The trip began at 3:00 am on Friday morning, August 5th. Jason, then Brian, then Daryl took a turn driving. Click here to watch life unfold on the GOP bus! This trip, Sheryl also helped out with the driving, and did a fantastic job.
One of the funnier moments was instructing Danny on driving the bus for the first time (as well as his first try at driving manual transmission.) Watch here for his successful second attempt! Nothing like learning to drive with a whole busload of people!
Our first program was at the Simon J. Graber building, graciously hosted by Jason and Joanna Knepp and family! They provided dinner and motel for us that evening, and the service was a blessing.
- Simon J. Graber building
The following day was jam-packed with fun activities with friends; going out for breakfast at Knepp Family Restaurant with Hank, Jason, Joanna, and daughter, Rachel; eating lunch with Nate and Rose Overholt and family at Jeremy and Vanita Sensenig’s from Fresh Start; and letting the children run off some energy.
We drove about a 1/2 hour to the program that evening at Hillside Mennonite Church. It was the first time we were ever there, but we received a warm welcome, and it was great to meet more brothers and sisters in the Lord.
The next morning we enjoyed a morning service at Fresh Start Chapel and a quick meal, then it was onto the bus for a 5 hour trip to our Sunday evening program.
Eldon and Audrey Miller and family hosted this evening at Salem, and had a meal for us immediately on arrival. We finally were able to do a Sunday evening program here, and they definitely had a good turnout!
This time we spent Sunday night in Indiana, and tanked up on sleep for the ride home Monday, rather than travelling through the night. Each night we were so grateful to our hosting families, and blessed by your generous spirits! We couldn’t continue our ministry without you!
Our prayer and aim for this weekend was to focus on salvation. We hope to plant the seed, or perhaps water it. It would be nice to “see the increase”, however, only God can know what was happening in people’s hearts. Only God can truly save the soul. We were blessed to have someone comment on our facebook page, “You guys were great tonight! But I think we should have rented a stadium for all the people… 🙂 It’s so awesome to see God using you to encourage so many people. Thanks for your testimonies & the emphasis on salvation.”
we love the accapella singing on cd called let me sing. by the Three Sensenig Sisters. are there any other cds with other songs available, and how can we order them. Thank you for your help. God Bless your work of spreading the Gospel in song.
I don’t know of the Three Sensenig Sisters, and I’m not sure where you could get their music. Sorry! We only sell Garment of Praise music on this site. If you go to our contact tab, you’ll see phone number and address to order CDs. Thank you.