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NEWS AND INFORMATION FROM THE ISEMINGER FAMILY SERVING AMERICA'S SMALL AND STRUGGLING CHURCHES SENT BY: Lincoln Ave. Baptist Church, Ionia Michigan, Darren M. Tharp, Pastor SERVING THROUGH: Shepherd's Staff World Baptist Mission, Chillicothe OH, Dr. Jerry Chaney, President
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| May 2004 |
Phone: 574-596-7574 |
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Dear Praying Friends & Supporters,
By the time this letter hits your mailbox we will be in New Mexico. God continues to be better to us than we deserve and we have much to report on.
Mission Accomplished!!!!
As you see from the picture, God has met our need of a truck to pull the trailer with. We purchased a 1989 Ford F-350 with 151,000 Miles on it. The truck seems to be mechanically sound, but there are a number of small things we need to get taken care of. We were able to buy this truck debt free and we are hoping it will serve us for 12-18 months and by then we will be able to get into something newer.
Much thanks to these folks!!!
God Worked in an amazing way to put all of this together. In the last year he allowed us to raise an unbelievable $7,722 in Truck and Trailer money which allowed us to make a 10% down payment on the trailer and buy the truck without borrowing any money. We would like to publicly acknowledge the following Churches and Individuals who gave to help us with this need:
¨ Liberty Ind. Baptist Church, Warner Robins, GA ¨ Grace Baptist Warner Robins, GA ¨ Lifegate Baptist Bellefonte, PA ¨ Bible Baptist Owosso, MI ¨ Ambassador Baptist Church, Frederick, MD ¨ Calvary Baptist Church, Avon Park, FL ¨ Carolyn Dively ¨ Walter Kunda ¨ Bob & Darla Buckley ¨ Max & Joyce Potter ¨ Don & Peg Stackpole ¨ Stephen & Gail Baird ¨ Luke & Stacy Potter
The other important piece of this puzzle is monthly support. In the last year God has Doubled our Monthly support. We are over half way to our goal and hardly a letter goes by that we don’t mention new folks that have come on board. Since our last letter God has added the following folks to our support team:
¨ Calvary Baptist Church Avon Park, FL Kevin Campbell, Pastor ¨ Ayres Road Baptist Church Macon, GA Delmer Lester, Pastor
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News From the Road
We did a huge amount of traveling the last two months. In addition to the travel to and from our meetings, we also traveled to Toledo, OH to buy the truck and I made a trip to Knoxville, TN to buy the fifth wheel hitch.
The only incident we had occurred in Dayton, OH on our way back to GA with the truck. I had U-Haul in Toledo wire trailer lights on the truck and switch the ball from the van so I could tow the Trailer with the truck while Carmen drove the van. Apparently the guy striped the threads on the ball when he switched it and the trailer came off of the truck at 70 MPH in 3 lanes of traffic, amazingly it did almost no damage, and no one was hurt. I was able to set the ball back on the bumper, roll it off of the Highway, get to Wal-Mart put a new ball on and get back on the road in about an hour. We just chalk this up as another lesson in what God can do when people pray.
All of our meetings were good and we enjoyed being in all of the churches. Lena and I traveled to Louisville, KY to be with Pastor Kenny White and Glory Baptist Church. The Lord gave us a great meeting with a different spirit about it. It was without a doubt the most unusual revival I have ever preached. While all of the services were good, on Saturday night it “got on” like is seldom seen. God met with us in a great way. We are looking forward to being at Glory again with the whole family in May of 2005.
Family News
I Guess our big news at the present is that all of the kids have advanced to the next grade in school with Lena in 7th Dylan in 5th and Emilee in 3rd. They are all doing well and making good grades.
Carmen in hanging in there. I would hope that our new traveling arrangement will be a help to her and I guess time will tell.
I mentioned in our April E-Mail update that I fell and hurt my knee. After several difficult weeks it seems to be pretty well back to normal.
Our Itinerary
There have more than likely been some additions and perhaps some cancellations to our schedule. Check our web site for the most current schedule information. As always, if you are coming to see us, please call or E-mail to confirm the information. Please pray for safe travel and for God’s Power in the meetings. Click HERE for our most current schedule.
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Prayer Requests
As you pray for us and with us, we covet your prayers for the following specific things:
God’s Power in the Meetings
Safety as we travel (now more than ever, our rig is over 50 feet front to back and is not the easiest thing in the world to drive)
Our 2004 & 2005 Schedule
God’s wisdom & Provision for an updated truck when needed
Wisdom in scheduling church helps
Carmen’s health
Our monthly Support
Faith Baptist Hanover, PA And other churches without pastors
The Sale of our Van (Quickly)
Our next scheduled prayer letter is July which will find us in PA and Western New York. We will look forward to updating you then.
Thanks again for your participation in our ministry, we thank God for you daily.
Because of Calvary, The Iseminger Family David & Carmen Lena , Dylan & Emilee Romans 10:13-15
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