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"!

DEPARTED FOR CHINA, FEB 24TH RETURN MAR 10

PRAY FOR MY SON AND I AS WE DEPART ON THIS MISSIONS TRIP TO CHINA WITH THE BIBLE TEAM, FROM GREENVILLE, SC. EVERYTHING PROVIDED BY THE LORD, NO MONIES REQUESTED - THE LORD TOOK CARE OF IT ALL. WARM REGARDS TO ALL

SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH'S ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER

SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST IS LOCATED IN ROCK HILL, S. C. THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN AND BOYS THERE WITH FIVE OF THEM ACCEPTING THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR SAVIOUR. ONE MAN WAS A HUGH GAME WARDER WHO HAS BEEN COMING FOR SEVERAL YEARS; ANOTHER WAS A DEAF MAN AND THREE OTHERS. WHAT A JOY TO SEE THE LOST SAVED. THE FOOD WAS GREAT WITH MANY DIFFERENT DISHES, BUFFALO CHILLE, KANGEROO STEW; SQUERRIL DUMPLINGS; VENISON; WILD TURKEY; AND SEVERAL OTHER INTERESTING DISHES. A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. SORRY SOME OF YOU MISSED IT.

ROSSVILLE BIBLE CHURCH, ROSSVILLE, KANSAS

GREAT MEETING AT THE ROSSVILLE BIBLE CHURCH IN ROSSVILLE, KANSAS EVEN IF THE WEATHER DID NOT COOPERATE. TWO SAVED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, A MAN AND HIS WIFE THAT THESE FOLKS HAD BEEN PRAYING FOR FOR TWENTY YEARS. VISITORS FROM UP IN MARYSVILLE, KANSAS EVERY SERVICE (THAT'S EIGHTY MILES ONE WAY). GOD BLESS THEM FOR THEIR DESIRE FOR THE WORD OF GOD. PASTOR GEE HAS BEEN THESE FOLKS PASTOR NOW FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND HAS FAITHFULLY FED THEM THE WORD OF GOD IN AN OLD FASHIONED MANNER FROM AN OLD FASHIONED BOOK. ROSSVILLE IS ABOUT EIGHTEEN MILES OUTSIDE OF TOPEKA. WONDERFUL GODLY FOLKS LED BY A GODLY MAN AND HIS DEAR WIFE DEBBIE. THANK GOD FOR A MAN WITH STICKABILITY ESPECAILLY A MAN WITH PASTOR GEE'S EDUCATION AND PREACHING ABILITY - LESSER MEN WOULD HAVE MOVED ON TO BIGGER BUT NOT BETTER CLINES.

SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH, ARDMORE, AL.

SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH, ARDMORE, AL. PASTOR JOEL LOGAN. THE ANNUAL WILD GAME DINNER WAS ATTENDED BY CLOSE TO FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE, MANY MANY WOMEN AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE "JUST FOR MEN". MOST OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE WERE REPEAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER ALABAMA AND TENNESSEE. FOOD WAS TREMENDOUS AND FELLOWSHIP GREAT HOWEVER ONLY ONE ELEVEN YEAR OLD BOY WAS SAVED. THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY AT SWEET SPRINGS, BOTH MORNING AND EVENING, WERE GREAT SERVICES WITH THE ALTAR FILLED BOTH TIMES WITH GODLY FOLKS RESPONDING TO THE WOOING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

FAITH BAPTIST TABERNACLE, NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA.

GREAT CLOSE OUT ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AS THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FILLED WITH THE FOLKS OF FAITH, PLUS VISITORS, ALL SEEKING TO PUSH FORWARD FOR THE LORD IN THIS TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. THE LORD SPOKE TO MANY HEARTS THIS WEEK AS MANY SOUGHT ADVICE AND COUNSEL ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND WALK WITH THE LORD. PASTOR ROGERS CONTINUES TO BE USED OF GOD IN HIS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS PASTOR. DAVE AND MARLEENE BUSHY PLAY A PIVITOL ROLE IN THE CHUCH AS DAVE BROUGHT THE SPECIAL MUSIC EACH NIGHT WITH HIS DEAR WIFE ON THE PIANO. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND SUPPORT. I AM HEADED TOMORROW TO NORTHERN ALABAMA WHERE LAST YEAR I PREACHED TO FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOLKS WITH THE LORD SAVING FIFTY. PRAY WITH ME FOR A GREAT HARVEST OF SOULS AT THE SWEET SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH OF ARDMORE, ALABAMA THIS WEEK END.

