED WEIGHED APPROXIMATELY SIXTY FIVE TO SEVENTY POUNDS EACH PLUS OUR BACK PACKS - IT IS DEFINATELY A YOUNG MAN'S TASK! I APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS FOR MY SAFETY AS WELL AS MY SON GARY'S. THE RIDE OVER WAS SIXTEEN HOURS FROM CHICAGO TO HONG KONG WHILE THE RIDE BACK WAS TWELVE HOURS FROM BEIJING TO CHICAGO, PLUS TWO HOURS TO GREEENVILLE/SPARTENBURG, PLUS TWO HOURS TO CHARLOTTE. WE ARRIVED HOME AT TWO IN THE MORNING.

WARM REGARDS AND THANKS TO YOU ALL.

China Update

WE MADE SIXTY-ONE BORDER CROSSINGS - SMUGGLED IN APPROX SEVEN THOUSAND BIBLES INTO COMMUNIST RED CHINA - I WAS PERSONALLY CAUGHT TWICE - BACK IN THE SADDLE NOW - IN BEIJING AT THE PRESENT AND HEADED HOME TONIGHT. WOW AND WOW AGAIN, PRAISE THE LORD!

China Update

WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED APPROXIMATELY FIFTY-SEVEN BORDER CROSSINGS, CAUGHT ONLY NINE OR TEN TIMES AND HAVE PLACED SOMEWHERE NEAR FIVE THOUSAND "ITEMS" IN CHINA. PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS CONSTANT CARE. WE HAVE ONE MORE DAY AND ARE ANXIOUS TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN BEFORE DEPARTURE! WE COVET YOUR PRAYERS FOR INVISIBILITY! WARM REGARDS FOR YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE YEARS.

China Update

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL BORDER CROSSINGS BUT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT ON FOUR OCCASSIONS. ALL "ITEMS" TAKEN BUT LATER ALLOWED TO BE BOUGHT BACK BUT REMOVED FROM CHINA. ALL TAKEN BACK THE NEXT TRIP. PRAY FOR US THAT WE CAN SUCCESSFUL AS THIS IS SO VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHINESE PEOPLE. THOSE HELPING US CAN CAN BE IN GRAVE DANGER IF CAUGHT WITH THESE "ITEMS". WE HOPE TO MAKE FOUR RUNS TODAY. FOUR OF US WITH PRAYERS AND HOPES FOR SUCCESS. WARM REGARDS AND LOVE TO ALL. BE SURE AND THANK GOD TODAY FOR OUR COUNTRY, MOST HAVE NO IDEA HOW THINGS ARE OVER HERE AND HOW GREAT WE HAVE IT. LATER "HOPEFULLY"!