State-Line Motorcycle Ministry Oct. 2012 Newsletter
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Christmas Letter
Christmas Toy Runs and Fellowship
Biketoberfest Daytona Beach FL
Prayer Requests
Financial Report
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Christmas Letter
Please be in much prayer for our Christmas letter which we will be sending out this weekend. Pray that it will testify to the hand of God at work in this ministry. Pray also that we will raise at least $8,453.35 to meet our current income shortfall.
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Christmas Toy Runs and Fellowship
Christmas Toy Runs start Nov. 11, and I will need to have a toy to donate for each toy run I attend (7-9 of them). I try to keep the cost to $10.00 a toy. It is a great time to witness at each of these runs. Toy Runs have attendance of 50 upwards to 4,000 bikers at each one.
Our Christmas Fellowship (held in Dec.) will have attendance of about 30. We give a message and have a good time of food and fellowship while witnessing.
We need your prayers for the lost souls we witness to.
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Biketoberfest Daytona Beach FL
The trip down and back was filled with the blessings of God. The weather was great the whole week we were there except for one day. That day it rained off and on all afternoon, which turned out to be a blessing from God. I could not stay setup because of the rain, so I a closed up 4 hours early. I had been looking for a chance to witness to David, whose house we were staying at. It worked out that he was home, and we talked until Gary showed up several hours later. I was able to talk to David about Christ and salvation. He did not accept Christ, but the seed has been planted.
Just being in David's house was an unusual blessing from God. Bike Week in March and Biktoberfest in Oct are held in Daytona Beach, FL each year. They are the most expensive rallies I attend. Many years ago, a couple out West started supplying their timeshare to us for the two weeks in FL each year for free. What a blessing it has been as God has met our needs each year through them. However, they could not get to Biketoberfest because of some unforeseen problems this year. We did not have the money to stay at a hotel, and God showed His grace to us through David, who opened his rental house for free to us. Praise God on how He continues to work with us.
Not only did we have time to witness to David, but we had opportunities to witness to several others whom we knew from past years. We also got to counsel with Marcos, whom I led to Christ last Biktoberfest. We are working to get him into a local church. We also had 70% of our tracts and study books taken. We planted many seeds that week as people stopped and gave us an opportunity to witness to them. Pray for David, Dave, Mike, Nicolas, for salvation and Marcos and Martin to get grounded into a local church.
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Prayer Requests
1. Continue to pray for Marcus & Martin to grow in God's grace & get grounded into a good church.
2. Pray for Brenda's salvation. She might be visiting with us around the holidays.
3. Pray for Carol who needs to be saved. She is visiting us off and on, and we try to minister to her.
4. Pray for Rick and his wife, that God will get a hold of their hearts and that they would get right with Him.
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Financial Report
$50,000.00 - Budget To Date (Jan-Sept)
$41,546.65 - Giving To Date (Jan-Sept)
$8,453.35 - Shortfall To Date
$2,467.55 - Monthly Giving (Sept)
Please continue to pray that God will supply the money we need to meet our budget
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