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August 1, 2008:

  "Our West Coast Evangelistic Tour" 

 Good morning! At the present time, my family and I, accompanied with the Joy Belles, are leaving Mesa, Arizona and heading for Albuquerque, New Mexico. We are into week two of our six-week journey on the west coast. We have seen God do miraculous things for us and through us.  Every church has opened their arms to us, and hosted our team with such Christ like servanthood.   One church in particular left a lasting impression on our team-Fundamental Baptist Church in Glenrock, Wyoming. On Friday morning, prior to our setting out for our twelve hour drive to their church, our team gathered in prayer with two burdens for our trip. One, we wanted God to give us the opportunity to be master servants to this next church. Two, we desperately needed God to meet our financial needs. We take these trips with no real financial cushion budgeted, thus dependent on God supplying our needs along the way. Every journey He has done so, but has always waited until it looks really bleak. It was looking rather bleak for us.  Twelve hours later, we pulled into the small community of Glenrock, ready to serve in any possible capacity. Yet, little did we know that we were about to meet some of God’s most humble servants. This little church cared for us as if we were royalty! And, aside from their care for us, they had put countless hours of work and prayer into our visit to their community. The entire town was blanketed with invitations to our meetings, including an evangelistic service we were having in the public park on Saturday night. The town grocery store had our large poster propped up in the entranceway!  I believe God abundantly blessed Fundamental Baptist Church’s passion to use our time at their church as a creative outreach opportunity.  But as we prepared to leave on Monday morning after such a God-glorifying weekend, our evangelistic team felt as if we were the most blessed of all.  This past weekend, we were in beautiful San Diego, California at Pastor Fisher’s church, Lighthouse Baptist Church.  What a ministry God has there! The RU Director, Chris Chaney is a phenomenal man with a great heart! Once again, we experienced God’s outpouring of power and anointing as we ministered. If there was a director out there that does absolutely everything the way the program is set up, Brother Chaney is just that. What stood out the most to us about Brother Chaney was that he had planned, prepared, and above all, prayed for our days in his mission field.   Brother Chaney had coordinated a Saturday breakfast with local business owners who have a heart for Reformers Unanimous and want to be investors in it. I spent a great deal of time getting to know them and discussing opportunities to propel the RU ministry with their investments. I am continually amazed how God orchestrates furthering the gospel. One would be quite foolish to think serving God is only done if you draw a paycheck from a church. The gifts and callings of God are without repentance. God’s anointing on a secular business is just as much a calling of God to Christian service. Of course, the trip is not free of adversity. Strenuous driving hours through the hottest part of Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico are accompanied with the air conditioning going out in the ladies van and my RV overheating. The temperature is consistently over 100 degrees, but we endure hardness and drink lots of water!  Friend, please continue to pray for us. We so desperately long for your prayer support. We are not taking the journey for vacation reasons, but rather because God has called us to serve the western RU’s in this capacity. I ask you to specifically pray for our two-fold purpose: One, to strengthen the western RU’s, and two, to exhort the pastor of the RU churches.   As well, we are asking God to lead our pastor friends to support our women’s home.  The needs are enormous and growing!  

 Thanks for your love for us and I sure love you as well,  

Steven Curington