Dear friends and family,
It is Saints Prison Ministry fall Crusade time!
Tomorrow morning I am flying to New Mexico and we will be visiting several prisons around the state.
Here are a few very specific prayer requests for our team:
Traveling Mercies– There are 12 men going on this trip from all over the place! We have guys traveling from Pennsylvania, Georgia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and of course Peoria, IL! We will spend quite a bit of time in the air flying on Wednesday and then we will spend quite a bit of time driving around the state.
Please pray that transportation won’t be a hindrance to sharing the Gospel this week!
Team Unity– This is going to be a fun group to be around this week but we will be spending several days together! Please pray that fellowship will be sweet and moral will be high as we serve together. This is a veteran group of Saints and this will be a solid group to hang with all week on and off the field!
Team Performance– The results of the games aren’t important but it is critical that we play well and that we earn the respect of the inmates. If we play well and earn their respect, they will be more likely to stick around and listen to us share the Gospel.
We will only have the 12 of us and we have a few guys who are already banged up and several of us will be injured even before we will get to the airport! Please pray that our guys will stay healthy this week and that we compete well this week.
Speakers– Pray for the Missionary Athletes who will be sharing their testimonies of how they met Jesus and for the Missionary Athletes who will be sharing the Gospel. I am on the schedule to share the Gospel once this week and I will be sharing the team devotions this week.
Families– Each of the 12 Missionary Athletes are leaving a family at home so they can minister. Please pray for all of the wives and moms who have to brave work and kids by themselves. I’m very thankful for the support that I have from home on these trips!
Inmates– Most importantly, pray for the men that we will encounter as they are the purpose of this trip. Pray that they hear the Gospel and will see a need in their lives to follow Jesus!
Please keep checking my Facebook page for updates throughout the week.
Thank you in advance for the prayer support and for all of the encouragement many of you have been over the last several years! I’m looking forward to sharing the stories from this week!