FAITH BAPTIST TABERNACLE, NORTH HIGHLANDS, CA.

GREAT START ON THE LORD'S DAY, ONE SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE AS WELL TWO LADIES GETTING THE ASSURANCE OF THEIR SALVATION AND ONE SAVED IN THE EVENING SERVICE. WONDERFUL SERVICES ALL DAY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD USING THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR. A GOOD NUMBER OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES PRAYING TOGETHER ON THE ALTAR - THIS PARTICULARLY IS HEART WARMING. THE LORD BLESSD US WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF VISITORS, SOME HAVING HEARD ME PREACH IN OTHER CHURCHES AROUND CALIFORNIA - ALWAYS A BLESSING.

Great Meetings Last Week!

FOURTEEN SAVED AT THE TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL WILD GAME SUPPER IN WAVERLY, VIRGINIA. PASTOR LAWSON, FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH AND I HAVE HOOKED FOR THESE MANY YEARS AND HAVE SEEN MANY MANY SOULS SAVED IN THESE SUPPERS. GOD IS ALWAYS PLEASED WHEN THE GOSPEL IS PREACHED ESPECIALLY FROM THIS WONDERFUL BIBLE, THE KING JAMES OF COURSE.

THEN ON SUNDAY AT GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR NUNNALLY, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, THE CHURCH WAS ALMOST FULL WITH THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FILLED WITH FOLKS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR WALK WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER. PASTOR NUNNALLY HAS BEEN THE PASTOR NOW FOR TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AND CONTINUES TO LEAD THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN A RIGHT DIRECTION. I WAS TOUCHED WITH THE WARMTH AND CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP OF SUCH A GODLY PEOPLE. I HAVE HAD THE PREASURE OF PREACHING HERE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS AND IT IS ALWAYS AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE.

FLYING OUR SATURDAY TO SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA FOR MEETINGS IN THE FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTORED BY MIKE ROGERS, ANOTHER GREAT CHURCH WITH A GREAT PASTOR. PRAY WITH US FOR SOULS TO BE WON TO CHRIST AND THE SAINTS OF GOD REVIVED!

CLEARVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHHAM, MISSISSIPPI

THIS WAS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR AND CERTAINLY WAS AN ANSWER TO PRAYER FOR A WONDERFUL WEEK OF REVIVAL. THERE WAS FIVE (PERHAPS FOUR) PROFESSIONS OF FAITH ON THE LORD'S DAY. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WAS FILLED EVERY NIGHT. PASTOR CORY HAS BEEN THE PASTOR FOR THREE YEARS AND IS DOING A MARVELOUS JOB. THE CHURCH IS IN A WONDERFUL LOCATION WITH GREAT VISIBILITY AND FILLED WITH EQUALLY GREAT PEOPLE. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHEN I HAVE ENJOYED A MEETING ANY MORE THAN THIS ONE. PASTOR AND I HAD SOME VERY GOOD VISITS DURING THE WEEK. I WILL BE BACK IN 2013!

CLEARVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTHHAM, MS

WHAT A GREAT SERVICE THE LORD BLESSED US WITH ON SUNDAY. ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO WERE PRESENT IN THE MORNING SERVICE AND ALMOST A FULL HOUSE IN THE EVENING SERVICE. FIVE DEAR SOULS PRAYED WITH ME FOR SALVATION (PASTOR SAID ONE YOUNG MAN WAS INCOMPACITATED) SO PERHAPS THERE WERE ONLY FOUR. ONE LADY WHO GOT SAVED RODE THE BUS IN AND WAS A FIRST TIME VISITOR. THE OLD FASHIONED ALTARS WERE FULL BOTH SERVICES. THE MONDAY EVENING SERVICE WAS EQUALLY WELL ATTENDED WITH VISITORS AND THE ALTAR FULL AGAIN AS I PREACHED ON YOUR FIRST SIX DAYS IN HELL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THE LORD IS DOING GREAT THINGS. IT IS MY INTENTION TO PREACH ON THE HOME THIS EVENING. I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE PRAYING FOR GOD TO MOVE. THANK YOU AND WARM REGARDS TO YOU ALL.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW BERN, NCCALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, NEW BERN, NC - PASTOR BILL WINGARD

