We have a wonderful group of saints that are helping tell the women about Jesus and care about the lives of the unborn.

A new place of the planned murdering of children has been established here in the Boise Valley.  It has just opened its doors and already women are going there to kill their babies.  It is so sad and I weep over this tragedy that so many people are calling “choice”.  Precious little babies that are in their mommies tummies is definitely the most dangerous place for a baby to be.  Don Martin who is in the photo holding the “babies are murdered here” sign is spearheading efforts to tell the mommies the Gospel as they walk into the Planned Parenthood… Over 50 million babies have been murdered in the U.S. since 1973.  A big ad campaign can be seen on billboards that strives to make Planned Parenthood look as though it is such a great and wonderful thing.  I believe we need to love on these women, personnel, and doctors.  We need to tell them about Jesus and his mercy and love.  We should certainly tell them about their sin, hell and fire and how they will be judged by Jesus unless they repent and put their trust in Him.  Please join me in prayer for all of the above.  And, if you get a chance please join us as being a voice for the voiceless by reaching out to them with the Good News about Jesus Christ.  In other words, I need more help please.

So having just returned from the last part of my last college travels for the year, I am now home.  Praise the Lord I can now settle into family affairs and be locally minded for awhile.  California was so great to preach.  We had a wonderful team of men on the campuses and it was a joy to labor with them.  Please continue to pray for us as we press on.  I am willing to come to your church and do some preaching and training.  If that interests you, then please give me a shout.

So I thank God for all of you!  Brethren, the Good News is all we have to rely on and it is really really good.  Tell the world of Christ and then keep telling them!

A part of our California team of saints

This girl that is standing came by while we were preaching at one University and was so encouraged that she grabbed a handful of tracts and started witnessing...

Mike Lasiter preaching

This Pastor heard us on a campus and now wants to open air preach! Jesse Boyd is encouraging him and his family to be bold.

Ken Lightsey preaching the cross!

Now that I'm home I get to hold signs at busy intersections

Lisa, Logan, and I are off to Wednesday night service

Celebrating Eliza's 21st birthday with Kent's family and friends

I am in the middle of traveling right now to a few western states including Oregon, Washington, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, and California. It is a privilege and honor to declare to our nation the Good News. I should be finished with traveling for the school year by the first of May because most schools go into preparations for finals. I am with Don Karns, Keith Darrel, and Ron Underwood. We have met up with many brothers and visited with others including Jeremy King, Roger Hertzler, Micah Hozen, Matt Slick, Ken Cook, Tony Miano, bro Pavel in Portland, and may others.

Lots of people ask why I don’t update my blog more? I believe there are several reasons. One is that it takes time (of which we are all very short on). Another is that I have been told I sound boastful. I pray that is not he case and if that is the case please forgive me. My motive is pure I believe, that I’d like to keep people updated and encourage the saints. Thirdly, it is very challenging for me at times to be a Philipians 4:8 believer/updater. I want to update with many, many glory stories but i just get subjected to so much depravity that I’m not sure ya’ll want to hear about all that! The darkness of this world is so deep and at times I can hardly endure my understanding of how sinfull sin is. With that said I personally don’t like to think about it anymore than I have to.

Frankly, I only want to rejoice in the mercy of my Lord and Savior but truth be known it is many times difficult to do that. I remember as a child how orderly things seemed. I remember how pure and harmless the world looked. It appeared at least from my perspective that men were hard working, could think on their feet, were respectful and honorable. I really don’t see that much anymore. I see young people at their worst and street people at their lowest. Here is a pot smoker forcing Me to breath pot smoke.

