We are so grateful to the Lord we Serve; He has given us great supporters for HIS ministry. We THANK YOU. We thank our Church also for letting us have a booth up the Sunday before we left to gain support for Sturgis, and for the Ministry team that helped us load the Ministry trailer for the trip. There is so much that goes into the trip, months before the 135 shower bags were packed.
Many has helped in so many ways, WE THANK YOU!
It was a hard decision on whether to go to Sturgis. Rich left the decision up to me. One big reason is that because of Al’s passing, it’s a very hard time for Kim and the family. PLEASE keep them in your prayers. About 2 weeks prior, I felt the Lord say go.
It meant going in the motor home that broke down last year, and we do not have air conditioner in the motor home when we drive. So it meant cooling bottles of water that have a little fan on it and cooling towels around our neck.
We left on a Sunday never even got to HWY 99, we had electrical problems, so thankful for Robert and Carol who came over to help us with that problem, also our speedometer broke. Problems fixed we left on a HOT Monday afternoon.
The motor home went real slow up each hill, but it made it until we got to Salt Lake City. Rich felt that the drive line was not connected correctly when they towed it last year; well it came off causing more problems. They towed us to a shop by Salt Lake City, all was fine until the owner found out we are Christians, and he had Mormon articles all hanging on his walls at the shop. He told Rich it would be 3 to 5 days to get the parts, and expenses to repair.
First time we ever used a Uber driver, we know this one was picked by God, he drove Rich all over Salt Lake City to get the parts, by 5:30 pm he was back with the parts, the man at the shop said he would not put them on because Rich purchased them. He left us in his yard, and our ministry trailer was on the street. We planned to sleep by the trailer that night so it would not get stolen, but God worked it out.
There was a real hard bolt to remove, and the owner would not do it for us, so with much prayer and a special tool Rich purchased he was able to remove it. By 9 pm the motor home was hooked up to the Ministry trailer all fixed. We received Blessing even before we reached Sturgis. We had to have tires checked and more grease put it because of the break down, two shops repaired that for us at no cost. And a man at a stop sign got out of his pickup and gave us $60. He said he loves Jesus. We have the J C and Us Ministries Logo on our trailer. Satan likes to get us down but Jesus picks us up.
We arrived in Sturgis on Friday, just got there and were setting up the table in the fellowship room with shower bags and books. A lady named Sharon came to me delighted with the Shower bag and the book ‘God is With You’ that we placed on the table. Her son was murdered in Nov. and she desires help with the grief. I know the pain of losing a child. I also brought the book Seasons of Grief. It helped me with the passing of Tammie. I prayed with her and shared with her.
Gentle Eagle is a wonderful campground owned by Bob and Chris. You don’t even have to go out to the streets of Sturgis, you can stay right there, and there are a lot of people that need Jesus. The two home cooked meals each day are complimentary to the campers. If you like to help in the kitchen, I did each day; it’s a wonderful time to get to know each camper and to share with them.
There was one man at camp who was hurting from all the hate in his life. Rich talked with him and he recommitted his life to the Lord. Plus Rich got to lead two men to the Lord on the streets of Sturgis.
Morning Rich and myself would head out to the streets, people are drawn to my 57 Chevy tike, and there we get to share with them. Giving out Scripture rags, leather key ring with a message of God Love, Scripture Coins, and 141 kids’ bags. Through mornings and evenings when Rich and James would go out over 1000 adults was given the plan of Salvation. Many seeds were planted. We would hand out the key rings with a picture of the tike put the back side of the card was the plan of Salvation.
Street time is so awesome, we love working the streets, and on Friday afternoon Larry and Kathy with Lockdown 4 the Lord Ministries has invited us to come along to the rest home in Sturgis, There were 35 residents that attended the program. We shared God’s love, in song, message, and even Randy joined in. The Ministry was blessed to give each one a little biker bear that the ladies helped make from our Church.
The opening Sunday and the closing Sunday J C and Us Ministries teamed up with Bob and Chris to have a service, even if the campers do not all attend, there load speaker is on and each camper can hear the message.
So thankful the Lord let us go. We love the staff at Gentle Eagle, they are like family and the witnessing time we can do right there. The hard part is the long hot drive but it is worth it.
We are so grateful for the Ministry faithful supporters; you are the US in J C and Us Ministries.