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Recent Meetings

Camby, Indiana

We arrived in the Indianapolis area Saturday, July 17th, in the late afternoon, checked into the Country Inn and Suites, quickly dressed and made the fifteen minute drive to the Life Line Baptist Church on Slideoff Road. Pastor Tim Lindsey, Jr. and several of his men were waiting to begin a two hour session on developing ministry skills. Pastor Lindsey has been music director and assistant pastor for a number of years, but after the pastor resigned, he was called to step into the position of pastor.

We had two Sunday morning services, one at 8:30 and the other at 11:00 a.m. They were both well attended. Sunday School was held between the two services. The music was excellent. Pastor Tim led the singing for most of the services and also played the piano for some of the special music.

We enjoyed a day with the senior citizens with a trip to the Benjamin Harrison home. He was the 13th president of the United States. His grandfather was also president some time before him. A trip north about ten miles to the Holly Hock restaurant was also very special.

We had opportunity to visit the campus of the Heritage Baptist College in Franklin, Indiania. Dr. David Halcomb took us on a tour of the building. Classes will begin on August 31st for the first time in this new location. The securing of the building with 12 acres of ground was a miracle.

Independence, Missouri

My time in Independence, Missouri, brought back a flood of memories. I flew to old Kansas City airport about forty years ago to preach in Sedila, Missouri, for Pastor Allen McMullan, the son-in-law of Dr. John Rice. He was married to Grace, the oldest of Dr. and Mrs. Rice's six daughters. I flew back several years later to the new airport and preached for Allen Cockrell. Bro. Cockrell and Jerry Watts had teamed up to start a new independent Baptist church in Raytown, Missouri, another suburb of Kansas City. They had purchased a vacant Presbyterian church, with Bro. Lester Roloff's help, and were very successful in getting the church into a full time ministry. Some time later, Dr. Carl Herbster became pastor there and relocated the church to the Blue Springs area and built a great ministry called Tri Cities Baptist Ministries. A couple of years ago I went back to Independence to preach at the New Hope Baptist church for Pastor David Love. This latest trip to the area the third week of April, I returned to preach a revival for Hylton Lawrence and the folks at Lighthouse Baptist Church, just one block down the road from New Hope Baptist Church. The Lighthouse church resulted from a split from New Hope several years before. My friend, Gene Whalen, from college days, pastored the New Hope church for over forty years before retiring. In recent months Pastor David Love was arrested and charged with murder of a man in his church and accused of immorality with the man's wife over a long period of time. He is presently awaiting trial. The church has recently called Darren Tharp, a long time friend from the Michigan area. Bro. Tharp and his family are getting settled in and have begun a ministry of healing the wounds and ecnouraging the believers. It was a joy to renew fellowship with him during our meeting there. He and Mrs. Tharp came to visit our services at Lighthouse. The altar was filled every night in our meeting.

I discovered that my niece, Karen Kersey, lived in the area and we had been in touch on Facebook. Years ago when her mother was still single and college age, I had led her to the Lord. I called Karen and asked if we could meet at a restaurant nearby. She agreed and it was a joy to lead her to Christ, too.

As we closed out the meeting on the final night, I challenged the people to make a commitment to win someone to Christ. The entire congregation came forward to seal the committment and joined in prayer that the Lord would use us to win someone in the next few days.

Revival Fires Conference

Dr. Dennis Corle put together a line up of speakers for his annual Revival Fires Conference that was just about the best I have heard. The meeting was held at Clays Mill Road Baptist Church, pastored by Dr. Jeff Fugate. It was my privilege to close out the conference on Wednesday to a full house. The music was outstanding and heartwarming. The church had well over a thousand on their buses on Sunday before the meeting and almost two thousand in total attendance. a number of people were saved and baptized. The altars were filled each session in the conference.

