A Whole Year Has Passed......What's New?

Greetings in the The Name of Our Lord Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. How have you all been doing this past year. I am sure many changes have taken place for you and for us at Good News Ministries. Which is good in some ways, yet sad to see in other ways. We still minister to a few truck drivers and still are in contact with a few others. They have continued the ministry by giving out their own CD's and tracts....so the ministry still goes out, but in different directions. Jesus is still preached in the highways and byways by those who have been touched through this ministry in some way. One thing satan can not do, is stop what God has started. What God starts no man can end. We still continue on like an old work horse, plodding along and getting the fields plowed. Race horses come and go but never reach the finished line, they have pooped out before the race is won. So like the old work horse, we still pass out a few CD's, Bibles and tracts at the Forest Junction truck stop. The pastor (who is a truck driver) at the church we go to, passes out CD's and tracts and ministers to many people on the road and off the road. JP meets up with him on Saturday's, to clean the church and practice on the piano and accordion. Then they go for a hamburger and fries. We did get a donation of $50 at the end of the year and were able to get 42 King James Version Bibles. Someone was leaving Bibles at the same truck stop, leaving them on the stand when we had no Bibles to give. God's perfect timing, I would say.

Well, as you can see, the word still goes out and God is still working in the little hamelets of Forest Junction. We work with what we have. I am sure the Deciples did not have a lot to work with but they still went out and preached the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Him Crucified and many souls were touched and saved. God can do more in a few seconds then we can in a life time. That is something to remember, it's not us that are doing the work....it's God through us that the work gets done. Keep looking up for your redemption draws nigh, JP and Louise

Not A Lot of Activity in GNM

Hi Folks.........
Well, as you can see, there has not been a lot of activity in these parts lately. Good News Ministries is till alive and well, but not working as hard as it used to. Guess God put us on the shelf for awhile for a little rest.

We did get a case of bibles a month or so ago from a donor and those (donations) are few and far inbetween also. We can only work with what we have and sometimes that ain't much!!!

Bibles and tracts have gone out here and there. A few CD's are passed out also. The pastor, who is a truck driver does a lot of witnessing on the road and uses the "Buddy Ferris"  CD on his travels. We still have a spool of "already made" CD's by Buddy, "I Set Before You...Life". So the Pastor will be provided with enough for a couple of months at least. (I just have to find some time to write the title and author on the CD and stuff them in their envelopes, stamping them with "FREE" and the GNM address).

We have been down to one car for a year now, so traveling down to Osh Kosh has been out of the question for us. Gas prices are rising and with no donations it is hard to get down there. The only truck stop we hit is the one in Forest Junction. That one gets stocked with CD's, tracts and a Bible once a week after church. During the week, if stock is low, the Pastor calls us to let us know. JP usually goes to the church on Saturday's to clean and will stock the shelves then. He also practices his accordion and piano and plays during prayer and greeting during church.

So, there you have it, Good News Ministires is still alive and well, but just doing things differently. Still acting and serving the Lord with what tools we have. They may not be sharp, but they work. Still plowing the fields and sowing seeds and believing God will water the seeds. The sun will shine and the seeds will grow in God's timing and not our own.

You all have a great day and keep looking up for your redemption draws nigh.
JP and Louise
Good News Ministries

Greetings in 2012

Choice Christian greetings to you all in this New Year 2012. Hope things are well with you and your families.

Good News Ministries is still ministering in the small and obsolite places. Guess that is good. One donation came in towards the end of 2011. $200. We were able to buy a case of KJV Bibles, some tracts and pay the cell phone bill and tithe. Here are a few pictures of the tracts.

When JP first started passing out tracts, calendars were the main tool. Every person he handed a calendar to were open to receiving them. He had no problem dispersing them, everyone needed a calendar...........hard to know how many lives were touched by that simple calendar.

