Hello prayer friends,
I want to thank all of you for the prayers, support and participation for our 37th Mardi Gras Mission. Every year gets better. Hopefully we learn from our past mistakes by reading and digesting all of the evaluations each year. We will be going through the evaluations from this Mardi Gras to learn how to do a better job next year. I got through them personally, the NGL Board will go through them at our next Board meeting and them Abby will go through them and tabulate the highlights, the weaknesses and give a numerical rating for each group leader and assistant group leader to evaluate how they rated.
One of the new ministries started this year was the “Intercessor” group from back home. Bernie Kneale headed up this project and the needs of each camp were sent daily to Bernie and he got the word out to the ones on his list. We saw such value in this especially with the NEED for prayer for Jeff Pursley as he came down with a virus that couldn’t be determined for several days. Jeff is still in the hospital in Hattiesburg, MS, but he is improving. His kidneys have started back functioning. They are back up to 15%. He is still Jaundiced, but it is some better. Please keep Jeff in your prayers for a FULL recovery. The devil sure tried to take his life. Special thanks to Ivan Lusicic and Ron Turnbull for taking Jeff to the hospital and staying with him. Thanks also to Ron Kuhnert who will stay in Hattiesburg with Jeff and Jeannie until Jeff is able to return home.
The word was that big signs would not be allowed on Bourbon Street. Roger Lipe went to the police station in New Orleans and identified our group as he does every year. We had great favor again with the police and our marches were allowed to march the whole length of Bourbon Street. That was a real answer to prayer.
PRAYER NEEDS THIS WEEK:
1. Pray especially for Abby at the office as she gets things in order and sends out the “follow up” letters to those who made decisions and for those who made decisions to get into local churches and continue their pilgrimage with the Lord.
2. Pray for all the men who went with us to incorporate the things the Lord did in their lives as they are back home personally, with family, church and community. We are already having requests to use our clown suits and Jesus stickers for local parades like the upcoming St Patrick’s Day Parade in St. Louis.
3. Pray for the men who pledged to help support the ministry through this year. Luke 6:38
I came back from this Mardi Gras is better shape physically than I have in several years. Yet, I got to do more than normal at the event. Shane and Troy were great to help keep me doing what needed to be done and drop back to rest when it was necessary. One great highlight to me was the last meeting under the I-10/610 interstate. Mark Jordan did his “induction” service with ALL the first timers. I had been in camps where he had done it and saw how God used it, but this time we were able to do it at one time with the total group. The first timers came forward and we prayed for them to be as Mark calls it “inducted into the “fraternal order of Godly men.” It is an awesome ceremony. Then to have over 200 men end the trip all wearing red hats and shirts marching down Bourbon Street looking like the blood of Jesus flowing right through the center of the crowds. I believe it is pleasing to God. I came home feeling the “pleasure of God” for the best trip yet. I can hardly wait to see what more the Lord will do at the Indy 500 as we march on together for our Lord.
Thanks for being such a vital part of the ministry,
Love ya’s
Fred
Psalm 133
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