We are just finishing up a one month outreach of the west side of the U.S., having traveled six thousand miles. Ten states, thirteen campuses, a couple of churches, streets and parks,thousands of tracts, books, and other outreach materials were handed out. Several men and their families traveled with us to share good news in this once great God fearing nation of ours. Some of us had RV’s but others stayed in peoples’ homes for the most part in addition to staying in churches. The route is really just a reversed route of what Luke 10:2 Shawn Holes family ministry has done for the last two years. We had many times of wonderful fellowship together and the Lord helped us in many ways. What a joy it is to serve Jesus in a way such as this. As November marked our third full year of family ministry, we are thankful to the Lord Jesus Christ for several things. We are thankful for so many believers to stand by and support us financially and in prayer. We are thankful to have met and fellowship with so many wonderful believers. We are thankful to be able to share the Gospel as we believe that it is a privilege to honor our Saviour in this way. We are thankful to have been able to instruct and encourage others to share the Gospel. What a joy it is to believe in Jesus!
Map of the last month of outreach
Our dog Daisy relaxes at a campground that the Lord allowed us to stay at
Mark Cahill books, tracts, and the Holy Bible, etc is some of the stuff we give away on campuses
Downtown Boulder Colorado Halloween night. The Good News of Jesus Christ was preached but as you can see here partiers mocked the Cross. We preached from about 7:30 til 11:00.
Sam Martin (shown here) preaching at Univ. of Wyoming. I met Sam last year as I preached on this campus. It turns out that he is a seminary student/preacher with a young family and a desire to reach out to the students. This year he joined us in the preaching of Good News.
Ken Fleck preaches at Colorado State University
The student on the right was so encouraged by us preaching that he ended up sharing with this atheist student.
Open air preachers at the Univ of Colorado. l to r Robert Gray, Ken Fleck, Shawn Holes, Kris Estep, Don Karns, Steve Johnson, Robert Parker, Jesse Boyd
Robert, Ken and Kris at CSU
Robert Gray open air preaching at Colorado State University. Robert is a weeping prophet. His heart for the lost is immense.
We stayed with the Craig Bauman family while in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Brothers from their church joined us on the campuses.
Don Karns preaches at the University of Colorado
Will Holes climbing a mountain in Salida, Colorado
Don Karns preaching at Western State Uuniversity
Here is an example of how typically some students react to the Gospel.
After preaching at WSU we headed up to Crested Butte to preach to the partiers at a local saloon called the Eldo
Jake and Hannah witnessing to some locals at a saloon in Crested Butte, Colorado
Jesse Boyd preaching at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.
Kris Estep preaching at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Jake Gardner praying while some of us were out witnessing in Santa Fe, NM
Jake Gardner preaching in Santa Fe, NM
We had a little church service in downtown Santa Fe, NM
Robert Parker preaching at University of Arizona
Don Karns handing out tracts and witnessing on Mill Street in Tempe, AZ
Jesse Boyd and Jake Gardner share the truth to an emergent priest and some of his underlings at U of A
Kris Estep and Ken Fleck witnessing to young people
Jesse Boyd at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, witnessing to a student
Elaine Barsness and her daughter Rachael go to NAU every Thursday to share with the students. Here she engages a student with the truth about Jesus.
We got to share the Gospel outside of the murder mill (planned parenthood) in Flagstaff. We had two death threats while preaching.
Emily, Rachael and her son
At the end of the day we got a group photo of out team at NAU. l to r Hannah & Jake Gardner, Jesse Boyd, Shawn Holes, Kris Estep, Robert Parker, Rachael, Emily, and hiding in the back is Don Karns
Hoover Dam with Kris Estep in the pulpit
The Freemont experience in Las Vegas, Nevada was a great place to preach in the open air
Lost Wages Nevada which is commonly refered to as Sin City. Rebellion against God abounds.
Jake Gardner UNLV being interviewed. We are interviewed at many campuses by newspapers, and television crews...
Robert Parker preaching at UNLV
Don Karns witnessing one-to-one at UNLV
Jake and I got to go downtown Reno and share Good News to the homeless and by God's grace helped a heroin addict
Ryan Stauffer on the left and Tanner Thetford on the right from Change Collegian Network helped us share at University of Nevada Reno (Jake preaching in background)
We worshipped with Blessed Hope Fellowship in Modesto, California
Blessed Hope Fellowship is a "barn church"
Jake Gardner preaching at San Francisco State. This campus glorifies Malcolm X.
Our team that went out and witnessed in the rain in Berkely, California. l to r- Ken Fleck, Chris Bauman, Lance, Kevin Borden, Jake Gardner, Anthony England, Jesse Boyd. Anthony heard me preach at Berkeley last year and we didn't have a chance to meet up after the meeting because he was in the crowd witnessing... This year we literally bumped into him while out preaching in the streets! Praise the Lord.
"The Modesto connection" These brethren boldly share the Gospel in the Modesto region frequently.
Chris Bauman sharing one-to-one at Sac State
Kevin Borden at Sac State reading from the Bible and preaching
Jesse Boyd preaching at Sac State
Jake fixing our tire on the trailer. Major repairs were needed and the Lord provided the funds for the $1100 fix! Praise Jesus.
Roger Hertzler from www.watchmangospelsigns.org make signs for the men
Ken Fleck preaching outside the Oregon Ducks game in Eugene
Jesse Boyd witnessing with the Russian brothers to a vagabond
Victor who is Russian preaching in downtown Portland
I’m so happy just seeing you guys preaching. So encouraging. Love it. Love it!!! Hallelujah! Yay God! :]]]
You guys sure are getting around! Keep it up!
Glory to God! The gospel is His power unto salvation to those who believe it! We are so grateful that the Lord Jesus has sent you out to seek & save the lost & encourage the saved. Keep it up!
Awesome trip. I noticed that you started at Springfield, MO. I live about an hour east of Springfield, recently moved from near Colorado Springs. I’d love it if you have some kind of update/newsletter/distro list or something like that.
I would join you all on a trip if at all possible!!!!
I’m sorry I missed you guys being in the area! Would have loved to join you at Sac State or San Farncisco… Well Lord willing next time I’ll pay closer attention to what you are doing!
Praise God for your boldness! Keep Preaching Brother!
Always an encouragement to read your post brother. very thankful that God has given you the opportunity to do what you do, I pray many more believers would be filled with such a passion to preach the gospel.. Keep it up
So sorry that we missed you all at UNLV. Love your pics of the different campuses and cities!!
Keep on pressing on in the glory of Jesus/Yeshua!! Very encouraging!
If you ever want to do some street evangelism in Lebanon hit me up.
Hey there I am a teenager in Reno that wants to meet other open air preachers. If you are in reno or coming to reno please say so