State-Line Motorcycle Ministry April 2014 Newsletter
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Support Banquet Coming
Rallies Coming Up
God Encouraged Me
Prayer Requests
Financial Report

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Support Banquet (Picnic) Coming

Our yearly support event will be Saturday, June 21 at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. Rather than an indoor banquet, we are having an outdoor picnic at the downtown Airport. There will be many motorcycles and possibly some airplanes to look at. We are inviting the whole family to this fund-raiser picnic.  Please contact us asap for reservations. We need to know how much food to order.

We try to cover the costs of our fundraisers in advance by raising $300.00 for each table.  What is not used for costs goes to the ministry support that we are trying to fund for another year. Please consider sponsoring a table or contributing toward one.

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Rallies Coming Up

We were tremendously encouraged by the good response of support and prayers for our last rally.  In addition, many of you wanted to know about each rally as it comes up in order to pray and help support the rally.
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1. The cost of the Cherokee Rally is $243.00 (May 2-4). God has blessed and someone has paid the whole amount.
2. Rolling Thunder Rally, Washington, DC May 23-26.  The cost of this rally is $429.00.

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God Encouraged Me

1. On a Sunday morning (two weeks ago) 2 hours before our service I was praying and studying when I heard a motorcycle pull up and this guy comes in.  It is Mike, whom I helped get right with God many years ago, and he is now grounded into a local church. He said he saw my bike out front (while on his way to church) and wanted to stop in and thank me for helping him get back in the will of God. He shared with me that everything is great in his life and now that he is married, he and his wife go to church regularly and are growing in Christ. Praise God!

2. I met Ross some 30 years ago. He worked in a dealership parts department. I had my own garage and bought parts from that dealership. We became friends and off and on I would share Christ with him.  Bill, who is saved used to work for me,  now owns his own business.  Recently Bill was at the Chev dealership parts department getting parts where Ross now works. Bill tells Ross about how he saw on our website Fatboy's testimony about how he got saved and baptized. Ross tells Bill he knows Fatboy from many years ago but lost touch. Ross gets in touch with Fatboy and Ross tells Fatboy that he got saved as well. What a blessing that was. They got together and during the meeting Fatboy tells Ross about me and how I got him to the point that he got saved. Then Ross tells Fatboy that he knows me. We all plan to get together and see where all this leads. It is amazing how God works. I planted seeds, someone else watered, and someone lead Ross to Christ.

3. Two weeks ago I called Martin to see how he is doing. Martin is not a biker and I led him to Christ at the Rolling Thunder Rally in Washington DC four years ago. He lived in Winston Salem, NC at that time, but now has moved to Texas for a job. During the years after his salvation, I helped him grow in the Lord by way of emails and phone calls as well as sending him study books to read and learn from.  I sent him a list of churches where he lived and got him going to one of them.
Martin is growing in Christ and going to church every Sunday. I praise God for using me to not only lead him to Christ, but to help disciple him as well.

4. Last week God worked in Thomas's life. I will share this story next newsletter. The story is too long to add it to this newsletter.

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Prayer Requests

1. Continue to pray for Rick & his wife
2. Pray for many opportunities to witness and see many come to Christ
3. Pray for Dwayne who says he is saved and not living for God
4. Remember Little Henry who needs to be discipled. He has been coming more. Praise God

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Financial Report

$23,283.00 - Budget To Date (April 2014)
$16,133.87 - Giving To Date  (April 2014)

$4,403.00 - Monthly Giving (April)

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