Video India June 1 to June 10,2009

Rajahmundry, India

Home from India

We arrived back in the Fantastic USA late Thursday night, June 11. It has taken a week to get back to normal, depending on what normal is! We have looked back at the precious time we had in the villages around Rajahmundry, India and still cannot believe that God chose us to go and minister with and to the people there.

We learned after we had been there about 5 days that Daniel, the father to Williams and Paul, and the Pastor of the church in the village where the orphanage is, had been praying for 25 years for God to send somebody from the United States to minister with him and the other Pastors in the 50 villages. BOY does this make the parable of the persistent widow come to life.

After having a group of Mississippi rednecks for 10 days preach, led a Pastor's conference and hold a 3 day revival with up to 5,000 in attendance, he may be more specific in his prayers!!!! But all joking aside, our personalities fit perfect with the people there. They loved us and we loved them back. When we left from the airport, 15 men and 2 women went with us and we all cried like babies. They cried, I hope, because they had been praying for so long and now we had come and were leaving. AND they did not know if they would ever see us again, BUT we know that we will be back.

This has been an unbelievable trip and we are planning another for after Christmas but before Tax Season. Please be in prayer about getting out of your comfort zone and go!

We love all of you, thank you for your support and prayers.

Steve and Cheryl

update

The gospel meeting went very well. Steve did his "Peter" drama thing again but from acts this tis time. They had a youth choir from some of the villages sing for us and the little girls danced and sang. alyssa was not feeling well but we hope she is better today. So pray for her.
Today Steve is going to preach at a church in another village while the rest of us do a little shopping for family at home. Tonight we have a church meeting. Church meetings are not the same as a gospel meeting. The gospel meetings were many villages coming together ...the church meetings are thier regular church services in individual villages. They meet almost every night. The pastors of these small churches as so sweet and love the Lord. Its great!

INDIA UPDATE FRIDAY JUNE 5

PICTURES FROM TODAY 'S SERVICE.




























CLOTHES THAT WILLIAMS RAY'S FAMILY PURCHASED FOR US! IMAGINE THE SACRIFICE OF MONTH'S OF INCOME TO BUY FOR US!!!!












TWO BEAUTIFUL WOMEN! AND PRAISE GOD I AM MARRIED TO ONE OF THEM!!!

OUR NEW EXPANDED FAMILY!!!

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INDIA UPDATE THURSDAY 8AM

We are having the most wonderful time. We did not know God could use to minister as he has. Talk about getting out of our comfort zone.

Tuesday we preached in 2 churches, one a small thatched roof building with approximately 75 or more people crammed in. After every service the people just crowd to the front of the churches for us to lay our hand on their head and say a short prayer for them. The little churches desire is to build an actual building to keep the flood waters out!!!!

Wednesday was an unbelievable day for us! The Pastors Conference had 120 male Pastors and 13 female Pastors/Evangelists. Bo and I encouraged them in the Lord, the meeting was only 3 hours long and we could have been there 4 or 5 hours. After I was graciously allowed to speak, we washed the feet of all the Pastors and annointed them with oil and prayed for each one. The Pastors were in total shock that we would wash there feet. It was a most humbling experience for us, but blessed us more than it did them. GOD IS SO GOOD!!! ALL THE TIME!!

Wednesday night we had the first of the "Great Gospel Meetings". Williams Ray decided that I would preach Wednesday and Friday and Bo would preach on Thursday. The service had approximately 2,500 people attending from many villages. Williams Ray was very disappointed that we did not have more. But the Pastors conference got started later than expected which made many Pastors getting back to their villages too late to come back for the Meeting. We were just excited that so many came.

I was very blessed and portrayed the Apostle Peter and told of his walk with Jesus Christ and different miracles that Jesus performed and then the Crucifixtion and Resurrection. The people were very respectful and listened intently.

The children are so loving!!!! They all want to touch our hands and hug and kiss us!! It is wonderful.

We have been eating their food and God has blessed and kept us healthy and strong. The heat amazingly has not been stifling. The rains have stopped for our visit. BUT our driver is a mad man. People drive all over the road in 3 wheel cars, motorcyles, buses and large work trucks. If we honked our horns and passed people, missing them by inches, ROAD RAGE would end in mass kaos at home. Pray for our safety as we have the fastest car on the road.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS!!!!!

GOD BLESSING EVERYONE!!!

Steve, Cheryl, Bo, Alyssa and Kennis

MINISTRY IN INDIA

We have arrived in Rajahmundry, India on Sunday and it is Tuesday afternoon. We have preached in three services already, have another worship service tonight. Bo Baker and I are preaching in each service and Cheryl, Alyssa and Kennis are giving short words and testimonies.

We may have two women evangelists before we get home!

Tomorrow we will have a Pastors Conference with approximately 120 Pastors coming from the
area. God is blessing and we are blessed beyond measure that HE is allowing us to be apart of HIS Ministries in India.

The mother and grandmother wanted me to bring this precious baby back to the USA. The baby preceded to relive himself on me after I had prayed for he and his family. I am now ready for anything!

As you can see from the pictures, the Lord is using all 5 of us to minister to the people. We have shown any of the pictures of the children. But they and the adults are so loving and caring.

They even love an old grumpy fat man like me. We would love to bring some children back, any takers?

The Gospel meetings start tomorrow night and Williams says we will have about 5,000 people each night coming from different regions. If we had some real preachers preaching, there is no telling what God could do! But it appears he will have to settle on Bo and I!

Please keep praying for us and also pray about coming with us next trip.

We thank you all for your love and support.

We are now able to check email and update the blog as you can tell.

We are limited in the number of pictures we can upload at one time.

God Bless and we love you

Steve, Chery, Bo, Alyssa and Kennis