Two young ladies in our church began a website some time back.  I want to encourage you to check it out.  It is primarily meant to encourage young people to follow hard after Christ, but after looking at it, I am fairly confident it would benefit most adults too. 

http://livingfortheway.webs.com/

Feel free to link it, share it, post it, and spread it!

Please Pray!

Dear Friends of Mission Surge,

I wanted to write in order to thank you for praying for me as I traveled to, spoke at, and returned from the Master’s Plan for Fatherhood in Tulsa, OK.  It was a blessing to be able to speak at this event and to meet new people.  Thank you for praying!

I want to also ask you to pray for me this Sunday through Wednesday as I travel to Walnut Hill Baptist Church in Walnut Hill, FL.  I will be preaching Sunday through Wednesday in order to challenge the church to embrace the biblical gospel as individuals, as families, as a church in their community, and among the unreached peoples of the world.  Please pray for me as I travel and as I preach that God would speak and work and bring revival and awakening to the people there.  Pray for my family as they are without me for these several days. 

Many of you also recall me asking you to pray for sponsors for 10 Dominican believers so that they might be able to travel to the village of Salcedo and work.  God provided the 10 sponsorships and on August 7^th ten Dominican believers will make their way to Salcedo in order to begin praying and sharing the gospel with the people there.  The prayer is for a group of the people there to come to Christ and form a small group that can be developed into a church in that area.  Please remember to lift up this group as they leave August 7 to invest a week in this virtually unreached village of the DR.  I will update you when I get a report from the team. 

I ask you to begin now praying for me as I preach at Audubon Drive Bible Church in Laurel, MS on August 18.  I also ask you to pray that God would continue to open doors for me to preach harvest days, revivals, family discipleship conferences, and mission conferences.  And please do not forget that if your church or a church you know of needs pulpit supply on Sunday evenings or Wednesday evenings, I would love to come share about the work of Mission Surge.

Finally, let me give you an update on the progress of the house.    The upstairs is virtually floored; just some thresholds and final boards needed.  The stair case is almost done (it has been a JOB) and the kitchen is roughed in so that we can begin flooring downstairs.  Here is what is next on the agenda.  

                1.  The downstairs floor must be put down

                2.  Some sheetrock work must be done

                3.  Painting

                4.  Some minor electrical adjustments

Then I think we will be able to move in and work on the bathrooms and basement while living there.  Please pray that things will move quickly!

Thank you so much for your willingness to pray for the work of Mission Surge and for God to work in and through us! 

In Christ,

Kevin

July Update: Please pray!

Dear Friends of Mission Surge,

I want to say thank you so much for your continued prayers for me and for the work of Mission Surge.

Gene Pickern just returned from meeting with many of our pastors and church planters in the Dominican Republic.  We will update you on what is developing there in the near future.  Keep the Dominican work in your prayers.

Also, thank you for praying for me as I preached at Audubon on June 23.  I pray that God spoke in spite of me.  The sermon was entitled “The Great Cost of the Great Commission” and you can listen to it here if you would like: 

http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=623131324271

I want to thank you for praying for us as we have begun work on the house.  Please continue to pray that God would provide the money, materials, and manpower to get the job done.  He has been faithful thus far.  Virtually all of the demolition work was accomplished this past weekend.  I am feeling it today!! 

This coming weekend I am hoping to remove and support 2 walls, take a trailer load of old sheetrock to the dump, cut the grass, and get the floor down, or at least started.  It will take a miracle.  Please pray for us!

I also want to ask you to pray for 3 very important engagements that are taking place over the next month or so. 

1.  I ask you to pray for me as I have been invited to Tulsa, OK July 18-19 to speak at “The Master Plan for Fatherhood Conference.”  I ask you to pray that God would provide the funds necessary to get there and back.  I can fly as cheap as I can make the drive (or cheaper) and in a fraction of the time (roughly $400).  I am trusting God for the resources to make this happen. Please pray with me that God would provide!  You can learn more about this conference here: 

https://ncfic.org/events/view/tulsa-masters-plan?tab=overview

2.  I also ask you to pray for me as I travel to Walnut Hill Baptist Church in Florida July 28-31 to preach a church revival there.  Pray for me and for them that God would send a great, authentic revival.

3.  Finally, please pray for me as I will be preaching again at Audubon Drive Bible Church in Laurel on August 4.  I am always blessed by the privilege of preaching in this church.  The people are so encouraging and they love the Word.  Please pray that God would speak and move in hearts and lives at Audubon.

Finally, I am virtually always available on Sunday nights and Wednesday nights.  If your church needs a pulpit supply or if you would be willing to allow me to come share about the work of Mission Surge, I would be grateful for the opportunity. 

Thank you so much for your prayers!  If you have any questions about any of the above please don’t hesitate to contact me.  I would love to talk with you. 

In Christ,

Kevin