The Bible Story Family

  I wish I could have been in Poland last week. Sam Rotman, an outstanding Juilliard-trained classical pianist, was there on a concert tour. If you ever get a chance to hear him, go, even if it means a trip to Poland. Sam came to Christ from an orthodox Jewish background during his years at Juilliard School. He shares his testimony at every concert. The reason I know about this tour is because my cousin Becky Miller’s husband Carroll is serving as Sam’s chauffeur. Becky and Carroll visit Poland often to meet with and train believers.   They were able to introduce Mr. Rotman to Robert Merecz, pastor of First Baptist Church of Szczecin, Poland, and that became the impetus for the tour. This was Sam and Carroll’s itinerary last week. May 15 – Concert in Eberswalde, Germany. May 16 – Master class at the Art Academy in Szczecin, Poland. May 17 – Concert at Szczecin Baptist Church. May 18 – Two musical pieces and preaching at Szczecin Baptist Church. May 18 – Concert...

  Missionaries home on furlough need transportation. Thirty years ago, Wes Lindstrom, a retired farmer near Westbrook, Minnesota, saw that need and set about to fill it. He provided the vehicles. Har and Char Anderson of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, scheduled missionary use and made certain the vehicles were maintained. Lindstrom and the Andersons desired to see the ministry continue as they aged, so three years ago they contacted Berean Baptist Church of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Pastor Cary Flinck took the offer to the church which agreed to oversee this creative van ministry. They now do the scheduling and maintenance for the vans. The transportation made available to approved missionaries now totals four seven-passenger vans. The vehicles are maintained by men of the church in cooperation with a local auto repair shop. “If a church desires to start a missionary van ministry, they should provide good used, seven-passenger vans with stow and go capability,” says Pastor Flinck....

              Thirty years ago my father carefully placed slides into his projector, preparing for a multi-state preaching tour. After twenty-nine tours to Israel, his specialty lay in prophecy conferences. He chose carefully because he had taken thousands of slides on those trips.             That summer my brother David noticed some erratic driving on the part of Dad and suggested a physical before driving all those miles. With the discovery of a brain tumor, the tour had to be cancelled. Seven weeks later, my father moved up to heaven.             I inherited the slide projector and for years it sat in storage. After all, we had moved on to Power Point and video. When our son Chris asked about the projector however, I knew exactly where to find it. The slide carousel still held one hundred pictures from the Holy ...

  It was my privilege once again this year to prepare the devotionals for the Fourth Baptist Christian School Ministry trip. The choir, under the direction of Levi Kolwinska, left on Wednesday, April 30. That evening they presented a concert at Independent Baptist Church of Bolingbrook, Illinois. On Thursday they sang twice, at Lake Country Christian Academy in Waukegan, and at City of Hope Cancer Center in Zion, Illinois. Tonight, they will attend a Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concert at Symphony Center Saturday includes a visit and tour of Pacific Garden Mission, a radio show taping of UNSHACKLED, supper at the mission and a concert at their testimony and praise service. Their Sunday concert will be at the First Baptist Church of Rochelle, Illinois. From there they return back to Minneapolis. Carmen and I recall with great joy the choir tours we led at Ordway Baptist Christian School in Ordway, Colorado, and Bible Baptist Christian School in Missoula, Montana. Please pray for the ...