Harrison Street Outreach Was A Huge Success

The Harrison Street Outreach was a total blessing! We estimated that over 200 people came to enjoy a grilled hot dog and potatoes chips; the kids enjoyed the clowns who did some awesome face painting.

These outreaches are a way we can be blessing to some impoverished neighborhoods, plus it opens the doors to some great one on one witnessing and evangelism.

We were out on the Friday night before this outreach inviting and talking to the neighborhood people. Almost everyone we shared with on Friday night came to the Saturday outreach.

Below are some pictures with captions. Thanks everyone who prayed for this outreach and gave toward this.. You are a blessing!

~Steve Ignowski
574-612-0555

Lance and Raven Ministries assisted with the outreach. They are great warriors for Christ!

My Mom (Gerri) ministering to a lady at the outreach.

Kristen ministers to a family.

This man named Mike, who I met on Friday night, was soaking in the Word.

This young man named Ethan was a very troubled young man. God was working on him.

Sydney did a great job as a clown. The kids loved her.

This man named Cecil was given a New Testament Truckers Bible. He was a truck driver for 20 years until his accident. We prayed for him to be healed. God was dealing him.

Lance and Travis had some great ministry with some young pastor kids in this black GMC. They were really struggling with some things and Lace and Travis were able to share the word with them.
Here Al is ministering to a lady at our Free Bible table. We gave out 4 boxes of Bibles and tracts! Praise God!

Street Ministry This Friday Aug-28th

This Friday we will be out in the Harrison Street area, inviting people to the outreach we have planned for September 12th and witnessing the Gospel. Anyone interested in being part of this please call me. We will be meeting on Harrison Street (empty parking lot) across from Nickles Bread at 6:30pm

Thanks, God bless

~Steve

612-0555

STREET MINISTRY THIS FRIDAY

This Friday night (8-7-09) were heading back out to minister on the Streets. We will be meeting at our usual starting place, McDonald's parking lot on Main Street-Elkhart at 6:30pm. Bring some tracts if you want to pass them out..Hopefully we'll meet some folk from the outreach to follow up with. Be prayed up and ready! Any question call me. God bless! ~Steve 574-612-0555

**Also, a heads up-- were planning another outreach (a little smaller scale...lol..) toward the end of August. More info to come later.--We'll be targeting the Harrison Street area. So we'll be heading over in that direction on Friday as well.

BROKENNESS

Brokenness will be more of a requirement in the days to come. God is looking for broken vessels, to do His will. In fact, I believe He is insisting upon it more and more. God is wanting us to be a vessel fit for His glory to reside and for Him to trust us, brokenness needs to come.

I believe there is coming a time and is upon us, when we will begin to accept the refiners fire of God and actually ask for more of it. Especially those of us who have been given the revelation of just how precious that refinement is, knowing that it is bringing us forth as gold.

I liken this brokenness to the story of Mary who sat at the feet of Jesus as the pharisees rebuked her. She took the bottle of alabaster and “BROKE” the bottle and the seal so that she could anoint Jesus with her most precious gift. She wiped His feet with her tears as she poured out her love to Him. “We” are that bottle that needs to be broken. When broken, the fragrance of that brokenness will be so glorious before the Lord that it will rise to His nostrils and be most pleasing in His sight.

The breaking that God is wanting in us is the type that brings forth humility and a contrite spirit which is of greater worth in the sight of the King. Yes, we will face resistance from outside forces, but that will only cause us to push in closer to the Lord. For us to remain stagnant would be like death to us, for He is building within us an internal push for more of Him and we cannot remain still. Mundane routines are very hard for us to endure, for a fire is blazing within us, the fire of a revival!

Like the revivalists of old, we will encounter great difficulty. We may face impassable mountains, dense brush, intense heat, severe cold, we may battle sickness and disease, face wild animals, we may deal with hunger and thirst as well as enemies. You can be certain there was much fighting in the ranks….. It will take the strong to endure all this. The price is high, the cost is everything. Most of our battle will occur in the mind, but also in the natural and in the spiritual realm. But always keep in mind that the King of Kings goes before us and will light our path. If He is for us, who can be against us? He never said this walk would be easy. He only said, pick up your cross and follow Me.

He is still saying that today. May our spirit be quick to say, "Yes Lord, I will follow You wherever You lead".

Hallelujah! Praise God to the King....... The Lord will build His church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

God Bless!

~Igy

Island Fest Outreach..It was Incredible!!

Hi Friends and Family-

The Island Fest Outreach Went incredible! We had well over one thousand attend. It was unbelievable! Thank everyone for their prayers and support. It was really non-stop ministry -the whole day.

