January 2025 Ministry Report

Cathy and I had a busy month of ministry travel. We had four M.A.D. Live Events scheduled for this past month. We were blessed to have two scheduled in partnership with “The Light FM”. What a blessing they have been to our ministry over the years. The first one was to be held in Knoxville, TN, but due to the snowstorm they received, it was postponed and will happen on Saturday, June 28th at the same location. The following week, we were with “The Light FM” in Lenoir, NC, completing the second one that we had scheduled with them. There were two people who gave their lives to Christ at this event! Glory to God! I also started a M.A.D. Live Event in my home church. It will be completed over 4 Wednesday nights. We traveled to SC for another Live Event, and I taught the adult Sunday School class and spoke at the morning worship service the following day.

I made an offer to the folks at the event in Lenoir to meet on Thursday nights via Zoom for an hour to share testimonies of the Divine appointments that they had the previous week. We had our first meeting, and I was able to answer questions they had, give some additional insights, and help them be better at sharing their faith in Christ. It was encouraging to see that these people had already been sharing since they were trained, and they were anxious to get better at it. They’re starting to experience the great adventure of being a full-time ambassador for Jesus Christ!

Cathy and I then headed to Florida after the weekend of ministry in SC, where a professional 90-minute version of our M.A.D. Live Event was filmed. We hope that the Lord will open doors for us to put this out in digital form online to equip people we never have a chance to teach and that the exposure will open new doors of ministry for us to teach the full M.A.D. Live Event. At the end of our trip to Florida, I completed a Walk thru the Bible “OTLive” event at Crosswalk Church in Daytona Beach. 63 people attended this event, and it was a lot of fun helping these people to understand the Old Testament or Old Covenant.

As I mentioned in a previous monthly report, I am responsible for the Gospel message to be presented at our church’s Food Pantry, which occurs twice a month. We had severely cold temperatures at the last Food Pantry day of the month, so we didn’t ask the people to leave their warm vehicles and come into the church to register. Our ladies went out to each vehicle to register the people so they wouldn’t have to brave the cold. I went outside and went car to car distributing Gospel literature and praying for the people in the cars. I ended up sharing and praying with 31 people before my back started bothering me and I had to stop. In addition, here is a summary of the other Divine appointments I had in January:

1 - Police Officer
12 - Veterans
21 - All others

SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT 3 MONTHS

• Feb 1 - Walk thru the Bible “OTLive” seminar - Crosswalk Church of Daytona, Daytona Beach, FL
• Feb 8 - M.A.D. Live Event # 796 - Crossroads Community Church, Hudson, NC
• Feb 9 - Looking for a church to minister in within driving distance of Hudson, NC
• Feb 22 - M.A.D. Live Event # 797 - Bethel Baptist Church, Shelby, NC
• Feb 23 - Looking for a church to minister in within driving distance of Shelby, NC
• Mar 1 - Looking for a church to minister in within driving distance of Bryan OH
• Mar 2 - M.A.D. Live Event # 798 - First Assembly of God, Bryan, OH (Our first event in Ohio!)
• Mar 8 - M.A.D. Live Event # 799 - Valley View Chapel, Long Valley, NJ
• Mar 9 - M.A.D. Live Event # 800 - Zarephath Christian Church, Zarephath, NJ
• Mar 15 - Speak at a Game Dinner - Pierpoint Presbyterian Church, Pierpoint, OH
• Mar 16 - Speak at morning worship service - Pierpoint Presbyterian Church, Pierpoint, OH
• Mar 22 - M.A.D. Live Event # 801 - South Marietta Street Baptist Church, Gastonia, NC
• Mar 23 - M.A.D. Live Event # 802 - Oak Grove Baptist Church, Landrum, SC
• Mar 29 - M.A.D. Live Event # 803 - The Fellowship at County Line, Acworth, GA (only our 2nd time in GA)
• Mar 30 - Looking for a church to minister in within driving distance of Acworth, GA
• APR - To date, we have NO events booked in April. Please help!
• May - So far we have one event on the calendar

PLEASE PRAY WITH US

• For the families in TN and NC who lost loved ones, homes, jobs, and possessions due to the hurricane. Pray for the workers and volunteers who will help clean up and for the Gospel message as it is shared with those who’ve lost everything. Many more have been injured or killed than are being reported. Please pray for all affected!
• Schedule - As you can see, we have many, many open dates. It starts with prayer, but if you can help with your church’s leadership, that would be a blessing!
• For good health so we can continue to travel and equip the body of Christ
• For God’s wisdom and guidance as to where and how to use our new videos of our M.A.D. Live Event
• With the slow schedule, please pray that God will continue to supply our financial needs that He normally provides through the love offerings. With no Live Events….no love offerings. We pray the funds will come in through other means.
• For God to use the many Divine appointments that He provides to save the people that I have shared with.

Love in Christ,
Cathy and Don
 

Today we completed the filming of our. new short version of the M.A.D. Live Event. We look forward to exploring where we can place this for people to access for a fee. This will help us reach and equip more people and Lord, willing, it will provide us with the exposure we need to open new doors for Live Events.
I also had a great day of sharing the Gospel along with literature with several people…including a waitress, 2 housekeeping employees at our hotel, 3 Marine vets, 1 Army vet and 1 Navy vet, and a man who stopped to see what we were filming at the park. The Holy Spirit will take it from here.