I Was Married To A Man
I Was Married To A Man
Ministry Update October 28, 2025
Justin and I witnessed downtown last Friday night in Springfield, MO. He handed a tract to a guy I’ll call “D”. D gladly took the tract and asked if we wanted to hear his testimony. Justin told him sure. D proceeded to tell us that he was raised by his alcoholic mother. Sounded like he had a rough childhood. So when he got the chance, he joined the Army and told us “I was married to a man for four years.” Evidently, he was a paratrooper in the Army and ended up getting hurt when his chute didn’t properly open.
D proceeded to tell us that he ended up with some broken bones and sounded like he had a near death experience. He ended up coming back to Springfield to heal up. He told us that when he got back here, that his mother had surrendered her life to Jesus and was cleaned up and was praying for D. He said at some point he asked God to save him. Justin asked him a few questions and shared some truth with him. D admitted that he wasn’t attending church regularly, so Justin highly encouraged him to go back to church and reminded D that we aren’t to neglect gathering with fellow believers (Hebrews 10:25). I asked him if he had a Bible and he said that he did. Justin also encouraged him to read it daily.
Prior to that encounter, we were both surprised that people were lined up outside of the Gillioz Theatre about an hour before show time for the Rocky Horror Picture Show. The theater had already shown it earlier this year, so we were surprised to see people lined up half way down the block and then they turned a corner and were still about a half a block the other direction. Many of the people in line were dressed up for the show. Justin finally surmised that maybe it was because it was so close to Halloween. Regardless of why there were so many people waiting to get in, we were grateful for the crowd and a good number of them took Gospel tracts.
Eight Laborers at Missouri State University on October 22, 2025
Praise God that there were eight of us witnessing at MSU on Wednesday. Allen and I were joined by Loretta, Robin, Mike, John and Lloyd. Allen sang some worship songs and him and I both brought messages. Everyone else handed out Gospel tracts. We had an encourager and a few vocal atheists. But we had a great time witnessing. A blonde atheist listened to most of my message and then most of Allen’s message. After I finished, I tried to hand her a tract, but she refused. She wouldn’t really talk. Later on, Lloyd talked to her and she told him that she’s an atheist and doesn’t believe what we are saying. Then later on, she walked back up to Lloyd and talked to him again. We pray that God will soften her heart.
While Allen was open-air preaching, I was handing out tracts near the Plaster Student Union. Right before I had to head back to work, I noticed a large crowd near the Bear Paw statue. So I walked over and started handing out tracts. One of the students told me that they were all in high school and they were visiting MSU on a field trip when I asked her what group they were with. I kept handing out tracts and ended up near the two teachers that were leading the group. I just told them both that we are out here every Wednesday and the students might as well get used to us if they decide to go to MSU. Surprisingly, the teachers didn’t say anything about the students receiving the tracts and both teachers took one!
Allen, Dan And I The Week Before At MSU
None of our group made it downtown witnessing the Friday before last, but Allen, Dan and I did witness at MSU on October 15, 2025. We had a couple of encouragers. Allen and I brought messages and Dan spoke truth to the students in between our open-air preaching. Allen has someone in his group that has donated some nice study Bibles and he handed one of those out. Because they are expensive and nicer than the normal give away Bibles, Allen offers the study Bibles to students, but he questions them on their sincerity about wanting one. May God bless the student that took one and may God save the student and set that student on fire for the Lord.
These updates are provided to encourage fellow believers to share the glorious Gospel with others.