Many people rededicated their lives to Christ. We had a few pray prayers of repentance for the first time. People were prayed for for their healing and deliverance...It was really incredible.

The Friday night street ministry which was instrumental in inviting so many to come to the outreach was also totally awesome. We had "Church" on many porches as we dialoged and shared the Word with so many. It was a great month of ministry.

Thanks for all the prayers...God bless!

Island Fest Outreach Pics Below:

FRIDAY NIGHT UPDATE

We had our Friday night meeting yesterday and it was awesome. A team of four of us went in and it is certainly no understatement to say that “God is working and touching lives of several young inmates”.

Last night we went in prepared to share on something totally different but the Holy Spirit changed things around in a good way as one the young inmates asked if it was “OK” to pray and ask God to kill someone? Of course, we said, “No, were not to ask God to kill people!” and that lead us into some real good ministry in dealing with unforgiveness.

We started out sharing the parable of the unmerciful servant (Matthew 18:21-35), where Jesus was asked how many times we should forgive? We then shared from Ephesians 4:26 where it says “not let the sun go down while you are still angry.” We shared how anger can lead to bitterness and how the devil tries to entrap and ensnare us in anger, rage, hatred, and how these things most often lead us into taking revenge. We talked about how it is the Lord who will deal with the wrongs, His way and His timing and how we need to trust God and pray for the people who wronged us. It was a great time of ministry.

The three guys (Darren, Jeremy and Justin) that came in with me to minister did a great job of sharing from their experiences and tying it into the Word. These three young guys are really on fire for Jesus and it was neat seeing how God is using these guys in a great way to minister and it seems that the young inmates relate well with these guys as they were listening intently as God was dealing with them.

At the tail end of the meeting we all prayed releasing any unforgiveness and anger we were holding on too. I lead the young inmates in a prayer asking the Lord to forgive any offenses they were not letting go of and to place them at the foot of the Cross asking the Lord to help them deal with them in love. It was powerful as God was touching their lives and cleansing hurt and pain. Praise God!!

Please keep these Friday night meetings in prayer. God is really doing a great work here and young lives are being changed.

**UPCOMING EVENTS:

Today and Next Saturday (4/11): Washington Gardens Outreach with RAVEN Midwest. Reaching the needy community with free grilled food, clothes, fellowship and most of all Jesus!

Thanks for praying!
God Bless!

Steve Ignowski
Life Line Outreach Ministries 612-0555

Ministry With Masters Commission at South Bend Juvenile Facility

The ministry at South Bend Juvenile yesterday was great!...I know people we praying because of the fact that entering into the facility went very smooth. Many times bringing in props, equipment and stuff into a full locked down prison can be time consuming and a frustrating ordeal-but it went very good. I know that God was in the midst from beginning to end. Also, the staff at the facility was great to work with. Many were thanking us for coming in they helped us out, they were cooperative and a blessing.

(Picture of Master Commission group)

The Masters Commission group did a great job. These young adults have a great heart to minister and evangelize. God is working big time in their lives. It was an honor to be ministering with them.

All 120+ young inmates attended the meeting. So it was a little noisy and rowdy at first. But some of the funnier skits at the beginning broke the ice and won the young inmates over and the more serious dramas were touching their hearts, as God was moving and drawing many. John, the leader of the group had a great word explaining the cross and the choice we as individuals need to make to follow Jesus. He tied his message into the last skit “daring to move” (a Switchfoot song)- it was powerful.

The prayer/altar time with the guys went great. Many came up for prayer. The young inmates I prayed with seemed very sincere and wanted God to help them in their struggles. We were able to invite many to attend the Life Line meetings we have every Friday. Many of the guys assured they would come to the meeting and learn more about Jesus. We must have prayed with at least half the guys or more as they kept coming up to all of us for prayer. It was powerful and the Holy Sprit was doing a work on so many.

Steve

Ministering Jesus On the Streets...Testimonies

The weather was fantastic! And the outreach was great! Thirteen of us went out to minister Jesus this afternoon; we ministered around the Langle Park area- the Lord is sure doing a great work in this area. Most of the people we met brought up the Ham that the Lord blessed them with for Christmas, many were telling me how they cooked the ham and how good they were, that was pretty awesome.. lol.. We made up forty bags of food w/commissary items to bless the people with. Most everyone accepted a bag. Many of the people shared their current plight and financial woes. Our reply to the people was for them to seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the things we need will be given to us by God. Amen!

I can share many encounters and testimonies from the day and so could all of our team. I have listed a few below that come to memory. It was a special day as usual as God moved and touched lives. Thanks again for everyone who prayed and supported the outreach. God bless you all!

