40 Bus Kids and Parents Have Received the Holy Ghost In 2014!

We have had some absolutely unbelievable things happen with the our bus ministry.  God had blessed it unbelievably and we are finally seeing some of the things that we had always hoped and prayed would happen.

In 1 Corinthians 3:6-9, Paul speaking, said, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.  Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building."

We are finding this to be so true... one plants the seed, another waters the seed but only God can give the increase.

Every single Saturday our bus workers visit the kids of our city, trying to make sure the ones that have come before come back and trying constantly to get new ones to attend.  They are doing an amazing job and it is so exciting to see how much of a burden our Holy Ghost Riders are getting for the kids they pick up.  This is the seed being planted.

Over the past year or so our pastor has been in a deep season of prayer that has slowly been communicated to our church as a whole. Just about any time of the day or night that you come by the auditorium you will find someone there praying now.  The burden of the bus ministry has been transmitted to the church and much of the prayer that goes up is for the work that is going on with the bus ministry.  This is the seed being watered.

Since the first of the year we have been in an amazing revival with an amazing man of God, Bro. Cody Marks.  While we had a mom and a boy get the Holy Ghost and another whole family get baptized (see past posting for additional information) through the bus we still hadn't seen the outpouring of the Holy Ghost we so badly wanted.  In January, 2014, this all changed.

It started one Sunday night which a power move of God in one of our services. There were people around the front and we were all praying when suddenly we heard the excited and strident sound of Bro Marks screaming in the mic,  "She got it!  She got the Holy Ghost!  We just had one of the bus kids get the Holy Ghost!"

The first 4 filled with the Holy Ghost in 2014

The rush of bus workers to the spot was awesome but even more so was that before we could get there, another bus kid had received the Holy Ghost!  Jenae was the first, followed closely by Asia and then by Billy and then by little Crystal (not to be confused with big Crystal who received the Holy the next week).

4 bus kids getting the Holy Ghost in one night!  God was moving!

Jenae's brother Danny received the Holy Ghost the next night and it seems like nearly every service that goes by another one receives the Holy Ghost.

These kids are brought by the bus workers in their own vehicles on Sunday nights and that is when many of them are receiving it... it is so neat to see the impact that these young people are having.

Sunday School Holy Ghost Service

We also had some special Holy Ghost services with Bro. Marks with our Sunday School kids.  We had all of the classes come together with the exception of the youngest class and had some brief preliminaries and then Bro. Marks began to speak.  Just as he was beginning, a young girl in the audience that had only visited one time began to become obviously moved and as he began to speak she began crying.

When the stage was set, Bro. Marks called up everyone that wanted the Holy Ghost and had Mia (the girl referred to) come up to the front.  He said that there was about to be a move of the Holy Ghost and that it was going to begin with her.  He laid his hands on her and in seconds she began to speak in other tongues.  Shortly afterward, THIRTEEN KIDS HAD BEEN FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST!

Two weeks later we had another service in which NINE MORE KIDS RECEIVED THE HOLY GHOST!

In total, to this point we have had 40 kids, parents and relatives from the bus that have received the Holy Ghost and several have been baptized.  We are SO excited and believe that this is ONLY the beginning.

Our bus workers are currently having a bi-weekly bible study for the kids that have received the Holy Ghost and are taking turns teaching it.  It is so neat to see how quickly they are maturing in the work of God.

Pray for us that it continues.  Just last week we switched our bus routes from running each bus one time each Sunday to running the two large buses TWICE each Sunday and effectively doubling the number of kids we can pick up.  This involves a lot more work and dedication from the bus workers and drivers but we believe that God is going to bless the work and continue to pour out his blessing.

Thank you Jesus!