We set up in Spencer, Iowa yesterday at our usual site, The Commons parking lot, and were busy for 3 hours from the time we dropped the ramp on the trailer and put out the OPEN banner! We met 5 great people over that period of time and spent half of our time with a young couple who are not yet followers of Jesus…but will be soon! They have experienced many “Christians” through their retail jobs who advertised God on their shirts but left a bad taste in their mouths about Him. So sad and too common, but when they left, he said, “You’ve answered a lot of questions we’ve had about God, and thank you for taking the time to just talk with us and hear us.” The Lord had a word for each of them which they totally received. Each of them took one of our 90-day devotionals to get to know Jesus better. We expect to see them again when they are ready to ask Him into their hearts! Thank You, Lord.

We set up Free Prayer in Mason City IA for 3 days this week in the Ashley Furniture parking lot. It was a fantastic site with constant traffic going by and of course, our trailer can’t be missed! We were so glad to have the bigger trailer—we had 8-9 people sitting in it at one time! We started each day with 4 chairs and got out more and more chairs as people came in. Every one who came in commented on how homey and welcoming it felt. Over the 3 days 22 people stopped, and we prayed for 14, for salvation, deliverance, guidance, comfort and encouragement, and so much more! We even experienced God’s orchestration of His divine appointment when a woman stopped us as we were going into Fleet Farms. She was in a very bad place and saw the trailer, pulled up weeping and apologized, “I know you’re wanting to shop but would you pray for me?” Thank you, Jesus, for such a wonderful response from the people of Mason City! We look forward to returning!

Wow, August went by so fast! And already, our leaves are changing and falling–early this year. Our humidity dropped dramatically just yesterday and feels great to have our house windows open and the a/c off –for now, anyway. The weather changes weekly so we may still need it in the coming couple of weeks. It has also been great to be back out on the roadside again and people have been responsive. We’ve had at least one person stop almost every day we’ve been set up! Thank You, Lord, for all You’ve done in a short time. For instance, we had a woman with curvature of the spine which God healed when we prayed; and another woman who came in with both wrists wrapped and the doctors didn’t know where the pain was coming from–we prayed and all pain left her! Jesus is all for healing! We just have to believe that!

The new trailer’s maiden voyage on Easter Sunday was a great success! We were out for hours at our regular Sunday Spencer Iowa location, The Commons. Four people stopped for prayer and one received salvation! The heater and carpet make it warm and cozy, and it is so roomy, it feels extravagant! It is so much more than we envisioned!

Tomorrow morning we clean it and furnish it with chairs, Bibles, tracts, give-aways, and necessities like toilet paper and paper towels! Then to the roadside in the afternoon! Thank You, Lord! It’s finished!!!!!!!!

We drove the trailer home this evening with its new graphics, and we couldn’t be more pleased! Today the flooring is being put in and the total interior could be done by Friday. We pray so as we would like to be set up in it Sunday morning at the site where we have been the past few Sundays. It has been a good spot and several people have stopped!

Our new orange trailer is in the shop this week in Orange City! Solar is being installed as well as all the wiring for lights, etc. Next Wednesday the graphics will be applied.

And then our construction guys will lay the flooring and build out the room for the porta potty and storage. THEN we will be on the roadside with it! We are excited to see the progress!

We got a lot of visibility and drew a lot of attention Sunday morning when we set up Free Prayer at The Commons in Spencer at 10 am. It turned out the only business open on the whole huge strip mall parking lot was a drive-up coffee place and was it ever busy! There was a window on each side of the small building with 5-7 cars in line for each window, and the lines went out to the street at times. And what did they have to look at? Us!!! Our trailer! The lines didn’t let up until after 1:00pm, when they closed! One woman stopped and received ministry for the deep depression she felt when she came in and after the Lord ministered to her, she left feeling a heavy weight had lifted off of her. She experienced such freedom! There were several vehicles that went around the parking lot and by us a few times but didn’t stop. We will be out next week, same time and place, praying that those who are being drawn by Jesus will stop this time!

God gave us a vision for 2024 for a bigger trailer and a garage in which to house it! This trailer will be delivered to us next week, courtesy of ministry partners who provided the money to pay for it! We are so excited! It is 7’x16′, which is 6′ longer than our present trailer and 1′ wider. This will allow us more room for more people in the trailer at one time, and another team praying for people who stop! We are going to start setting up on Sunday mornings in order to BE the church. God has shown us it is going to be a very big year for salvations, deliverances, and miracles! We will update here with build out pictures as we did for our first trailer, which btw we are keeping to set up on smaller sites as needed! If you would like to give toward our new garage, we would be most grateful! See our Donations page.

We are setting up in Sioux Rapids again, starting yesterday! The Commons in Spencer has been great, but the Lord told Karen about a month ago, “Don’t neglect Sioux Rapids.” So we will be setting up Free Prayer there for the next two or three weeks and then back and forth with Spencer as the Lord leads. Emil has a weekly Pastor’s article in the Sioux Rapids Bulletin Press newspaper now which comes out on Friday so we are gaining more exposure. Last week’s paper came out with TWO articles “by him” although he had only submitted one! It turned out the editor’s weekly article was mistakenly attributed to Emil. When Emil called her about it, she laughed and said she saw that and said, “Well, you’re getting extra exposure!” Thank You, Lord!