The above picture shows the calendar and a Santa Claus tract, ready for use next Christmas to pass out.
The above tract says, Jesus said, "I am the bread of life. Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation! For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ." John 6:35, 11:26 Heb.2:3, 2 Cor. 5:10. Some pretty powerful scriptures that will cause a person to think, where will they spend eternity?

A few truck drivers still call every now and then to talk to JP. A local truck driver calls every other day about. Which is one reason why we still hold on to our "dinosoar cell phone." So you see, Good News Ministries is still plodding along, never swaying to the right or the left like an old work horse. Getting the job done and plowing up the fields and planting seeds. God will water the ground and seeds when the rain is needed. The plants will grow, we may never see the growth, but God sees it all and that is all that counts. Better HE sees the growth and not us.....our helmets may not fit our heads.....lol!

Time to close this blog, I will try to do at least one or two blogs a month, Lord willing. You have a great day and keep looking up for your redemption drawth nigh.

JP and Louise
Good News Ministries Secretary

♥Happy Valentine's Day♥

Today is Valentine's Day♥ In the 30's and sunny. We celebrated our Valentine's yesterday with a heart shaped steak on the grill, potatoes, broc/mushrooms and roasted onions and red peppers. Oh Yum!!!
Nothing new on the home front............we are still waiting on God for our next step in Good News Ministries. There has not been a donation to this ministry since November. That being said, we just sit and wait till something comes in. There are still the bills that need to be paid, cell phone and PO Box. We got some tracts and spanish bibles for free, so that helps. Still have some CD's to pass out, but since we cannot get down to Oshkosh as much (car won't make it and gas too expensive) our CD stock is still okay. So anything that is needed for this ministry comes out of our pocket.......or General Funds.
We still pray for the truckers on the road, for their jobs can be very trying as is anyone's job at times. Our pastor drives truck every day down to Waterloo and with this winter weather, it sure has not been a picnic. God bless the trucker for all their hard work, a thankless job I am sure.
We shall close this blog for today with hopes of something transpiring in the next few months.
Blessings, JP and Louise

What's Happening at GNM?

Nothing.............No money...........No ministry.

Perhaps our next posting will be more newsy. I wonder if this is a sign of things to come. Well, we will keep plugging along and work with what we have. God always comes through at the mid-night hour.

You all have a great day and keep on smiling. Not going to worry about the future, cause God is still on HIS throne!
JP

How to get to Heaven according to the BIBLE!

The Good News is that getting to Heaven is a FREE Gift from God...

It is as simple as A-B-C...

A- Admit you're a sinner
For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God. Romans 3:23

B- Believe Jesus Christ died for your sins
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever
believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life. John 3:16

C- Confess with your mouth
That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart
that God has raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved.

Pray a little prayer from the heart something like this:

Heavenly Father I admit I'm a sinner, I believe, Jesus died for my sins,
and died on the cross for me, and rose the third day and is seated at the
right hand of God in heaven.
IN JESUS NAME. Amen


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Good News Ministries

Good News Ministries began 12 years ago. JP had a vision and a goal to minister to truck drivers on the road. As he was a truck driver also, there was a special kinship to the trucker.

Over the years this ministry has changed and grown in different ways and many people have helped in many different ways and needs. Today JP ministers a lot on the cell phone and going to about 3-7 truck stops every month depending of the availablity of gas which seems to go up in a heartbeat. Desiel fuel now sits at $4.57. Pretty soon truckers will pull over and then this country will be in a bigger mess, with no food on the shelves. Do we really realize how much the trucker does for us? I think not.

There is much to tell about this ministry, that can't be said in one or two paragraphs, so this blog will be an on-going, week by week talk on the blog. I will be teaching JP how to do his on posts, and you will be hearing more from him, then I, his wife Louise.

One of the things this ministry does is, we put out lots of bibles, tapes, tracts and since last July CD's. We have mostly put out the testimony of Tom Papania "Mafia to Ministry" an awesome testimony about how he got out of the mafia, and is now ministering around in prisons.

Well, I will cut this part of the blog short and let JP get his words in about the ministry that God gave him.............stay tuned.