WHAT A GREAT TIME WE HAD TOGETHER AT CALVARY ON THE LORD'S DAY, DECEMBER 13, THE MORNING SERVICE WAS ALMOST A PACKED HOUSE WITH A GOOD NUMBER RETURNING FOR THE EVENING SERVICE. WE HAVE MANY FRIENDS AT CALVARY AS I HAVE BEEN PREACHING THERE NOW FOR OVER FIFTEEN YEARS. PASTOR WINGARD AND HIS FAMILY ARE DEAR FRIENDS OF THIS PREACHER AND HIS FAMILY. IT IS ALWAYS A VERY REAL PLEASURE TO SHARE THIS PULPIT. THE STANDARD OF MUSIC IS SECOND TO NONE AND CONTINUES TO BE FUNDAMENTAL WITH NO DEPARTURE FROM THE "OLD PATHS." IF YOU ARE EVER NEAR THE EASTERN SHORE OF NORTH CAROLINA BE SURE AND DROP BY CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, YOU WILL BE WELCOMED AND BLESSED.

GOSPEL LIGHT BAPTIST CHURCH, SALSBURY, NC

GREAT WILD GAME DINNER ON SATURDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE MOST TASTY CAPE BUFFALO, DEER, RABBIT, SHEEPSHEAD, AND SO MUCH MORE THAT I HAVE EVER TASTED. ALL COOKED WITH GREAT CARE AND DELICIOUS. WELL ATTENDED BY THE MEN OF GOSPEL LIGHT AND OTHER CHURCHES AS WELL. I AM ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. WHAT REALLY MADE THIS YEAR ONE OF THE BEST WAS THE TWO LADIES THAT CAME TO THE CHURCH SEEKING HELP. MRS. WIKE LED ONE OF THE LADIES TO THE LORD, A LADY THAT HAD A CHECKERED PAST, MISERABLE AND IN NEED OF MUCH CHANGE. SHE LEFT WITH THE LORD AS HER SAVIOUR AND A CHANGED LIFE. TEARS OF JOY COVERED THE BUILDING AS WORD SPREAD OF THIS NEW CHILD OF GOD. THE LORD'S DAY SERVICES WERE EQUALLY WELL ATTENDED. GOSPEL LIGHT IS FULL OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE, SWEET PEOPLE WITH A HEART FOR THE THINGS OF GOD. THEY LOVE PREACHING AND FELLOWSHIPPING. THE MORNING SERVICE BEGAN WITH THE CHOIR LEADER AND THE PASTOR PROVIDING WEEPING TESTIMONY OF THE GOODNESS OF GOD FOR SOME IN GREAT NEED. MY HOW OUR HEARTS BURNED WITH OLD FASHION CONVICTION AS WE LISTENED AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD FILLED THE CHURCH HOUSE. THE OLD FASHION ALTAR WAS A BUSY PLACE BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. THANK YOU PASTOR WIKE FOR THE EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP THE LORD HAS FILLED YOU WITH.

GRACE BAPTIST BAPTIST, HINESVILLE, GA.

WHAT A GREAT START WE HAD YESTERDAY AS SIX DEAR SOULS WERE SAVED IN THE MORNING SERVICE AND THE ALTAR FULL BOTH MORNING AND EVENING. PASTOR MILLS IS TO SAY THE LEAST EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF WHAT THE LORD IS GOING TO DO THIS WEEK. HINESVILLE IS THE HOME OF FORT STEWART WHICH THE HOME OF THE THIRD INFANTRY DIVISION. THE THIRD ID WAS THE DIVISION THAT ACQUITTED ITSELF SO WELL WHEN OUR FORCES TOOK BAGDAD. MORE LATER.

PINE BLUFF BAPT CHURCH, ALBANY, GA.

