Hey all,
I suppose you wonder where I've been.  The last several weeks I have been preparing for the Indiana State Insurance Exam, and thank the Lord I passed!!!  I have been wanting to share about the revival for over a week and just couldn't find the time to sit here and write you all.  First of all, if you missed the 3 services two weeks ago- you really missed a lot.  Pastor VanWinkle is a Spirit-filled preacher that is not ashamed to speak the Word of God with boldness and conviction- he's my former pastor you know!  Second of all, he spoke to the Church in a prophetic way- to prepare itself for the end times that are quickly coming.  As a Church, we all must be ready to not only survive as things in this world get more and more evil, but we must also be prepared to help those who do not know the Lord.  We need to be ready for the massive "Soul Harvest" that is spoken of in Revelation.  I know we were all challenged by his powerful and educational sermons.  As far as the music went- we had a ball!  On the second night of services, our old tenor- Tony sang a few songs with us, it is always fun sharing the stage with dear friends!!  The only 2 drawbacks of the whole experience came on the first evening of the revival.  Phil got our van and trailer bogged down in the church yard, and it took a 4-wheel drive to pull the van out, and a backhoe to extracate the trailer!  Boy did we all get muddy, but we still enjoyed each other's company through it all.  Then we went to eat, thinking this was our "glitch" for the evening, wrong!!!  About 5 miles out of Robinson we noticed the battery light on the van was lit, and the other lights kept getting dimmer and dimmer, until we were dead on the road about 2 miles north of West Union!  It turned out to be a dead alternator, and we got home about 4 AM!!!  The van was fixed the next day, and we were back at it once again.  I believe the revival fires started at Hardinville will fan all over Illinois and Indiana, and usher in the return of Jesus, may He come quickly!  After the services concluded, we had no time to relax, for it was on to Marshall, IN to the Baptist Church for a Sunday evening service.  We had a great time there as always with old friends, that still call us boys- isn't that cool?!  We then spent a quiet evening with our families, and enjoyed some much needed sleep, isn't God awesome?!!!  We will be at it again this weekend, and Lord willing we will see you all down the road.

John- CVQ lead