Ransom Wentworth and his wife, Brittany, lead worship for the Rural Christian Workers Conference in Burwell, Nebraska.
Good morning everyone!
Bill and I just got back from a weekend trip to Burwell, Nebraska, for a Rural Christian Workers Conference on Saturday, October 12th, where Bill was invited to do a breakout session on prayer. Then on Sunday I had the privilege of giving a message and a mission report to our friends at Burwell Baptist Church, and Bill spoke at Cedar Creek Church, which is north of Burwell. Here are a few pics of our time there. Special thanks goes to Joel Wentworth, pastor of Burwell Baptist, who directed the conference and keeps inviting us up!
Bill gets his honorary mug from Joel Wentworth for leading a breakout session on prayer.
Pastor Andy Addis of Crosspoint Church in Hutchinson, Kansas, was the keynote speaker for the conference. Bill and I really enjoyed getting acquainted with Andy and his wife, Kathy. Andy has an amazing story of how their rural church has multiplied to either start or revitalize over a dozen churches in rural towns all over Kansas.
In one of the sessions on prayer, Bill role plays with Jonathan in having a conversation that could lead to an opportunity to pray.
Before my missions report on Sunday, I coaxed the congregation at Burwell to do a quick greeting for Cesar and Elba Gonzalez in Guatemala.
In preparing to give my report to thank Burwell for more than 20 years of partnership, I put some slides together of our projects in the last 18 months, and as I was doing that, the evidence of God’s grace overwhelmed me.
While the pictures representing the hundreds of people making professions of faith in Jesus were impressive, what got me most were several pictures of individuals who have multiplied what we did after we left. And the clincher was a couple of pics of people thanking us for something we said or did 20 or more years ago. Amazingly, a few of those involved in one of those blasts-from-the-past stories were sitting in the congregation at Burwell! To me, that’s God’s grace on display. That’s God blessing us way out of proportion to anything we deserve or could take credit for. And we got to be a part of that! Yea God!
10:02 PRAYER
(Pray Luke 10:2 each day at 10:02 am or pm that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into His harvest fields.)
This Saturday, October 19th, a team of 29 of us from Lenexa Baptist Church will be going to Nicaragua to work with Project Hope for a week of construction, VBS for children, and leading a baseball clinic. Pray that our team will demonstrate a contagious love for each other and the Nicaraguan people as we partner with them in various endeavors.
ENGAGE
We are in the process of scheduling mission trips for 2025. Right now, I anticipate doing a cowboy trip in February or March, a soccer trip in April, and another school evangelism trip in the summer. If you or your church would like to be in the loop on any of these trips, let me know!
INVEST
Thank you so much for your continued partnership in this ministry. Your giving has been crucial to all we have done the past several months.
You can give through the link below, or checks can be sent to:
Daybreak International, 11628 Oakmont St., Overland Park, KS 66210
Thanks again for your support. Please let us know about any of your prayer needs.
Love y’all!
Steve
PS…As I pack my bags for Nicaragua, I’m looking forward to our trip, but I’m also burdened for our nation, as I know many of you are as well. Let’s pray diligently together for God’s will to be done through us during this election season.
After the conference, Joel took us on a hike at the Calamus lake north of Burwell where the water level was low from a lack of rain. From left to right are Brandy and John Tiller (new friends from near Springfield, MO), Bill, Ethan (friend of Lindy), Lindy Wentworth, Linda Wentworth, and Joel Wentworth.