Our Week in Martinsville, Indiana

 

I stayed with Melody Zempel and Bethanie Wall.

It was so good to see Melody again and to meet Bethanie!

Both of the girls teach at the academy and Melody works

in the office.. as well as a lot of various other things!:)

 

And we mustn't forget Oliver, Melody's cat!;)

 

Chapel service in the auditorium on Monday morning

On Tuesday evening the Ingrams invited me to join them 

as they went to IBC (Indiana Baptist College) where 

Mr. Ingram was asked to preach.  It's about thirty minutes

away, so we made a night of it!:)  It was a lot of fun!

We went to a Mexican restaurant before for supper.

This was a unique week of the War of Special Forces (as

if all of them aren't!:)) in that Mr. Ingram took over for

Dr. Jim's responsibilities while Dr. Jim was in Wisconsin

for leadership meetings for Baptist College of Ministry.

 

Courtney Swanson with a girl from the academy who 

couldn't play in the competitions because of some

different injuries.. some pretty rough competitions!;)

Tim and Courtney Swanson also joined us this week

to lead the Marine Recon team in replacement of Joe

who was doing a recording in Wisconsin.

Like I said.. a different week, but fun!:)

 

Mrs. Ingram took some awesome pictures!

I love this one!!!

 

The War nights were pretty full.. 

about 75 on Wednesday, 90 on Thursday, and 65 on Friday.

 

SKIT TIME!!! :)

 

Carl makes an awesome "senior citizen man"! :)

The voice is the best! :)

 

Some people didn't know quite what to think, I guess.. :)

 

Friday night, as usual, we did the War outside.

 

Such a neat story!  Shows you what a GREAT GOD we have!

Okay, so I was out recruiting at Wal-Mart and right when

I get out of the van I see this teen-age looking girl with

her baby.  I knew right away I should give her a brochure,

but I thought, "No, she probably won't want it.. and she has

a baby and probably wouldn't wanna come."

Well, I started heading in Wal-Mart and then just knew I

had to give one to her, so I did.  She was very nice and

I even got her name and number.  

Well, so I texted her and she said she couldn't come on 

Wednesday because she had to work, but she said she

would come on Thursday.  So, Thursday came and I 

texted her telling her I was excited to see her and Chase

(her baby).  She texted back and asked if she could bring

her nephew that she was watching.. well, long story a bit

shorter, she ended up coming and bringing her nephew

AND his girlfriend.  So, they were registering and Lacie

(the girlfriend) says, "My brother is here!"  Thinking

she meant that her brother came to the War, I tried

asking some more questions to find out.. well, soon

enough I find out that he's actually not a teen who

came to the War but Marty, the Navy Seals captain!

I was SO surprised!  I knew Marty had some half

siblings, and one of his sister's even came the night

before and accepted Christ!  I excitedly took Lacie

and the crew out to the field, and Marty seemed

pleasantly surprised to see her!

That night after invitation, I had the privilege to lead 

Lacie to the Lord!  It was SO awesome!  And that 

her other sister had received Christ the night before!

Hallie, the girl from Wal-Mart, also received Christ!

Needless to say, it was a very exciting evening!:)

It was SO much fun and a privilege to have the Ingrams

with us!  I had such a fun time with them!  Out to dinner,

to IBC, late night McDonalds talk with a truck driver.. 

a bunch of good times!:)

It was even more exciting, though, to see souls saved this

week!  I believe there were over twenty teens that accepted

Christ!  I'm humbled and overjoyed to be part of this ministry..

The War of Special Forces!