Two Churches Married

On Sunday, April 3, it was a special privilege to speak three times at Forest Hills Bptist Church in Snellville, Georgia. That day had been set aside for the unification service for Forest Hills Baptist Church and the Mountain View Baptist Tabernacle. Pastor Ray Warren and Bro. Carl Leach, Jr. signed the agreement in the presence of both congregations and the two churches became one. Bro. Warren will be the senior pastor and Bro. Leach, who had started the church 37 years ago, who has been suffering ill health will be the associate pastor. I used a revised wedding ceremony and asked the congregations to verbally say "we do" when asked if they would take the other group into fellowship with them. Instead of kissing the bride, I had them shake hands with each other. A baptismal service was held in the morning service and a communion service in the evening. The Forest Hills Church, pastored in the past by Dr. Curtis Hutson, had been forced to relocate to Stone Mountain, Georgia, and was struggling from a huge debt load. Dr. Warren did an amazing work leading the church through the valley. They were able to sell their building and move into the new facilities debt free. The Mountain View congregation had dwindled to a small congregation and they were happy to see their church filled with people. One group needed a building and the other needed people. It was a great move for both parties.

Dr. Ray Warren, Pastor Carl Leach, Jr. and Dr. Tom Wallace

Two Day Vacation

We left two days early for a meeting in Snellville, Georgia and drove to LaGrange, Georgia, to visit a wild animal safari and Callaway Gardens. When we checked into the motel, I was able to win the young woman at the desk to the Lord. I gave a tract to another young lady who was taking tickets to the Safari. When we came out, she came to our car and gave the tract back and said, " I did what this paper told me to do, and then filled out this information." I asked her if she meant she had accepted Jesus as her Savior. She said she did. There were about 1,000 animals in the park. There were several hundred deer of every size along with wild pigs, goats, sheep, a rhino, two giraffes, camels, bears, wolves, water buffalo, zebras and many, many more. The next day at Callaway Gardens we walked to the azalea reflection bowl, the butterfly house, and the horticulture center. We took lots of pictures. After a great Sunday in in the Atlanta area, we drove through Sweetwater, Tennessee, then over to Bald Creek Falls near the Cherokee National forest. The long winding drive along the clear mountain river was breath taking, as were the falls. Again we got lots of pictures. We met Mary's daughter, Debbi, at an old fashioned restaurant in Sweetwater before driving through a terrible blinding storm to our next meeting, Revival Fires Conference.

Unionville, Missouri

It was my joy to be with Pastor Bob Fleshman and the good people of Midway Baptist Church of Unionville, Missouri, for four days of meetings.

The Midway Baptist Church has moved across the road from an old dilapidated store front type building to a large beautiful building. One of the families in the church donated several acres of ground and another party gave them $100,000.00 to help with the new building. They are on top of a hill and easily seen from both directions of highway 136 just west of the city of Unionville, Missouri. The pastor and his people had prayed, planned and promoted the meeting well. We had an excellent spirit and a good crowd for all the Sunday services. Several other churches came to the meetings on Monday and Tuesday nights. One night we had eleven preachers.

Two were baptized on Sunday morning and the crowds were very receptive to the preaching. There were prople at the altar every service. On the closing night we had a real breakthrough. Seven or eight junior age boys and girls asked Jesus to come into their hearts and came forward to identify with the Lord. A fellow who had attended all services but one was under deep conviction. I took him into the pastor's office and led him to Christ. He came forward to take his stand for Christ. A young mother responded to the invitation also, along with a woman from the congregation. About fifty people responded to my challenge to personally win someone to Christ in the near future.

The folks were very generous in their offerings. The folks have a vision for reaching their community for Christ, and helping to start some new churches in their Judea.

It was very special to find Mark Dye, a former member of Franklin Road Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in Midway Baptist. He manages an airport just norht of Unionville, Missouri, in Centerville, Iowa. He is a lear jet pilot. Two of his daughters are members of our church in Murfreesboro now with their families.

Malvern, Arkansas

Jon Horton, Pastor of Gospel Light Baptist Church

Jon Horton Family with Bro. Wallace

The Gospel Light Baptist Church of Malvern, Arkansas, is an exciting place on Sunday when the congregation gathers for services. Pastor Jon Horton and his wife, Teresa, have put their heart and soul into the work there for the last few years. Teresa is the granddaughter of Dr. Jack Hyles. The old white frame building on sixth street became too small and they purchased a large warehouse in an excellent location right at the side entrance to the new Wal-Mart. They rented the old location to a smaller congregation and were able to realize a small monthly income to help pay the new mortgage, then a concerned man gave them two hundred thousand dollars to renovate the new building. The result was a beautiful facility with a steeple, large vestibule, very comfortable auditorium, a nursery, an office section, and a full size gymnasium. It was a modern day miracle.