Legal pot smoker forces drugs on Shawn -Click on image to read Seattle article

What I am saying is that the world without Jesus is dark and wayward. The world without Jesus is doomed and debased. The world without Jesus hates the The joy and freedom and forgiveness found only in his precious blood. The world without Jesus cannot glorify God and cannot know real joy! So, I don’t like to talk about all that but that is what we get a lot of. What i really want is to be a Barnabas and I want to be a Philipians 4:8 Christian… “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” So good report? Well we are seeing more young people ask questions, ask for bibles, ask for prayer, and ask when we are coming back to their campus! That is a good report Last week an older woman heard us preach on a campus and came back the next day to encourage us! One young girl student I encouraged happens to be from the same church as me and confessed there is sin in her life that she needs to repent of. There is so much good to report. I get to travel with and meet men that fear God and walk with him. Men that love to pray to him and intercede for souls in their prayers. Men that read Gods word an believe it. Men that have a heart to see God move by the power of the Holy Ghost while the cross is proclaimed. Men that are an encouragement to me as a man that desires to be closer to our Lord Jesus. A good report? Large crowds of young people that will listen for hours and hours about the mercy Jesus had poured out for sinners. A good report that one young believer who told me in the autumn last year that he could ‘never do what we do’, is now preaching between classes and handing out tracts and witnessing. A good report that i was able to preach in a Ukranian church and encourage the brethren to tell the world about Jesus. A good report that God provides for me financially through his beloved saints. Oh there is so much to rejoice in and so much to declare. Friends, He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him! Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved! He that believeth in him is not condemned! The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament sheweth his handiwork! Brethren, let us be believing in the hope that we have in Christ and be in awe and reverence and fear and love for what He did for us! Let us gladly and willingly repent an be thankful that he has gifted us with eternal life and forgiveness. Let us tell others of the hope we have in him having sanctified him in our hearts! Dear brethren, let us press on and in and through and forward, not looking back but only looking ahead! May we surrender all for the glory of God and thank him that we can be a slave to him.

In 1834, hymnest Edward Mote penned:
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

So as I press on and stand on the Solid Rock please pray for me, my family, my ministry. I do as usual need more financial support but as you and many others are already doing you are there for me and I am blessed. I do thank God for you. Pray that my family is in order. Pray that I continue to have a burden for the perishing. Pray for my words to be anointed by The Lord.

May The Lord Jesus Christ be our all in all,

Shawn Holes

What a great month its been on the road traveling.  Currently I am in Pennsylvania at Joe Necerato’s taking a bit of a reprieve.  Joe is working on the Westfalia and we are able to spend much time together as brothers in Christ catching up.  I have been able to worship at Buffalo Valley Christian Fellowship and be fed by the preaching of His mighty and precious word.

Also, many of you know that Lisa and William are here too.  They just got in a couple of days ago.  The three of us will be traveling to see Adam Sabo and and family, visit my sister and her family, and then head off to Lake Placid to see my wife’s family.  Its wonderful to be reunited with my family and of course dear friends.

Traveling is going well.  Ken Lightsey and I left the house a month ago and we were blessed to evangelize in many places.  I had sent out a prayer request a couple weeks back and I really appreciate that so many of you pray for us as we tell people about Christ.  We’ve logged over 4,000 miles so far.  We preached in Aspen Colorado, Vail Colorado, Denver Colorado, Williston ND, St. Cloud MN, MPLS MN, Pittsburgh PA, etc.  Some of the highlights include:

