Sorry we have not been able to post new photos and updates since our trip to West Virginia....we will be working on this project again very soon. Please keep checking back!

Final Week and Return Trip Home

Our final Sunday of the trip was spent in Guyandotte, WV with 2nd Guyandotte Missionary Baptist Church and Pastor Doug Spurlock. He heard the presentation when we were with Green Bottom MBC and wanted us to present it to his people. They really got excited about the ministry and prayerfully will be supporting the ministry monthly very soon. We happened to be with them on the Sunday they had chosen to celebrate the Pastors birthday so again we enjoyed dinner on the grounds.

We took the opportunity Sunday evening to drop in on the Lighthouse Baptist Church of Huntington, WV and Pastor Dennis Murello. The service was very uplifting and the pastor was very interested in the ministry of BEAMS. It is such a joy to find men of God and people of God still standing for the Old Paths. It was a real blessing.

Before we parted ways with our house parents, the Stones, in WV, we presented them with a token of our appreciation for their hospitality. I am not going to explain the plaque, but Bro. Bob Wray will understand very well. Just click on the picture to read the sign.

On our way to our final stop we saw some very interesting motel rooms. This was in Cave City, KY and they were actually working motel rooms. With a little creativity they could be made to mimick a very popular movie.









Our final stop was with Cornerstone Baptist Church and Pastor Wade Cash in Jackson, TN. We updated the folk on the work of BEAMS and thanked them for their participation. They again were very gracious and kind toward us. Thank you for helping put the finishing touch on a long, but rewarding trip.

3rd Week of our Trip

Sunday the 24th we spent with Silver Run Baptist Church of Cheshire, OH and Pastor John Swanson. It was great to be with them again. I had preached for them a couple of years ago in a BEAMS Emphasis meeting. I updated them on the ministry and preached Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon. We then enjoyed dinner on the grounds. Thanks for your hospitality and care.

The evening service we dropped in on Teays Valley Missionary Baptist Church and Pastor John Smith or Teays Valley, WV. Pastor was not there, but the young evangelist did an excellent job. We hope to one day get back and share BEAMS with this great church.

Monday evening I preached in the 28 day revival at Green Bottom Missionary Baptist Church. Every year they have an extended meeting. I had opportunity to speak in their first one several years ago. We presented BEAMS, the family sang, and I preached. Following the service the church voted to take us and BEAMS on for support right then and their! PRAISE THE LORD! Thank you Pastor David Blake and Green Bottom!

Wenesday evening we were in Milton, WV with our house host Pastor Kim Stone and Liberty Baptist Church. They have been very helpful to BEAMS over the past few years by operating a Distribution Center. They have worked to get many boxes of Bibles mailed out to the missionaries. They were very receptive and attentive to the presentation and an easy group to preach to.

2nd Week of Trip

We enjoyed a great time at Bethesda Baptist Church in Wayne, WV and Pastor Roger Perry on Sunday morning the 17th. Some real good friends of our, the Napiers, are members here. They allowed me to present the ministry and preach for them in the morning service. Again, they were a real blessing!! Thanks.

The evening service we were with Abundant Life Baptist Church in Proctorville, OH and Pastor Rocky Smith. This church always makes us feel right at home. We had opportunity to help them with a water line at their camp, Camp Jerri. During my pastorate in KY I had the privilege of speaking each summer at Camp Jerri. So it sure was a pleasure to be able to give back.

We also had the privilege of attending revival service with Liberty Baptist Church and Pastor Kim Stone during this week. The evangelist, Bro. David Frazie, did an excellent job and they saw six people saved during the week.

The Wednesday evening service was a real treat for us. We had the opportunity to go back to Crossroads Baptist Church in Ashland, KY. This is the church I pastored while in KY. They were very gracious and we enjoyed a great time with them and their new Pastor Chris Rutledge.

The crowning event of the week was our Thursday excursion. While pastoring in KY every week we would sing and preach at Trinity Station Nursing and Assisted Living Center in Flatwoods, KY. We had the opportunity to go back and sing and preach for these sweet folk. A number of the "family" were in attendance and we had a great time. The clinching event took place after I shared with them our ministry. As several of these dear residents left they handed me money to purchase Bibles with!!!! A total of $35 was handed to me! WOW!!!