WE CLOSED THE MEETING WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER FOUR GREAT DAYS OF SERVICES. WE DID NOT EXPERIENCE REVIVAL BUT WE DID HAVE SOME WONDERFUL TIMES AROUND THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR WHERE NUMEROUS DECISIONS WERE MADE. THE FOLKS OF PINE BLUFF ARE SWEET AND KIND AND SO VERY EASY TO PREACH FOR AND TO BE AROUND. I AM SOMEWHAT PARTIAL AS I AM ALSO A SOUTH GEORGIAN AND WE ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM ANYONE ELSE. PASTOR SMITH HAS BEEN HERE NOW FOR OVER TWENTY-ONE YEARS AND WITHOUT A DOUBT PASTORS ONE OF THE BEST CHURCHES IN ALL OF GEORGIA, THE LARGEST STATE BY THE WAY EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. WE EXPERIENCED GOOD CROWDS WITH A GOOD NUMBER OF VISITORS. TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, I WAS MET AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH BY A MAN WITH A MARINE JACKET ON WHO ASKED IF I KNEW HIM. I REPLIED I DID NOT AND INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD AS I HAD LED HIM TO THE LORD IN 1976 IN ARIZONA WHILE THE BOTH OF US WERE ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE MARINE'S. HE HAS BEEN SERVING THE LORD EVER SINCE AND IS NOW LIVING HERE IN ALBANY AND SOMEONE HAD INVITED HIM TO THE SERVICES. WHAT A WONDERFUL JOY THAT WAS. CHARLES GRIFFIN SERVED TWENTY YEARS IN THE CORPS AND IS NOW RETIRED AND WORKING AT THE MARINE BASE. ADDITIONALLY SIX OF MY FIRST COUSINS WERE PRESENT DURING THE MEETINGS - WITH ALL THEM CONFESSING JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOUR, ALSO A GREAT BLESSING. IF YOU ARE EVER IN SOUTH GEORGIA (IN ALBANY) BE SURE TO ATTEND PINE BLUFF BAPTIST CHURCH ON PINE BLUFF ROAD. AND BE SURE EAT AT "PEARLY'S"! COUNTRY COOKING AT IT'S FINEST!

Meaning of a Flag Draped Coffin

All Americans should be given this lesson. Those who think that America is an arrogant nation should really reconsider that thought. Our founding fathers used GOD's word and teachings to establish our Great Nation and I think it's high time Americans get re-educated about this Nation's history.

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COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH, AYDEN, NC

I WAS FIRST HERE EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO FOR MY FIRST REVIVAL MEETING, PASTOR AND MRS. WINDGARD'S YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WAS IN THE FOURTH GRADE, NOW MARRIED AND EXPECTING HER SECOND DAUGHTER. HOW TIME FLYS! ONCE AGAIN WE ENJOYED THE PRESENCE OF OUR DEAR LORD THROUGHOUT THE MEETINGS AND AS IS THE CASE IN EASTERN CAROLINA THE MEETINGS WERE ATTENDED BY FOLKS FROM SEVERAL (AT LEAST FIVE) CHURCHES. WHAT A JOY IT IS TO SEE THIS KIND OF FELLOWSHIP AND IS SO UNUSUAL AS I KNOW OF NO OTHER PLACE IN AMERICA WHERE THIS HAPPENS. THERE WERE MANY DESCISIONS ON THE OLD FASHIONED ALTAR FOR THE ALTAR WAS "FULL" EVERY SERVICE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO ONE WAS SAVED BUT THE SWEET SPIRIT OF GOD LINGERED OVER US EACH EVENING WITH FOLKS NOT HURRYING OUT BUT FELLOWSHIPPING UNTIL THE DOORS WERE CLOSED AND LOCKED. THE MUSIC WAS GREAT AND OLD FASHIONED, THE KIND THAT "MAKES RICK WARREN UNHAPPY" BUT HONORS GOD. ALL IN ALL IT WAS A WONDERFUL MEETING ACCORDING TO PASTOR WINDGARD AND WE EVANGELIST KNOW FULL WELL WHEN THE PASTOR IS HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS GOD USUALLY IS HAPPY ALSO. IF ANY OF YOU EVER FIND YOURSELF IN THE GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA AREA, AYDEN IS JUST TEN MILES AWAY - DROP IN AND THESE FOLKS WILL LOVE YOU SO MANY WAYS YOU ARE BOUND TO LIKE SOME OF THEM!

GANTT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, COLUMBIA, SC.

I PREACHED THE OPENING MEETING (ALL DAY SUNDAY) OF THE LOW COUNTRY BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP REVIVAL. WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY IT WAS AS GOD BLESSED GREATLY. FOUR OTHER PASTORS WILL PREACH THE REMAINDER OF THE SERVICES. PRAY FOR THE MEETINGS THRU THE WEEK. SELDOM WITH YOU MEET A FINER MAN THAN PASTOR ROWELL, WARM AND FRIENDLY AND NEVER MEETS A STRANGER. HE HAS A CHURCH OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TO FIVE HUNDRED DEAR SAINTS, ALL OF WHICH ARE SO VERY EASY TO PREACH FOR.