Evangelist Craig Cobb: DAY #6 - MISSIONS CONFERENCE

What a wonderful closing night God gave us to our annual Missions Conference tonight at Old Time Baptist Church. The presence of God was evident in a big way for the entire service.

The first presentation of the evening was a Skype call to veteran Missionary Rick Weimer in Dresden, Germany. They are sent out of Shady Acres Baptist Church in Houston and hey have several children, all of whom except one were born in Germany. It was good to have the entire family in front of the computer so we could see them all during the video call. The Weimars were there before the Berlin Wall fell so they know the days of East and West Germany and had works in both. Currently they are having a big push for Resurrection Sunday and are also working on the military installation bases in the country. We were blessed to hear the family sang a song both in German and English. Bro. Weimar and his boys all gave testimonies with his oldest son, Samuel, telling us the Lord has called him to be a missionary to Italy. A group from our church went to visit the Weimars back in 2002 and so it was good for those people to get to see them again.

After this we were introduced to Bro. Jeff Harris. Tonight was the first time he has been to Old Time and he explained how he is answering God's call to start a church to minister to the deaf in Rochester, New York. The need is great for this type of work as Rochester has the largest per capita deaf population in the entire Untied States with a total of over 90,000 people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Both of Bro. Harris' parents are deaf as well as his two other siblings, while he is hearing. He started a church in Kentucky and pastored there for 12 years before resigning last July to follow God's leading to this new ministry which will be for both hearing and deaf folks. His goal is to start the first Sunday in May but as of now he does not have a place to meet and he asked us to really pray for God to provide a building.

Pastor Danny Farley brought one final message on missions tonight entitled "What It Takes to Take the Next Step". Let me just say Bro. Farley's preaching has been absolutely tremendous all week long. God used him in a big way to help a lot of our folks in this area of missions and Faith Promise missions giving. Even though the emphasis was on the getting the gospel to the regions beyond, the preaching was aimed at the heart and conviction was deep each and every single night.

At the end of the service we handed out the Faith Promise cards to everyone who wished to participate. There were small children, teens, adults, couples, singles on up thru seniors filling out cards writing down what they were going to give to missions from now thru next March. When the total amount was announced the place came unglued! People were shouting and praising God at what He did. The figure is about a 35% increase over this last year and we are praying it all comes in.

After the service most people headed over to the fellowship hall to take part in our annual "International Taste of Old Time". A lot of our folks made traditional, ethnic dishes from all over the world and we all got to sample them. All dishes were judged based on certain criteria and prizes were awarded for first, second and third place.

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