180 Outreach Ministries: Himebaugh Ave. Outreach Update

Great turnout!

This last Saturday, (July 19th) we had the outreach in Dunlap, IN on Himebaugh Ave. and it was incredible!! We estimated that over two hundred people came to the free cook-out. Many who came were those we visited with as we went door to door. I had a cool encounter with a brother named Josh, who I actually met in the county Jail, it has now been two years and he is doing great-no drugs or alcohol, he is serving the Lord, he has a beautiful family and he is working -things are good. He brought them all to the event Saturday and they all had a good time!

Also, it was a blessing to team up with Elkhart Community Baptist Church. This church is right in the neighborhood, just blocks from Himebaugh Ave., so it was awesome having Pastor Ed Ritchie and youth Pastor Dustin Vargo out serving and ministering with us along with some of their congregation. Oh, and I don’t want to forget to give a shout of thanks to one of the Churches deacons, named Paul Elswick, he has a motorized kiddy train that he brought out and it was a total blessing- the little ones had a blast being pulled through the neighborhoods.

Hey, also a big shout to Frankie Phillips and his family along with all the neighbor’s, as we literally took over Himebaugh Ave. (ha!) We had the event on Frankie’s daughter’s front lawn and many of neighbors allowed parking on their property. Plus, one of Frankie’s long time friends Ted Wright was stirred in his heart to bring out his grills and grill up 80 pounds of chicken to serve and bless. This whole day was an incredible display of God's love and I thank all the servants and workers.

We were able to do some raffles and give away some neat free prizes to the kids and adults. So many were blessed, it was incredible seeing the faces of the little kids who won the prizes. So we say, “thank you” to those who donated and provided these gifts.

We ministered and prayed with many people, sharing and exhorting people to call out to the Lord and read their Bibles. I was personally able to lead a man named Jack to the Lord, he was unsure of his salvation. His own words were “I am backslid and I don’t know where I would go if I died.” I spent some time with him sharing many scriptures with him as also did Pastor Dustin. It was glorious to then pray with Jack as he called out to Jesus. Jack was so happy that he ran to mother and after he talked to her awhile she said that she also wanted to pray and cry out to Jesus! Totally awesome! We praise God for His working.

So again we thank God for the incredible day and we thank all of you who prayed, served, and gave God bless you all. Thanks for reading…Please see the pics below.

Steve Ignowski

Lifeline Outreach Ministries

574-612-0555