Saturday, August 8, 2015: I met with Scotty Sanders at the Cracker Barrel; Scotty was Executive Pastor at First Baptist Church in West Monroe. He called me his spiritual mentor. Scotty has sense moved to Flower Mound, Texas where he has developed an international teaching ministry. He spends much time in India. We shared with each other what was happening within our sphere. He recommended that I establish a website as my next step in increasing my sphere.
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Friday, August 7, 2015: At noon today; I went to the Kuntry Kitchen for lunch;
as I walked in this man said, "Hi Robert." I asked him how he knew me and apologized for being so forgetful. He had joined us at one of our meetings. He is a fireman named Ryan Moore (355-8908) who also leads mission trips for XMA. We had a good visit and then went to my Van and had prayer for one another. This morning I picked up Chris Strout in Downsville and carried him to the Army recruiter's office. Along the way Chris and I spent time worshiping the Lord and praying together, he senses the presence of God resting on his shoulder. Sgt. Scott Robertson is giving him special attention, having him do push-ups and sit-ups. I met Brother Jerry Linhares at the kitchen at 8:30 AM where we visited for about an hour before going back pickup Chris. From there the three of us, Sgt. Roberson, Chris and I went to ULM where Chris ran a mile in the indoor court. He did that in seven minutes; in the parking lot I asked Scott if I could pray for him, he agreed and I prayed. We will be getting together later for a meal. Scott wants Chris to meet him at ULM every Thursday morning until he ships out September 1.
Tuesday, June 11, 2019: Note from Whit Bass
We went to Parkview Apartments to serve at a company fun day and Led one young man to Christ and prayed for 2 others. Then in Dermott, Arkansas led (5) or (7) to Christ. Still waiting to get confirmation in correct number. I was serving at a Convoy of Hope Rural Outreach in Dermott Arkansas in what we call the delta region (AR, MS, LA) areas are where we typically host these. I watched the Free E-Course Robby has made available for free to equip the body of Christ and I love how it fans into flame my desire to “Do What Jesus Did”. Upon arriving at our ministry orientation for volunteers Friday evening I noticed an African American lady limping to go and be seated. I walked over to where she was seated and asked if I could place my hand on the area, she had pain on the bottom of her foot. She received healing from the pain. She had 2 other fiends seated beside her. One had shoulder pain and the other 2 broken bones in one of her feet. The First Lady prayed for the next one with shoulder pain (with a little coaching). Her pain left. The next lady with pain in her foot with broken bones also received improvement in her pain. The First Lady who helped me pray showed up the next day to help in our prayer tent. Her feet were, still without pain. I had another opportunity to pray for 2 cousins. The first was awaiting back surgery and was in pain. I prayed for her back and she had no more pain. Her cousin a man had tissue in his ear. He said it was there to help him keep his balance. I asked why. He said it was because he had no ear drum. So, I asked him if I could pray. I reached out my hand in FAITH believing the Lord would heal his hearing even though he had no eardrum. We interviewed each time. I prayed a few times and each time he would get more improvement in his hearing. He was blown away by this. I then led he and his female cousin to Christ. I was serving at a Convoy of Hope Rural Outreach in Dermott Arkansas in what we call the delta region (AR, MS, LA) areas are where we typically host these. I watched the Free E-Course Robby has made available for free to equip the body of Christ and I love how its fans into flame my desire to “Do What Jesus Did”. Upon arriving at our ministry orientation for volunteers Friday evening I noticed an African American lady limping to go and be seated. I walked over to where she was seated and asked if I could place my hand on the area, she had pain on the bottom of her foot. She received healing from the pain. She had 2 other fiends seated beside her. One had shoulder pain and the other 2 broken bones in one of her feet. The First Lady prayed for the next one with shoulder pain (with a little coaching). Her pain left. The next lady with pain in her foot with broken bones also received improvement in her pain. The First Lady who helped me pray showed up the next day to help in our prayer tent. Her feet were still without pain. I had another opportunity to pray for 2 cousins. The first was awaiting back surgery and was in pain. I prayed for her back and she had no more pain. Her cousin a man had tissue in his ear. He said it was there to help him keep his balance. I asked why. He said it was because he had no ear drum. So, I asked him if I could pray. I reached out my hand in FAITH believing the Lord would heal his hearing even though he had no eardrum. We interviewed each time. I prayed a few times and each time he would get more improvement in his hearing. He was blown away by this. I then led he and his female cousin to Christ. Community Event Numbers for Dermott, Arkansas Total guests- 422 Volunteers- 60 Churches/ Organizations - 16 Connections Prayed with- 360 Response forms- 34 Bibles- 75 Giveaways Children’s Shoes- 179 Groceries- 