On Christmas morning their house caught fire and they lost everything. They felt fortunate to get out of the house alive along with their three children. It was a great disappointment for everyone to lose all their Christmas presents and gifts before they had the opportunity to open them. They moved in with his mother until the house can be rebuilt. Their insurance proved to be adequate to put it all back together. Their attitude and spirit of victory through the whole experience was a tremendouse testimony to their church family. The people rallied and gave them clothes, food, money and real moral support.

The altar was filled at the invitation and I gave the service back to the pastor. Everyone had returned to their seats, then he continued the invitation and the altar filled up again. At the evening service the same thing happened again. We left Malvern the next morning feeling that we had been in the presence of the Lord. I was glad for an invitation to come again next year for another time at Gospel Light Baptist Churhc.

Baltimore, Maryland

Tom Wallace and Dr. Earl Johnson

Pastor Jerry Harmon, Tom Wallace, Dr. Earl Johnson and Earl Johnson II, Associate Pastor

The last day of 2010 found me on a flight to Baltimore, Maryland, for a New Year's Eve service with Dr. Earl Johnson at Bible Baptist Church of Cantonsville, Maryland. I stayed over and preached both services on the first Sunday of the New Year. I have been in this church three times before for New Year's Eve services, and a total of seven times altogether.

Bro. Johnson started this church more than forty years ago and the Lord has given them a congregation of six or seven hundred each Sunday. They have several million dollars worth of buildings all paid for, and five houses on the campus for the staff.

The crowd at the airport on Monday morning was unbelievable! I got there early but by the time I got checked in and went through screening I just barely made the flight. They labeled my luggage as "Late." It did not surprise me that the luggage did not make it. It was wonderful to see my wife, Mary, for the first time in 2011 and we were soon off to IHOP for a good breakfast. We checked back at the airport and were sure the suitcases would make the next flight arriving at 12:00 p.m., but they didn't. They promised to deliver them later the same day.

Arcadia, Florida

Pastor Tom Knickerbocker and the church family of Heritage Baptist Church in Arcadia, Florida, were kind and gracious to me while I was there for an all day Sunday meeting. I flew to Orlando, Florida, rented a car and drove the two hours to Arcadia. The pastor has been there for sixteen years and has renovated the old downtown church and purchased a large valuable lot across the street for parking and future growth. They are building a prophet's chamber that will be really nice when finished. My long time friend Don Moore came to visit for the day.

Dale Leavesly Funeral

Word came to me while I was in Florida that Bro. Dale Leavesly had died and would be buried on Monday evening at Claremont, Florida. Since I was free on Monday night and was only thirty minutes away from the funeral home I decided I would attend the funeral. When they heard I would be coming, they called and asked me to have a part in the service. I agreed to do so. I preached the funeral message several years ago for Mrs. Leavesly. We had a victory service. Four preachers participated in the service. I was glad the Lord arranged for me to help. Peter and Mary Mucher, my good friends from Trenton, Georgia, were also there.

My Two Brothers

It was a special blessing also to visit with and enjoy breakfast with my brother, Wilton, who lives in Kissimmee, Florida and also my younger brother Curt and his wife, Pam, who live in the Villages near Ocala. Curt's wife died a couple of years ago and he has recently married a delightful lady from his neighborhood. Wilton and Charlotte have recently been saddened by the sudden death of their son, Mark, who suffered a heart attack. He was only forty-five. We are blessed in our family of six aging from 65 to 82 and have not lost one of us yet.

Old Friends

Fifty years ago I performed the marriage ceremony for Jim and Judy Paynter in Elkton, Maryland. Over the years this marriage produced seven sons, and counting grandchildren and great grandchildren there are forty-five of them now. Several years ago Jim moved his family to Florida. It was a blessing to visit them at their home in Lady Lake, Florida, just a few miles from Eustis where I was preaching. Judy got on the phone and rounded up most of her children and grandchildren to come to our meeting at Victory Baptist Church in Eustis. Judy has a severe diabetic problem and has recently had to have three toes removed, but it has not dampened her spirit. She and Jim are two radiant, happy Christians. One of their sons, Joshua, is a preacher, another a Christian singer, and still another a Florida state policeman.

