“How is that one celebrity doing in prison?”
When people ask about the ministry, that is the question I probably get asked the most.
But, the most encouraging thing I hear when people ask about the ministry is:
“Hey, I’ll be praying for you guys when you go out this weekend!”
I always have a little extra bounce in my step after hearing that.
Taking a traveling softball team to a government run prison to share the Gospel isn’t as easy it may sound, so when people tell me that they are engaging in prayer, it feels like they are walking out on the ledge with us when we go and do this.
In 2 Thessalonians 3:1, Paul asks the church to pray for him. He asks them to pray that the Word would go out and that people would respond.
2 Thessalonians 3:1- Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you
I appreciate that people have been praying exactly this for our team and the rest of the ministry for years.
Please continue to pray for tomorrow as we go in and share the Gospel at IL River CC. We will have two speaking times and will see most of the same guys all day long. Most of these guys will hear the Gospel twice.
Of course, that is our plan but there could be issues with the administration and the weather that could affect those speaking times. There could be issues this week that limit the crowd that gets to come out. Please pray that we are able to share the Gospel to a crowd that needs to hear about the Lord.
Please pray for the men that we see and that God works in their hearts so that they will receive the Gospel, repent, and put their trust in Jesus.
We are planning on spending the whole day out on the prison yard with the men. During our morning session, we will play two games and share the Gospel in between. Kris Mettelmann will share his testimony and I will share the Gospel. During the afternoon session, we will play another two games. Bruce Buri will share his testimony and Brent Gerber will share the Gospel.
Thank you again for faithfully praying and supporting our team over the years. It is a big encouragement and I am looking forward to writing about how the day goes!
- During our last outing, we handed out 66 Gospels and saw 17 people make professions between the two prisons.
- The Texas Campaign in March went really well! We visited 3 prisons and handed out 632 Gospels of John and had 37 men make a profession of faith.
- Like I mentioned in a previous email, we have several young adults from our church involved in missions trips and camp ministries this summer. It is such a blessing to see God working in their lives. (I’m sure several of you have young people in your church doing similar things, so if you pray for our young people, I’ll pray for yours!)
- Lord willing we are visiting three more new prisons this summer and one prison we haven’t been to in over 10 years! Praise the Lord for opening doors this year!
- I am looking forward to going on two more (possibly three!) out of state trips this summer with the team. God is opening up doors across the country for the ministry and it is so cool to see that happen!
- Pray that God keeps the doors open all year for us to minister
- Pray for all of the other teams going out this coming week.
- Pray for the hearts of the inmates we will see this summer. Pray that God draws their hearts to Himself.
- Pray that God provides more missionary athletes across the country for all of the opportunities to go in and share the Gospel!
- Pray for the hearts of our own missionary athletes and pray that we are bold in our prayer lives and bold sharing the Gospel this summer.