On Sixth Street we met a man who called himself ‘Q’, he was so happy to get a bag of food. He literally ate much of the food while we ministered and prayed with him. He was delighted to get a toothbrush and tooth paste. –Terri L from Ohio—sent us a box of commissary items, which was a blessing-every bag had tooth paste/brush and deodorant in them. And ‘Q’ was overjoyed with the toothbrush and toothpaste. Thanks Terri!

And while a couple of the brothers were ministering to ‘Q’ I had the opportunity to minister to Sam, a man who was sitting on his walkway to his house. He was thankful for the food. I started to question his belief in Jesus and He said he believed in Jesus but wasn’t sure what that really meant, or why Jesus came. So it was an honor to minister to this man the purpose to which Jesus came and the importance of repenting and surrendering your life to Him. Sam prayed and came to know the Lord this afternoon! We embraced and praised God together! ..This was awesome!

We met a man on 3rd street who we met before, this gentleman, named Juan, who was so overjoyed to see us. He talked and shared about his struggle to stay positive during these troubled times. He has a couple of kids and a wife and the pressure is overwhelming at times. We noticed sincerity in him and how he really wants to trust the Lord more but sometimes is fearful. We ministered the importance of staying in the Word and being the spiritual leader in his house. Juan was so nice and pleasant to talk too. He really has a sweet spirit. We prayed and laid hands on him as we were on his front porch. God was really ministering to him.

On 3rd street we came across another man we met before- his name is slipping my mind currently but we entered his house and prayed over him and his grand daughter. This man is really going through a mental warfare as he testified to us that God delivered him from drugs and alcohol and he has been free for five years, but the enemy has been tempting him to deny Jesus and go back to satan. Those were his exact words. This brother knew the word and he knew it was an attack and I praise God that the Lord led us to him to encourage him in the Lord and to exhort him to remain steadfast with Jesus. We prayed over him and laid hands on him exhorting him to be faithful and to stand strong in the Lord.

These are just a short list of testimonies. To God be the glory for His moving and touching lives today. Thanks again everyone for your prayers. God bless!

Steve Ignowski
Life Line Outreach Ministries
574-612-0555

Today’s Ham Outreach Testimonies

A small team of us went out today to minister Jesus in some impoverished areas in Elkhart.
Many of you know that Elkhart has been hit bad economically due to the major RV slow down.
So it was really awesome to go out and sow food and Bibles to some of the needy families. Food gives us the inroad to pray and minister Jesus to people we come in contact with and today was no exception as we had an incredible time of ministry.

It started out really strange as the first place we arrived we ran across a group of people coming out of their cars going into their trailer. One of the guys in the group was highly intoxicated. Well, when we started to tell him why we were there he interrupted us in mid-sentence and started cursing and screaming at us to leave. This had to be the worst tirade of vulgarity I have ever witnessed on the streets personally. It was bad.

We just went about our business for the Lord and had an absolutely incredible two hours of ministry. In that particular area that we got cussed out, we had some absolutely great ministry. Bill Lehman and my self talked and ministered to a lady and a Hispanic man. Her name was Gloria and his was George. Both were so thankful for the ham, bread and Bible we brought. We were able to pray with them; they both prayed with us desiring to know Jesus. That was awesome.

Two trailers down, we ministered to two young women, one of the ladies was pregnant. They too were also very thankful. We shared the Gospel with them and reminded them that it’s all about knowing Jesus in a personal way. We got to pray with them and we asked God to continue to reach out to them.

One house we went to Bill ministered to a Hispanic lady who was missing her children. They were living in Chicago. Bill was able to minister to her for a while and we prayed with her for her family.

Justin and Thad had an encounter with a lady who was a Jehovah Witness. She was in a real need, she had hardly any food at all in her house. They shared with her for a while and gave her a ham and bread, praying that she comes to know the real Jesus.
Justin and Thad also ministered to guy who was kind of rude and not very friendly. When they started sharing why they were there to bless him and his family with some food, the guys’ whole countenance changed and he opened up to listen to them, he took a Bible and received prayer. Praise God!

Lance and Joe also had good ministry. One that stands out- they came across a little Hispanic Church on Modrell street and they started ministering to the Pastor. It was cool because he needed some encouragement. He had several health issues and he asked if we could all pray for him. By this time Bill and I had also arrived at the Church, so this Pastor pulled out the anointing oil and we all laid hands on this brother. We prayed the prayer of faith and we had us a Holy Ghost anointing prayer time as we prayed and cried out for this Pastors healing! You just never know doing street ministry what your going to run into.- The outreach started out with us getting cursed with vulgarities and then to have a Holy Ghost prayer time two hours later… Praise God!…. To God be the glory!!