I have not been on a campus at all this tour.  It has been a great blessing in many ways and yet through all of it I am broken before the Lord over the precious souls on our nations universities. I have not had to deal with hecklers for the most part and only on occasion has there been any opposition.  Campuses can be so hostile and erupt with anger and hatred for God and love of sin.  But the streets are there to evangelize as well.  In Aspen a young nanny approached us in tears and blessed us with coffee and money.   She was so blessed that we would take the time to preach in her ski town.  In Vail some youth sat on the heated streets and listened to us preach the Gospel as the skiers walked by. In Denver I sang and declared the holiness of God as my brothers ministered with the power of the Holy Spirit to people boarding the buses and the homeless wondering the streets, In St. Cloud we joined up with a local church as they went door to door and were encouraged that this church would reach out to their community with the Gospel.  They weren’t just asking people to church but were out telling them the Gospel! In MPLS we preached outside of the clubs and had great one on ones.  I was able to witness to groups of lost souls that love their sin and refuse to surrender to Chrsit, and yet they were willing to listen and respectfully hear me out… and in Pittsburgh I preached alone on a sunday afternoon and was blessed to declare the Glories of God.  One homeless man walked up to me and asked who do I think Jesus is?  I simply replied, “my Lord and my King”!  He said thank you and walked away…    Now there has been the typical routine of speaking with police, and of course there are the slanderous accusations from God haters so it hasn’t been without trials. But for the most part it has been great to just go where the Lord leads and  be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry.  When we went to Williston ND we didn’t know a soul up there.  All Ken Lightsey and I knew was that we had to go. Once there we were able to minister to the growing community and meet a local Pastor that said we were an answer to prayer.  We hope to go back this June and have some street meetings and revival meetings in the park.  Put it on your calendar if you feel like joining us, it should be a blessing to all that attend.  The place is wide open for the Gospel in a town that is 40,000 people where only 3 years ago it was about 15,000 people.

Prior to coming here to PA I had the opportunity to seek the Lord for three days in a couple of Walmart parking lots.  I call it stealth camping.  I really needed to just seek the Lord while he may be found.   In the VW bus I can just shut out the world and have some good old refining fire with the Holy Spirit convicting me. Here are just a couple of scriptures that come to mind…  Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. PS 139:23-24  I am believing that we all need to spend more quality time with the Lord.  We are all so spread out it seems and so fast paced.  I also believe that we need to wait upon the Lord.  But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.  ISaiah 40:31  Our strength shall be renewed if we wait!  What does that look like and what does that mean? Well, wait on Him and you will find out, I can assure you of that!  It may take a little longer than you had thought or had planned but he promises that your strength will be renewed.  How long?  You will find out. What do you pray for?  He will reveal that to you too.  Now if you don’t want to be broken before your Saviour, and you don’t want to be lead to pray for your brothers, and you don’t want to see your own sinfulness, and you don’t want to be given a desire to be more like Christ, and if you don’t want a burden for souls, and you don’t want to be repenting, and you don’t want to encounter the living God, then I highly recommend that you don’t seek the Lord.

Friends, we need to pray for a Holy reverence and fear of the Lord to come upon us.  I am praying for revival and I believe that the Lord would will that for us. If we could just bow before our creator and and be humbled, and pray, and seek Him, and repent I believe the Lord will move in amazing ways for his name sake and bless us… here, May these few verses be an encouragement to you…For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.Titus 2:11-1,  Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Cor 7:1,  Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?  PSalm 85:6

So what is next?  …I need to return to Idaho by the 28th of February because I will bring some men from our church into the streets of Boise evangelizing.

Just so you all know, I am blessed.  So many of you are already pouring into this ministry financially.  We appreciate it and like I said we are blessed.  Our needs are pretty basic and it simply entails us having enough support to continue evangelizing.  My prayer is for more churches to come along side us monthly and also for individuals.  We go where we believe we need to go and tell what we need to tell.  If you can continue support us, thank you!  If you don’t have the means then just pray.  If you would like to come along side us it is much appreciated and a blessing to partner in this endeavor with you.

Well, that’s it for now.  Give me a call or an email if you get a chance and know that I love you and I pray for you.

Shawn

Shawn, Lisa, Will, Kent, and Eliza

January travels so far...

Ken Lightsey in Vail Colorado

Hundreds of skiers flood down Bridge Street in Vail Colorado as young people take a seat on the heated streets to listen to Ken preach

 

Shawn, and Ken Lightsey and Pastor Kelly Brady in Glen Ellyn Il

 

Ken and I were on the side of a road hold the cross and some signs and this young man who happened to be a Muslim pulled over to find out about Jesus!

Joe and Gen Necerato hosted us in Pennsylvania