Hi Everyone!
Sorry about not getting an e-note to you last month, as it was a very busy month. Esther and I ministered in Pittsburgh, PA, and had a wonderful time! It is always a blessing to see Pastor Chris and Belinda and all the people there continuing to love God!
I am writing this e-note while waiting to board my flight to Brisbane, Australia. I will be speaking at a Camp-meeting in the Gold Coast for Pastor Nigel and Margaret Darch. Following that, I will speak for Rhema Bible Church in Brisbane and then speak at the Rhema Bible Training Center's Spirit of Faith Seminar on Monday and Tuesday. As you can see I will be very busy! I return on Wednesday the 14th. Esther is not with me on this trip as she is ministering at a ladies retreat for Pastor Jason and Peggy Younger this weekend. God continues to amaze me with His faithfulness to open doors for us to go through, and we pray that we will be the blessings He desires. Please pray for us as we allow God to use us as He wants to.
We had our first Easter outreach this past Saturday and it turned out great! I want to thank everyone who helped make it the success that it was! Without each of you it would not have been as successful. We handed out 70 information packets to people from around our community and the Stockton Record newspaper wrote a nice article about us, even though they didn't get any pictures of the kids hunting the eggs. We stuffed 5000 eggs and the kids enjoyed them all. I don't know yet how much the Youth made from their fundraiser of selling hot dogs and nachos, but they were a big hit. A special thank you goes out to Angel Victor for getting Sara Lee to donate all the rolls for the hot dogs. If you were able to help with the outreach and you saw anything that we might improve upon, or that you thought was great, please let us know.
Pastor Adam and Kelly are doing fine and their church is moving forward!
Pastor Aaron is gearing up for "Acquire the Fire" which is a youth outreach that Teen Mania Ministry puts on around the country. It will be at Arco Arena in Sacramento April 16-17th. He is also planning a youth camp for this summer. We love our youth and we want to give them every opportunity to have an encounter with God. So if you have teenagers please get them to these events, as their lives will be touched!
Sarah is enjoying Wiley as he continues to grow and bring new challenges her way. He is crawling, and has found that he likes to eat food with his hands instead of a spoon.
I believe that something good is about to happen at Harvest Bible Church! It just seems that there is something that God is about to bring forth! I can't wait to see what He has in store for us. Our expectation is His invitation to move!
Blessings,
Pastor Mark
Sorry about not getting an e-note to you last month, as it was a very busy month. Esther and I ministered in Pittsburgh, PA, and had a wonderful time! It is always a blessing to see Pastor Chris and Belinda and all the people there continuing to love God!
I am writing this e-note while waiting to board my flight to Brisbane, Australia. I will be speaking at a Camp-meeting in the Gold Coast for Pastor Nigel and Margaret Darch. Following that, I will speak for Rhema Bible Church in Brisbane and then speak at the Rhema Bible Training Center's Spirit of Faith Seminar on Monday and Tuesday. As you can see I will be very busy! I return on Wednesday the 14th. Esther is not with me on this trip as she is ministering at a ladies retreat for Pastor Jason and Peggy Younger this weekend. God continues to amaze me with His faithfulness to open doors for us to go through, and we pray that we will be the blessings He desires. Please pray for us as we allow God to use us as He wants to.
We had our first Easter outreach this past Saturday and it turned out great! I want to thank everyone who helped make it the success that it was! Without each of you it would not have been as successful. We handed out 70 information packets to people from around our community and the Stockton Record newspaper wrote a nice article about us, even though they didn't get any pictures of the kids hunting the eggs. We stuffed 5000 eggs and the kids enjoyed them all. I don't know yet how much the Youth made from their fundraiser of selling hot dogs and nachos, but they were a big hit. A special thank you goes out to Angel Victor for getting Sara Lee to donate all the rolls for the hot dogs. If you were able to help with the outreach and you saw anything that we might improve upon, or that you thought was great, please let us know.
Pastor Adam and Kelly are doing fine and their church is moving forward!
Pastor Aaron is gearing up for "Acquire the Fire" which is a youth outreach that Teen Mania Ministry puts on around the country. It will be at Arco Arena in Sacramento April 16-17th. He is also planning a youth camp for this summer. We love our youth and we want to give them every opportunity to have an encounter with God. So if you have teenagers please get them to these events, as their lives will be touched!
Sarah is enjoying Wiley as he continues to grow and bring new challenges her way. He is crawling, and has found that he likes to eat food with his hands instead of a spoon.
I believe that something good is about to happen at Harvest Bible Church! It just seems that there is something that God is about to bring forth! I can't wait to see what He has in store for us. Our expectation is His invitation to move!
Blessings,
Pastor Mark