**Were going to be continuing going out in impoverished neighborhoods to minister food to people on a regular basis. We feel that with the economy the way it is this is a great opportunity. But most of all we feel the nudge from the Holy Ghost to step out in this, we know it is an effective ministry to pray and share Jesus with people. If anyone would desire to donate some non-perishable food please call me. No amount is too small. Please pray for us as we continue to minister to the lost. Thanks

Steve Ignowski
574-612-0555

HAPPY NEW YEAR!..Welcoming 2009

It’s been asked for many years, "Why is it we don’t have "revival?" and the standard answer is, "Because, we are willing to live without it." Which then leads us to the second question, "Why is it we are willing to live without it?" Because "We don’t realize we need it."

God has been opening my eyes lately to the fact that "we need revival." We most certainly do.

Now, I hope most of you know when I say revival I’m not talking about a series of meetings at a Church where we slap the title of "revival" on it. No- revival isn’t a series of meetings at a Church. Revival is a renewed relationship and love for God by His people that transforms them, their communities, and the church. - I like what Charles Finney said about revival, "Revival is the return of the church from her backslidings and the conversion of sinners." –That’s what I’m talking about!

I really feel a fresh stirring happening in me with a renewed prayer focus for revival. I’m getting stirred for more of God. I really desire, in the inner part of me, more of Him. I desire to see change. I read the revivals of old and it puts an appetite and a cry in me for God to do it in my life. I don’t know about you, but I want to see God move in an unprecedented way-a real way. The status quo isn’t cutting it anymore. I want to see the Lord move in my life, the life of my family, in my Church and in my community.

Ask yourself a question, "How much worse do things have to get before we get desperate?" It’s as though the worse things get the duller we become. Isn’t it true that the more society mocks Jesus the more we become accustom to it? It’s like when you go into a dark restaurant from the outside light, in a matter of minutes your eyes adjust and you’ve become accustom to the darkness. I believe we have gotten used to the way things are and because of this we’re getting steeped in compromise and lukewarm living. We’ve "settled in"- we have become familiar. How many of us are burn with a discontent and agitation for what we see? I read the Bible and especially the Book of Acts and I want that. Those miracles, the moving of God that the early Church saw, I desire that in my lifetime. I guess you could say I am discontent with where I am at, I want more of God.-Do you?

Recently I was reading about Robert Murray McCheyne, he was a powerful evangelist from the 1800’s, he had the picture of the setting sun painted on the dial of his watch, and underneath written, "The night cometh". Every time he looked at his watch, he was reminded of his responsibility as a minister of the gospel, and of the charge entrusted to him. If we study the life of the early disciples, we see how their whole being was driven and moved by one great purpose -- to be at their best for God.

So we as Life Line Outreach, step into 2009, we purpose to continue ministering Jesus on the streets, in our neighborhoods, in our work places, in the jails, and wherever God leads us. Were passionate about seeing Revival break out as we pray and intercede for our communities and our heart cry is to be the best for God in 2009.

Thanks for you prayers and support. Please continue to pray for revival. Pray for God to draw the sinner and backslider, for hearts to be drawn to repentance and lives surrendered to Jesus. Please keep us in prayer.

In the next couple of months we have ministry planned in toll road rest stops, the Elkhart County Jail and at the end of January we’re planning on ministering the hams that were left over from the Christmas Outreach. We have a target area-another real needy area in Elkhart (Modrell Street area).

We pray peace and blessings over you in 2009!

Steve & Jodi Ignowski
Life Line Outreach Ministries

Some Testimonies From The Christmas Ham Outreach

It was on my heart to thank everyone again and share a few testimonies. Be blessed as you read these testimonies…

I really want to thank everyone again who prayed, gave and participated in the Christmas Ham outreach. Words cannot do justice to the thanks I feel in my heart for everyone who was a part of this Outreach. I know many of you were in a hardship yourself and you still gave. Many I personally know were laid off from their jobs and you still stepped out and did something by either helping or giving. Again I say thanks! I know the Lord was pleased.

One of the highlights I had in the outreach was ministering to a man named Hosea.
Amos and I teamed up going door to door. Amos is a brother from my Church, Elijah’s Fire, and this was his first time doing outreach and he did a great job. It was a pleasure ministering with him.

