Future Events

We had another great opportunity to meet with Pastor Walker of Sunrise Baptist Church. We will be speaking at his church Sunday, August 7 and doing a Back to School Outreach on Saturday, August 13th. Pastor Walker shared with us that they have not done any outreach since starting the church three years ago. He is very excited to be joining with PAID4U and reaching out to his community.
We will also be heading to NY this week to meet with a couple who feed and witness in the inner city and also have an organization they work with in SC. They want us to share with us their ministry to see if we can connect in helping each other. While we are in NY we will make a stop to see Earl's son, brothers, and our grandkids. Thank you for all your support and prayers.

Never Clock Out

Many of us head into work and "clock in", do our work and then "clock out" when our day in done. Sadly, many of us also clock out with God. We clock in on Sunday morning as we head into our churches, get a little worship, word and fellowship in, and then clock out as we leave. We go about our week clocked out until we return again the following week. But what if we, Believers in Christ never clock out? Can you imagine the divine opportunities that HE sets up for us that we wouldn't miss?And are we not so thankful that God, himself, never clocks out on us? We sure are!! The Lord shared this message hands on while we were finishing up our 3 day outreach in Texas. We had just completed ministering to just shy of 900 people. We were physically and spiritually exhausted. Ready to clock out. We decided to treat ourselves to an ice coffee. We heard in our spirits, don't clock out on Me now.  We pulled into a local gas station and there before us were two teenage African American boys. One was sipping on a cold slushy drink while the other boy was trying to convince him to share. I said to Earl, " do you see that? That's not fair, why don't they both have one?" We got out of our car and Earl calls out, "hey, where is your drink? Why don't you have one?" Both boys had turned around and the one boy responded back, " cuz I don't have enough money to get my own." So, Earl, waves his hand and says, "come with us, we'll get you one. And, teasing the other boy, says, "and his is going to be even bigger so he'll have plenty left over to share with others." And all 4 of us walked into the store. We exchanged names and Greg got his big cold slushy. He grinned ear to ear. Earl also insisted that each boy get a candy bar too. The woman behind the counter asked us if we knew these boys. We told them no, we were actually from out of state and just passing through.' Then why would you buy this for them?' she asked. Earl told her, "because we want to bless them and let them know that Jesus loves them."  We connected with the boys outside before departing and gave them each a gospel  track. We got back into our car and praised the Lord for allowing us to stay on the clock.

The Basketball Team

Our first day during the 3 day outreach in Texas was really exciting. Every single person who we offered the gospel track to took it with gladness. We rejoice when this happens of course, and it wasn't that way on day three, but for day one we were on a roll.  Before we knew it the lobby was filled with 15 teenager boys ages 14 & 15. We soon learned that this young group of Spanish boys were an inner city basketball team.  Earl began joking with them and laughs broke out everywhere. They told us that they were actually pretty good and were heading to a tournament. Each boy took a gospel track and thanked us for the free cold drink and snack before heading back to their bus. Next the couch came in. He was so excited about what we were doing. He told us he is a Believer and shared what he could with them, but now would take this opportunity, as they had an hour and half left of their travels, to have them all read aloud the track together. He said many of them don't go to church at all. And for those who do, this was a true witnessing tool for them to understand why they need Christ. He thanked us and said, 'I'm believing their will be souls added to the Kingdom today because of this stop.'  PTL!!!

Testimonies from our last outreach

If you have witnessed to the lost about Jesus and His love, grace and salvation then you know it is what you live for. Our Spirits are still soaring from our last outreach in Texas. We thank God for that opportunity to share Him with 887 people. We had lots of people encouraged to share their faith as we were doing during these 3 days. One woman was crying over our commitment and willingness to travel such a distance for souls. She said it touched her heart to see Believers taking Jesus' commandment in Mark 16:15, "To GO into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere." (NLT) literally. We replied with Luke 17:10,  When you obey you should day, "we are not worthy of praise. We are servants who simply have done our duty."
  We also got to share the gospel with two of the workers who were there for two out of the 3 days. Pam began to preach to these men. It was great to see. One said he now understood how to get from being a sinner to being Saved...Jesus. He is the bridge. And would read the track we gave him with a new understanding. The other gentleman was all ears as Pam spoke and explained it wasn't our "goodness" but what Jesus did for us, and on the 3rd day, just as we were leaving, came running towards us. "Ask me", he said, "ask me that question you asked me yesterday if I'm going to go to heaven or hell?" So Pam asked the question she had the day before but he didn't know the answer to. He smiled and with joy in his heart he said, "I'm going to Heaven." Pam then asked him, "how do you know?" And Leon, replied with even more excitement, "because Jesus. He forgave me of all my sins. I now belong to Him." Hallelujah!! Praise The Lord!!
    Look towards our next post when we share some more stories that took place during these three great days sharing Jesus.

Special Thanks

We want to say a special Thank You to Steven and Brenda Theiss, who hosted us during our 5 day visit to Columbus, Texas to do our 3 day outreach. They both went above and beyond all that we could ask for. They filled the scripture in 1 John 3:18 and loved us out loud. We woke each morning to a homemade meal to start our day before heading off to minister the Gospel, Brenda prepared lunch for us to take so not to grow weary in doing good, and another home cooked meal each evening as we returned weary but excited. Their fellowship and friendship was priceless. Steven also donated the "Little Debbie" snacks we gave away for free and provided us with 20 Bibles, after we ran out of the ones we brought with us. They opened their home as if it was ours. Thank You for all the blessings!!
    These 3 days were amazing, and we will post different stories throughout this next week. We met Dr. Okorienta, CEO & President of Great Story International. He was so excited about what we were doing, and after speaking with Earl he gave us information about his International Ministry and said he would be in touch with us to see if we would be willing to take PAID4U to Africa. We are open to wherever God wants to take us. How exciting that would be for us. May God enlarge our territory if that is His will for us.

4th Of July Outreach

We were asked this question; " If the God of heaven loves you infinitely and wants you in His presence every moment, and if He knows that heaven is a much better place for you, then why on earth has He left us here?" The answer? "To minister the Gospel to others."
Our 4th of July outreach was amazing because we did just that. We were able to minister to 887 men, women, and children. We gave out 35 Bibles, over 500 ministry tracks and received Salvations right there on I-10 at a Rest Area in Columbus, Tx. We prayed for people, witnessed to professing Atheists, and encouraged other Believers during those 3 days. We also traveled 3400 miles, sat in a car for over 32 + hours, and sowed financially for gas, hotels, tracks, and other ministry items. We loved every minute of it and would do whatever it takes to advance our Fathers Kingdom.