We are home now, after a great revival meeting at the city park in Walters, Oklahoma.  Our thanks to pastor Kent Simpson, his wife Alice and all the folks at Brown Indian Baptist Church for their vision and work for this meeting!  God blessed, with many souls saved and lives changed!  This was a fantastic meeting, with very good attendance and the fellowship was so good.  Kent and the church really worked hard for this meeting and the results show that effort was not in vain!  They prepared a meal each evening at 6:00 PM and the food was great!  Our thanks to Bobby Whitchurch and his wife Donna.  Bobby lead music and the way those folks sang was heart warming and made one feel like you setting in a heavenly choir!  Those folks sang loud and with the Love of God!    We also thank Leon and Bonnie Landrum who made the trip with us and were so helpful in doing what ever needed done.  They are such a blessing to Mary and I and appreciate their love and labor for the Lord's Work.
The pictures show the tent being laced up before it was set up, and a picture of one of the evenings events at the front with folks greeting those that made decsions for Christ.  The other picture is of our team with the pastor Kent and his wife Alice.   Overall it was one great meeting where God worked in the hearts of many people. 
One the last evening, right after service an albino coon came walking up to the service area, first time we had ever seen one, wonder if there was some meaning in that??? 
They have invited us back again next year, so as we wait, we pray, and look forward to being with these wonderful people once again!
Mary and I are home now for a couple of weeks, will drive back and forth to the meeting next week since it is close to home.  Then our next meeting is in New Mexico, then after that the last tent meeting of 2011, in Wilcox, AZ.  We appreciate your prayers!

It is 7:00 PM, Thursday evening, October 13.  We just arrived home about an hour ago, from Balmorhea, Texas.  It was a long day of driving!  We finished the meeting last night and it was after 10:00 PM before we got the tent down and loaded.  Jack Marin was so kind to use his tent this year, due to our truck problems, which caused us to have to leave our fifth wheel trailer in Nash, OK., and drive a borrowed truck to Balmorhea.   We drove from Balmorhea last night to Colorado City, TX before we just gave out!  Found out we just can not put those miles on like we used to do!  Ha Ha.   We slept for a few hours and  headed home!  Our truck is ready for us to pick up, so we will do that in the morning, come back here, load our tent, go to Nash, pick up our trailer and go on to Walters, OK for a tent meeting there this week end!   Long hours, roads but when we see how God is working in these tent meetings, it is all worth it!!
In Balmorhea, we had about the same number of folks each service, and we saw God saved souls and change lives!  One woman was saved that some had been praying for some time.  Another woman was just walking down the street, heard the music, came over, sat through the service and then gave her heart to Jesus Christ as the invitation!  God is so good!  Last night we felt very compelled to preach a message about getting prepared for the judgment, and we had several come forward for repentance and prayer.  It was a good meeting and as always, we enjoy working with Jeff and Donna Gore who led music, and with Jack and Carolyn Martin, they prepared some great meals!!  Thanks to the wonderful folks at Balmorhea, I think this was either out 12 or 13th year there, and as always, they treated us well and we feel like they are our family!  Thanks to those great and wonderful folks!  Thy are seeking a pastor, and we trust the Lord will provide as they pray for His Will to be done!
Appreciate your prayers for us as we set up our large tent in Walters, OK on Saturday and start the meeting at the city park on Sunday!  Bobby Whitchurch will be leadin music for the meeting!  Mary and I are looking forward to working with them once again.   Meanwhile, may the Lord bless each of you for your love, prayers, and support for what we are doing!!!

Our sincere thanks to Sam Farris and the great folks at First Baptist Church in Nash, OK.  We set up the tent at the city park, right on main street, and Sunday thru Wednesday evening we conducted services.  The folks that attended really enjoyed the Cowbell Preaching Event on Tuesday evening.  We had four preachers take part, each one preached a 9 minute message.  First to go was Pastor of First Baptist, Sam Farris, second was Gary Lillie from Hawley Baptist in Nash, third was Dan O'Daniels, pastor of the Chisholm Trail Cowboy Church in Enid, and also th Christian Church in Nash.  I was forth.  It was the largest crowd of the week and even the next day it was the talk in town.  God used this meeting to bring some young folks every night, who normally do not go to church, so the outreach of the meeting was great! 
While at Nash, our new truck quit running right, had to be taken back to the Ford place for the forth time for the same reason.  We had to leave it there, and take another pick up to Balmorhea, Texas, where we start in a tent meeting Sunday.  Mary and I are in  motel for the next several days, sure praying we get the truck fixed and back on the road by the time we go to Walters on the 15th.
Our thanks to O.V. and Tommy Keith for providing and leading the music at Nash and to the great folks there who made us feel right at home. 
The pictures are of the cowbell preachers.  Sam is the one with the beard, the tall man is Gary and the older man is Dan.  Thanks to all of them for making this a meeting everyone that attended will remember!