Darlene's and my health crises are now faded into an unpleasant
memory and we are thankful for that. However, we have been spiritually blessed
and been drawn nearer and more intimately to the Lord.during the trials. We have
enjoyed our daily walks in the woods with the "girls" (Daisy and Sassy) as
healing therepy and we have found encouragement and strength as we sat on our
"Prayer Log" in the woods and prayed each day.
Prayer List: We are thankful that now Spring
has sprung; the last vestiges of winter snow disappeared last night and I gladly
welcome temperatures reaching 40 degrees. We are renewed in vigor and hope for
the future as we labor in the Lord's harvest field! We have lifted up our eyes
to "look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest" (John
4:35).
The coming days of Spring and Summer will be very important and busy in our
evangelistic travel ministry. I believe that the return of the Lord is imminent
and I am asking you to please intensify your prayers for us. Hopefully you'll
place this prayer list in your Bible and remember us at the "Throne Room."
Some dates will change as it becomes necessary to make ajustments...but
please pray.
Add to that prayer list:
Casey Groeneveld and Pastor Larry Gabbard are both in need of your
prayers.
Casey is a beloved
brother who serves on our
BDTLB Board of Directors. He is currently
undergoing treatment for cancer by "chemo," radiation and possible surgery. We
pray God for healing so that he may return quickly to his teaching ministry
Have Bible Will Travel." A
Get Well Card
might cheer and encourage him. You may send it to him at: 698 Mapleway
Drive,
Pastor Gabbard fills a vital part in the ministry of our
Cowboy Camps Ministry by instructing in cowboy skills, teaching
the Bible and Cowboy Church. This year he will be the
Program Director for our South Dakota Camp. This winter he
had to have his shoulder surgically re-constructed. This means a rather long and
painful recovery. A
Get Well Card might cheer and
encourage him if you let you know that you care at: 2547 3rd Avenue, Chetek,
Wisconsin 54728-8850 - E-mail:
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Darlene's Family
stands in in need of your comfort and prayer. Darlene received a
late night phone call on Sunday that her sister-in-law,
"Beverly Carlson"
went home to Heaven. I wish you had the opportunity to meet Darlene's
family. They are a family united in saving faith and love of the Lord Jesus
Christ. Beverly will be greatly missed! We will need to travel to Wisconson on
Friday for the funeral and memorial service. I ask your prayers for our travel
and Darlene's family and Arnold her brother.
Other Special Plans:
(1) We will be preaching in Evansville, Indiana for a
special Tri-State Christian Youth Ministries Rally on the 3rd
and 4th of April at which time we pick up The Street Preaching
Bus and drive it home to Michigan immediately following a day of
preaching at the Grace Fellowship Chapel. Please pray much
about this because Darlene is a little concerned about driving our car with a
trailer hooked to it as I must drive the bus to Grand Rapids. Please pray.
Help Wanted and Needed: a
trailer hitch must be installed, a couple of seats added and safety belts
installed and we were able to purchase a roof-top air conditioner that needs to
be installed.
(2) Bible Buckaroo Gospel Team: 
At the moment, we are busy
recruiting, possably 8 young people to serve as my
Bible
Buckaroos Gospel Team to travel with me from
June 1st
to August 8th. My desire is to take the "Cowboy Gospel Team" to the
streets this summer during the cowboy camps. There, the cowpokes would pass out
gospel tracts, sing some western style gospel songs, recite cowboy poetry,
perform some comic routines, demonstrate their cowboy skills and then, preach
the gospel.
Over the years, I have used "Cowboy Skills" as a "hook" to grab people's
attention and found it was easy to illustrate the gospel. I have taught hundreds
of young people to do "Cowboy Skills" in hopes that they will use it for the
sake of the gospel.
On
June 9-12, this
Bible Buckaroos Gospel 
Team we will be
living like cowboys or cowgirls at the
Wild Horse Ranch in Fife
Lake, Michigan. There we will ride and rope and practice cowboy skills all
morning. In the afternoon, we will learn how to witness for Christ without fear,
and rehearse our "Cowboy Show" for the streets and at our six "Cowboy Camps"
where they will serve as counselors.
Please pray that we will recruit just
the right young people and that we will be able to raise the necessary financial
support for these street preaching "cowboy" missionaries.
Thankfully, young people are being sent around the world for 10 -15 days of
summer time gospel ministry at great cost. I think that is wonderful and
needed. However, America is a mission field; who can
doubt it! It will cost us about $2000 dollars for each Bible
Buckaroo for two months of ministry. This cost will cover travel
expenses, supplies and a small pay check for their service - only a fraction of
what they could earn at a summertime job. Please consider helping
them.
(3) Two New Cowboy Camps this Summer:
Some will no doubt criticize or think us foolish for not folding our
tent and await the time for the economic hard times are past and for prosperity
to our nation returns. However, the fact is, hard times may be an instrument
of God to attract people to a hearing of the Gospel of Grace and embrace it. Nor
is this the time to apologize for or de-emphasize the truth of the Mystery
according to the Apostle Paul. In my opinion, now is the time to intensify the
labors to evangelize. I believe that "God will supply all our needs
according to His riches in glory." This may will be a time of great
harvest.
Last year we preached earnestly and faithfully all over the country and in
our "Cowboy Camps." God gave us fruit and encouragement for our hire. However,
It was not without sacrifice and the supply of God's grace.
(4) Camper Sponsorships are Needed:
Two years ago, God laid it upon the
heart of
Brother Richard Zandstra to ride his bicycle across
America in an effort to draw attnetion to the need for evangelizing and
teaching young people about Christ. His efforts and prayerful appeal allowed us
to give out more than $5,000 for camper sponsorships. These are young "wanna-be"
cowboys and cowgirls who might never have heard the gospel or been saved had not
many made a sacrifice to help. The same was true last year when 17 friends
joined me in a fundraising
Cowboy Santa Fe Trail Ride in
Colorado. As a result, we were able to gave over $7,000 in sponsorships and
hosted 100 campers and 45 adult volunteer staff during the summer.
With the addition of two more camps, Wild Horse Ranch in
Fife Lake Michigan and SonSnine Ranch in Bangor, Michigan, we
will increase our outreach to more young people for the gospel. This year we
will need help and partnership in this gospel labor more than ever
before!
(5) Cowboy Pancake Breakfast:
To
raise money for Camper Sponsorships, we are sponsoring a: "Cowboy Pancake
Breakfast" at Michigan Churches: Beacon Light Church (April
18th ); Rush Creek Bible Church (May 2nd) and Coopersville Bible Church (May 9th) - all in the Grand Rapids, Michigan
Area.
These Cowboy Pancake
Breakfast are
to call attention to special needs and
ask for your help! We are planning on having
"Cowboy
Scoot" and his "Cowboy Trail Riders" come and
provide some country and cowboy gospel music for the breakfast and some of the
young people will be there to perform some cowboy skills. Horse Haven Ranch
Ministries will bring a couple of horses for the little cowboys and cowgirls to
ride after breakfast. We hope to see you there... 8am until 11am.
One of the best ways to keep informed about the work in the harvest field
is to check my web page. There, you will see that I have added some new features
in the last month. I authored a couple of
new studies and a new
gospel tract that I believe you will find informative and perhaps worthy of
passing along to a friend.
Articles 
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