312 Haircuts- 40 Community Services Veterans served- 14 Participating Community services- 5 Recently I worked eleven consecutive days on temporary project management assignment at a new power plant in St Charles Parish. During that time I worked with a group of men all whom spoke Spanish, a few also speaking varying degrees of English. Gabriel and Daniel Arevalo and Americo Montoya from Mexico, Gabriel from LeCeiba Honduras, Younix and Jorge from Cuba and others. Frequently I would greet them in the mornings with sayings like, the heavens declare the glory of the Lord, looking toward the sunrise. The Earth displays my God’s master craftsmanship gazing into the nearby tree line. They would ask me things like, what Church I attend, to which I would reply something like those who look to Christ Jesus as their King, acknowledging Him as God in the flesh Who took their sin death penalty for them, rising from the dead confirming His Diety have His Spirit tabernacling within them...we are the Church! Over that short period of time we shared experiences together discovering commonality between us and leveraging our differences, eliciting creative ideas and solutions to the hazards and technical challenges of the workplace. On the morning of my last day I shook each man’s hand looking them in the eye with respect and requested permission to speak a prayer of blessing over their’s and their families lives to which they consented. As I stood in their midst, removing my hard hat and extending my hands toward them with their heads bowed, I could hear heckling from nearby men in other contract work groups standing around their gang-boxes. None in our group acknowledged their ridicule.
As Christ professing followers, by what metric shall we gauge our pilgrimage through the earth or conformity to the world’s standards? Philippians 2:14-16 Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. Sunday, August 02, 2015: This morning Chris Strout attended his normal church service at First United Methodist Church Downsville. At the end of the service he was given the opportunity to give a testimony. He stood up in front of about 125 people and talk about what God was doing in his life. He mentioned that I was his spiritual father leading him in this journey; he was applauded.
Friday, July 31, 2015: Tim Smith left for Chemin-A-Haut State Park
to shut himself in with the Lord for three days. He is seeking the presence of the Lord with prayer and Fasting. This verse of scripture spoke to me this morning. II Kings 19: 28 "Your complacency has come into my ears." "O" Lord cause you people to arise out of its complacency!" Whit had talked to Scotty Sanders in Dallas about Covenant Life Fellowship and his mission statement. This was his response, "Anything Robert is a part of is a GOOD THING! Actually VERY good thing," these were his exact words. Scotty was the Executive Pastor of First Baptist Church and Whit had worked for him.
Thursday, July 16, 2015: At the car wash this morning I had the opportunity to pray for a three-month-old baby girl. I had commented to the mother about her child; she said that she was an answer to prayer. This opened the door to an opportunity to lay hands on the baby and bless her.
I had the opportunity to visit with Bro. Charles on the phone to discuss an issue that was heavy on my heart. I appreciated his wisdom! At noon today Adriel Joseph and I visited with James Morris at his workplace. I wanted to give Adriel the opportunity to do one-on-one ministry with James and then pray for him. This ignited something in Adriel and he will be going back to visit with him. At 5:30 PM Jerry Linhares and I went to a prayer time at Glory Therapy. This is owned and operated by Karl Kaufman, one of the men that spent a lot of time with. What a godly saint he is, he has prayer with his staff every morning and prayer with each patient. As you walk into his place of business you sense the presence of God and all the workers carry God's presence. This was a great time. Thursday July 16, 2015: A word from the Lord today.
A shoe manufacture decided to expand their operation and they chose an island in the South Pacific and sent possible managers to explore the possibilities there. When the managers returned, one of them said, “No one on this island wears shoes. I see no opportunity there to expand our operations.” Another one of the managers spoke up and said, “It is true, no one on this island wears shoes. This will be a great opportunity to expand our business because of the great number of potential customers.” Which one of these managers had a vision and which one only dwelled on the problem? In our world today, we have talk groups that explore the problems of the world and our nation. We become legalistic; desiring to invent new laws and regulations to govern our society. The law only sees problems but offers no lasting solutions. What I see and what you should see are opportunities set before us to minister Jesus Christ to a lost and hurting world. Everywhere I look, I see opportunities to minister Jesus Christ to others. I see hungry people groping for answers! I also see a great manifestation of the power of the Holy Spirit released from those that I associate with. We are filled with testimonies of amazing acts of power of the Holy Spirit. I am more excited today than I have ever been. Jesus, "Send laborers into the harvest. Thank you!" |
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