The last four months have been busy ones, praise the Lord. They also have been a test in a way. I scheduled a full schedule to see how Terri and I would hold up under a full schedule while not having a place of our own to live in, or a house of our own to return to. During these past four months there have been times when Terri, or I have “hit the wall.” Each time the Lord has provided some respite right when we each needed it, but it has shown me that, in His time, we would like something of our own.
It may sound weird, but there is no doubt that He wanted us out of our fifth-wheel RV, for the expense of the rig would have sunk us over the past four months. Yes, God is able, but based on eight years of travel with it, the expense would have brought us down. The traveling light has been a great help practically, so now we are praying for the balance in all of this.
In August we were in Virginia Beach when an earthquake happened. Terri and I were in a travel trailer and it started shaking. Being that the jacks weren’t down I asked her if she was doing that? Meaning, are you shaking the trailer? She said no, that maybe there was someone jumping on the hitch? I went outside and no one was there, but the ground was moving, and being from California I knew it was an earthquake.
Pastor MacDonald and some of his men came excitedly out of the church shouting, what was that? I told them that it was an earthquake. They had never been in one and pastor MacDonald in amazement marveled at the power of the earthquake. It is something to marvel at! I remember working in a hospital and watched as a wave rolled right through the medical records department. In an earthquake the ground seems to turn to liquid. Then we had to leave Virginia Beach as Hurricane Irene came through.
From there we have traveled thousands of miles and presently are in Phoenix, AZ. It is pleasant here this time of year, though we will not be here much longer.
There is so much to write and so little space so I will condense it:
Had a real good witness to a man that came out and fixed our windshield after a rock hit it and cracked it.
We have enjoyed getting on the streets here in Phoenix and singing, preaching, and passing out tracts.
In Knoxville, TN the Pastor had told me that possibly there would be a young lady and her boyfriend there that morning. Sure enough, that morning they were there and sat in on the Sunday School class that I was teaching. After the lesson she came up to me and thanked me for the teaching. I asked her if she was saved and she said that she wasn’t, so I then asked her if she would like to be and she said, “Yes.” Pastor Chandler and I then took her into a Sunday school room and she prayed with tears and asked Jesus Christ to come into her heart and save her. In her prayer she also asked for the Lord to help her to be a good mother, as she had been clean from drugs for three weeks. It is times like that that make the ministry a real joy. Her children were given a new mother from God that day.
I was able to work with Pastor Matheson in Memphis, TN and his wife on their voices. After the work out I told them to continue the basic work out and his wife contacted Terri a few months later and told her that the exercises have really been helping her and her husband. I have also had a lady contact me from the Philippines and wants to do a voice lesson by Skype.
Projects on the burner:
We hope to reproduce Rebekah’s piano CD Hymns From the Heart in the near future. She recorded this before Simply Trust.
We have another music CD from some men in TN and have received permission to reproduce it. It is some well done gospel blue grass.
We would like to produce, or to help Oscar Cheung produce his personal testimony of how he came out of Acupuncture and was born again. I have it on my web site and it is a great read.
I am in the process of putting one of my sermons into book form. My desire is to write the sermon rather than merely have it transcribed. That is not a slam to those who have them transcribed. I would just like to write it myself for it is more personal to the reader. I have more sermons as well that I am intending on writing, but it will be done one at a time.
Praise the Lord, Terri and I still have our health and we are still in love with our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We also are still in love with each other, and that is also a great blessing!
Thank you for your prayers and support.
In His service,
Bro. Ken
Jn 9:4