WOW! So much has happened since the last blog. We are finally home after a 4500 mile tour to the south. We had so many wonderful experiences that it's hard to put it all into words. Leaving our friends in Alabama was not as easy this time around. They are all so much like family to us. Ron and Pam Gothart and their daughter Christa hosted us for a month. Just letting us use their washer and dryer was SUCH a blessing! Ron along with James Caffrey head up the Hellfighters Motorcycle Club, a group of amazing people with huge hearts for reaching the lost and we love them all dearly! All of our "Bamese Buddies" that are a part of Mission Vietnam will always have a HUGE place in our hearts. We had a concert at Woodmont Baptist Church on our last night in Alabama, hosted by Ron and Claudia Moody and the wonderful singles group there. Many of our Mission Vietnam "battle buddies" drove or flew in for the weekend and joined us in Florence for the service. There's not enough space to share how priceless this team of dear friends is to us. Many sacrifices have been made by each one that has made an impact for God's Kingdom in Vietnam. God has woven us together to work in this harvest and blessed us to become such close knit friends. A special treat and honor was to have Dr Ngoc and his wife Dr. Ahn from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam there, along with Executive Directors, Wayne and Joanne Wright, and Wade Franks to minister along side us. It was a powerful night of ministry! Early the next morning we traveled 600 miles to Shreveport, Louisiana to minister at Gateway Church. Pastor Richard and Brenda Exley have been Pastoring this awesome fellowship for just over a year now. It was such a blessing to get to know them and their wonderful staff and congregation. Pastor Richard and Brenda have been full-time evangelists for 18 years and know what it's like to walk by faith. The Lord has placed them in Shreveport to do a great work with one of the sweetest churches we've ministered in. After leaving Louisiana we got to go to Fort Worth, Texas to meet up with our kids Michelle & Richie and our amazing grandbabies Caleb and Marlee. What a great Mother's Day gift to all of us! It's like an ENORMOUS hug from Heaven to get to spend time with our kids, and we can't thank Steve and Linda Over enough for graciously allowing us to gather together in their home to have a place to spend precious, limited time with our kids and with them! We headed for home after two months of living on the road and thank the Lord for giving us another anointed tour of touching lives for Him. We have had many people ask us how we travel full time like we do? How can you do this with the cost of fuel? Our answer is, "HE IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE!" It's only by the strength of the Lord that we can do what we are doing.
Our first service in Utah was this past Sunday with Pastor Dane and Bev Wead at New Life Fellowship in Logan, Utah. They are meeting in a movie theater for Sunday worship as they wait on the Lord to bring in the finances to build their new house of worship. 180 people filled the movie theater as the presence of the Lord was so sweet. Glenda and I shared our testimony and Anna took our breath away as she boldly shared the Word and sang with such power. At the end of the service a 16 year old young man gave his heart to JESUS. :) It was wonderful to have the Silva family with us, faithful servants of the Lord who give of their time, money and talents to serve this ministry. Please keep our secretary Pam Silva in your prayers as her feet continue to need healing after surgery.
Glenda, Anna and I would like to thank all of you that have sacrificed to help this ministry go forward. We are all in it together until JESUS RETURNS. Our hearts are renewed with new vigor as we await our new assignments.
May the Lord JESUS CHRIST be your strength and shield!
Greg, Glenda and Anna