Well, we met a man named Hosea. Hosea is a Hispanic man I’d guess around thirty years old. He met us at his door with a smile and he invited us right into his house. I didn’t even have to ask if I could come in. This man was talking to us like he was expecting us. It was really kind of funny. We talked and ministered to Hosea for about twenty minutes. His house was old, probably a rental but it was peaceful. We shared the Gospel with Hosea and prayed over his family. Hosea shared a struggle he has with drinking beer and how he wants to stop. So we laid hands on him and prayed for his deliverance. I’m trusting God that that spirit was broke off of him in Jesus name!

Hosea also shared with us his concern for his brother Salvador, who lives in Mexico. Salvador is mixed up in a bad relationship with a lady who is into Witchcraft. Well, we know there is no distance in prayer, so we prayed for his brother. We prayed that God would break up this ungodly relationship and for Salvador to come to know Jesus. By this time God was really touching Hosea as his eyes were tearing up and he was visibly moved by the Holy Spirit.

We had some children’s winter coats with us, so we ran out to out vehicle to get them to see if they would fit Hosea’s little son and praise God they fit perfect! We were able to bless them with a winter coat.

I know that God had us on assignment this day to minister to many people but Hosea was a special one to me and I’m continuing to pray for him. Thanks everyone for making this happen.

I want to share a brief testimony from Steve Trautmann that really encouraged me. Steve is a brother from a Church in Nappanee, Indiana. Steve drove up some thirty miles from Nappanee to take part in this outreach. Steve teamed up with Mike Martin from Elijah’s Fire and both guys had a great time ministering. On two separate occasions as they were dialoging with families the people said how in the last six months the neighborhoods seems safer and more peaceful. The neat thing about this is that it has been about six months that we have been ministering in the area with park outreaches and Friday night street ministry! To God be the glory!! This just reinforces to me the truth that consistency makes a difference. Amen. When you go into an area and constantly meet the people and walk the streets and pray over the area. When you crying out to God to touch lives and to reach people-God is faithful!

A quick note in regard about Steve Trautmann from Nappanee, were planning on assisting him and some local Churches down in Nappanee this spring. This is the cool thing about networking we can assist one another to continue to reach the lost in our areas. Steve has been to two of our outreaches here in Elkhart and he desires to minister in his local area. We will go down there to help him build a team to continue to reap the harvest.. Amen!

Here’s another cool testimony… One obstacle we occasionally run into is communication. Several families we met can only speak Spanish. Obviously, we do the best we can. Well three of the young guys we have on the team: Darrin, Jason, Thad were ministering in an area and they had a Hispanic women open the door and they tried their best to communicate to her and give her a ham and Bible. But she did not understand them. So after a few minutes the guys reluctantly stepped off the porch and met a person on the street whom they were able to minister too and pray and bless with a ham. Well, the Hispanic lady who didn’t understand them was watching through her window. So she ran and opened her door and yelled for them to come back and she grabbed their hands and bowed her head to receive a prayer…Hallelujah!! I guess prayer is the universal language we all know.

Also, at Church this last Wednesday night we had a lady show up who we met during the Christmas outreach. Her name is Norma, she has a Pentecostal background and she was so blessed to be able to come and worship with us.

I want to testify to the Lords faithfulness and provision. Right from the get-go for this Christmas Outreach we felt the Lord leading us to get 300 hams and 300 Bibles. This was a stretch for us at the amount of $3237.00 but we stepped into it trusting God to provide. Well, the total of $3400.00 came in and we are praising God for His faithfulness. He is more than enough!

The lady Norma who showed up at church Wednesday night was sharing with us her hardships and her need for groceries. So were planning on using some of that extra money to bring her some food, as she is an elderly widow and in need. Praise God! Our God is awesome!

Again, I want to thank God for everyone who prayed, served and gave for this outreach. God used you to make this outreach possible. I pray the Lord bless you back abundantly!

Steve Ignowski (Igy)

Awesome Christmas Ham Outreach!

2008 Christmas Outreach team

Today’s outreach was absolutely incredible!

We had nearly forty ministers hit the streets of Elkhart and it was a great day of ministry. We handed out around 250 hams and Bibles. Just about all the people we met we were able to minister to.

Many of the people were laid off and in a financial crisis. They we were so thankful and overwhelmed with joy as we gave them a ham and prayed for them. We laid hands on people in their homes and in their doorways and had great dialog with so many.

It’s difficult to put in writing the blessing it was today to minister and bless people naturally and spiritually. There are so many testimonies that came for this outreach. All glory goes to Jesus!

Thanks everyone for your prayers and giving. We have around fifty hams left over, so we’re planning a additional outreach in another area of Elkhart in January. Thanks again and God bless!!

Steve (Igy)