testimonies

In Mount Vernon, Illinois from August 15-17, we worked with Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. WE had three grill walks over Friday and Saturday, with over 40 volunteers. There were a total of Five Salvations, Countless prayers and Gospel conversations, and hundreds of burgers handed out. During the Saturday morning grill walk, Hayden and Jeremiah met a woman in an apartment complex. Through talking with her, they learned she is a mom of four, and she was really burdened and weary from life. After they shared the Gospel with her, she accepted Jesus Christ as her savior and began her journey following the Lord. You could tell she was at a time in her life when she needed this exact message of hope that can only come from Jesus, and she was ready to give her life to Him.

In Meridian, Mississippi for Love Out Loud Week with Northcrest Baptist Church, Jeremiah Herrian and Aaron Hayes talked with a man who said he thought he would be dead in a week because of the life decisions he had been making. Thankfully, they shared the Gospel hope with him, and Aaron was able to lead him to the Lord and he surrendered his life to Jesus!

Our church came to pick up a grill and the plan was to just stay the weekend. Back story I had personally participated on a couple Grill Walks in the past in different states and this ministry really touched me. I was so touched by Brandon’s story again and the entire Forgotten Ministries story that I decided to keep the team for a few more hours to be apart of something bigger than us. So for a small moment in time we packaged groceries and served the local community by giving the groceries out. This inspired my church members that came and we will be back and out across the states with them again. Thank you so much for the experience with God 

FBC Whiteville TN - Bro. Tim

Our team was delivering food boxes at an apartment complex. We met Zalina, a young single mom. After receiving the food box, we shared the Gospel with her and she accepted Christ. We gave her information on the local church. We then moved on to another apartment. We met Maria, an older woman who had moved from Mexico. She told us she was a Christian and a Sunday School teacher while in Mexico, I asked her if she had ever thought of starting a Bible Study here in the complex. She said she would love to do that. I told her about Zalina, the young lady who had just got saved and lived downstairs, I said she needed someone who could disciple her. Maria immediately said she was going to get her shoes and wanted us to introduce her to Zalina. We took her downstairs to meet Zalina. They talked and when we left, they were planning to get together.

Erin and I lead a family (father, mother, and son) to Christ. All 3 made a public profession of faith. The 19 year old son with tears in his eyes asked if he could have a hug. I returned to take the father a Bible and the son asked if we could give his father a hug. It was really a beautiful moment. After returning home, I received this from the Pastor of the church: The father, Viviano Martinez, our new brother in Christ, wanted me to let you know that he was in church with us today. He wept and shared with me about his family struggles. I prayed with him. Also prayed for his wife and son. He said that he’d be back on Wednesday night. Please help us pray: He and his mother & brothers are estranged. He misses them and finds refuge in alcohol. I preached about “the peace that passes all understanding “. I explained to him that the peace that he gets from alcohol is temporary but Christ’s peace is forever. 

Eddie Kessler

We had a block party at a University in Brownsville, Texas which was across the street from a High School. Send Relief had several activities set up including serving free hotdogs, chips, and drinks. A few of my team sat at a booth for students to sign up for Bible studies or to receive prayer. I was truly amazed at how many of them came to sign up and wanted prayer. After they registered, we would ask them if they knew where they would go if they were to die. Remarkably very few knew the way to heaven. In just a short time (3 hours) at the booth only, we had 22 people make a public profession of faith for Christ. I’ve been going on mission trips for 20 years this year and I have never ever witnessed as fertile ground as I did this day at this University. The total count for the entire block party that day was 34. God is doing something big in the age group of 16-24 right now. God is a good, good Father!

Eddie Kessler

While going through a neighborhood in Chicago on a grillwalk, we came up to a door where no one in the house spoke English (only Spanish). We managed to communicate with the family through a translator. The family was quick to accept burgers, because of that we started sharing the gospel through a translator. In the middle of the gospel presentation members of the family interrupt in awe of what they are hearing. They tell the translator they had received a dream the night before that someone was going to come to their porch to tell them about Jesus. Members of the family decided to dedicate their lives to Jesus in the midst of that conversation.

I was so encouraged by the brothers and sisters of Forgotten Ministries who drove all the way out here to San Diego from Oklahoma and some from Kansas! They challenged me to share the gospel of God’s love with free burgers to people in my backyard and I did it and loved it! It was so neat to be God’s hands and feet as we worked together and prayed for many people that we met along the way.

We had an opportunity to outreach a young man and his wife that had just lost everything in a fire. We were able to bless this family and pray for them.

Mario Luna, Repented Motorcycle Ministry 

What a glorious and joyous occasion we had at Friendship Baptist Church this past Saturday, April 5, 2025. We were able to reach out to 240 families. God gave us space to witness to and pray with those hurting families that were in great need. In Jesus' name, many tears and hugs of love and compassion were shared. WHAT AN AWESOME DAY!

Donald Gettens Friendship Baptist Church, Lawton, Oklahoma

This morning, we had a small group that went out in the rain to pass out bags of groceries around our town. We ended up passing out 134 bags of groceries speaking to nearly 200 people. There were 33 homes which had small children in the home. We had numerous people that we prayed for and some that we will be following up with to build relationships over the next few weeks. 

Mark Hall, Comanche FBC