SPRING 2004

"The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way."
Psalm 37:23

This verse means a lot to those who travel; especially when the power steering pump fails on the motor home. We parked behind the Freightliner repair station in Cheyenne, WY waiting for the pump to arrive so the mechanics could get us on our way to the next conference. But this unanticipated stop did not catch the Lord by surprise.

It seems that no matter how hard I tried or how many calls I made, I could not schedule a meeting for February 29th. Now I know why. First, the Lord had an appointment for us to meet a man at the Freightliner dealership in Cheyenne. After talking with him for a while, I asked where he went to church. He said he drove an hour and a half to get to church. I asked why so long. He said he drove that far so he could hear good expository preaching. The word expository is not used that often when talking with Christians, let alone the "man in the street". I asked about his church and his personal relationship to Jesus Christ. Not only is he saved and loves the Word, he is a direct descendent of Jonathan Edwards, the great preacher of years ago. The longer we talked, the sweeter the fellowship. I looked at him as he told about teaching his Sunday School class of young boys about God and wondered what Jonathan Edwards looked like and sounded like. He would certainly be proud of one of his offspring.

The second reason to have the power steering pump fail at that time was so we could miss a blizzard. Had we proceeded on our trip as planned, we may have been caught in open country without a place to hunker down. We thank our Lord that He orders the steps of His servants.

God was so good to this ministry at the Home Missions Conference at Heartland Baptist Bible College in January. The pastors and people at the conference pledged a little over $8000 for the needed satellite hardware to stay in communications with the outside world while traveling across the US. We continue to receive more contacts at AMI through the internet than through the telephone. Because of scheduling conflicts with the installer, the equipment was installed in April. We praise the Lord for His goodness and the faithfulness of His people to give. Donations ranged from $5 from a missionary's daughter to $1000 each from a couple of churches. The copies of the book on the blood of Christ for the pledges have been shipped.

Please pray with us that God will continue to fill our schedule for the remainder of this year and next year. Our greatest need at this time is for monthly support. The conferences we have attended have been tremendously blessed of God. Christians are committing themselves to our Lord for whatever He is committed to in them. The preaching has been well received and the altars used by God's people as they get better acquainted with Him.

We were contacted (through the internet) by a man who needed to transport a Christian brother who is bedridden. We were able to put him in contact with an organization that operates a turbine engine aircraft that can accommodate a stretcher, oxygen, and other medical equipment. We are waiting to hear back how that went. Please pray for AMI as we continue to contact organizations with aircraft that they will be willing to cooperate in these situations. Also, we need to go through our entire database to update contact numbers. Seems that one missionary aviation organization closed down and another changed all their numbers. It is a never ending task to keep up with them.

As always, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.