Webster, Florida

Tom Wallace and Pastor Emory King

On Wednesday night, December 1, I drove about forty-five miles from where I was staying and joined Pastor Emory King and Peter and Mary Mucher for dinner at the Butter Bean restaurant. This is the location of one of the world's best known and perhaps largest flea markets anywhere. We had a good crowd at the Faith Baptist Church, and a number of folks responded to the invitation. Pastor King never married and has pastored this church for thirty-one years. They are planning to build a new auditorium in the future. Bro. King has been a friend for many years and I have had the joy of preaching for him several times at Faith Baptist Church. He asked me to come again in 2011.

Orange City, Florida

Volusia County Baptist Church

It was a treat to drive to Orange City, Florida, to preach for my long time friend, Dr. John Reynolds, on Thursday night and then to a large group of approximately 200 in their senior citizens meeting. I enjoyed dinner with John, his wife, Becky, and their son, Adam and his wife and three children. It was also special to see Barry and Vickie Greening who were part of the music staff at Franklin Road Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, while I pastored there. They were busy with the preparations for their annual Christmas Journey. They involve more than a hundred people in dozens of live scenes with lights and sounds of the Christmas story. They expect more than 8,000 to walk through this year. They had something like four hundred decisions for Christ last year. Bro. John put me up in their very nice guest house for three days and took me golfing two times and fed me a number of delicious meals. The Lord used Bro. Reynolds to start the Volusia County Baptist Church some years ago after working on the staff with me in Murfreesboro. They started in a store front, then purchased a small church that would accommodate a little over a hundred. They were able then to build a five hundred seat auditorium and when that became too small, they built a large twelve hundred seat auditorium. They are really impacting their community.

Eustis, Florida

Dr. Charles Ashley and Tom Wallace

I wrapped up my Florida trip with a four day meeting at Victory Baptist Church of Eustis, Florida, where Dr. Charles Ashley is pastor. I preached for Dr. Ashley many years ago at Frankfort, Kentucky. These folks housed me in their comfortable prophet's chamber right on the church location. It was very convenient. It was a blessing to see so many old friends in the services from my previous churches. Peter and Sylvia Geremoth's two daughters, Debbie and Jeanie, came and Debbie brought her husband, Kenneth. Jim Paynter, his wife, Judy, and four of their sons, one of his daughters-in-law, and two of their grandchildren also came to visit the meeting. Dr. Terry Donohue and his wife, Linda, drove over from Dundee, Florida, to visit the last night of the meeting. Bro. Donohue is working with orphanges in Burma, India, Cambodia, and Nicaragua. It was wonderful to see these folks. There was a good response to the invitation in both morning and evening services on Sunday. At one service every person in the congregation stood at the invitation to pledge that they would be a seven step Christian. I drove back to the airport on Thurday morning, checked in my rental car, caught a Southwest flight for Nashville and enjoyed lunch with my wife, Mary.

Moreno Valley, California

Bro. Jim Preston and Tom Wallace

It was an exciting day for us at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Moreno Valley, California, where Bro. Jim Preston is pastor. I had earned a frequent flyer airline ticket, so I took Mary along. We enjoyed lunch at in the airport in Las Vegas. The church at Moreno Valley had purchased a nice three bedroom house next door and redecorated it. Everything was really nice. I preached in the early service at 8:30, taught Sunday school at 10:00, then preached in the main service at 11:00. Two adults were saved in the early service and the altar filled up for both of these services. We enjoyed a good steak dinner at Sizzler with the preacher and some of his folk, then after some rest were back for the 6:30 evening service. Pastor Preston was kind to allow us to use one of the church vans until Thursday when we flew home. He also loaned me a beautiful tie, because afterpicking out three of my newest ones at home, I forgot to put them in my suitcase.

Ontario, California

Dr. Ezekiel Salazar and Tom Wallace

After the busy, but wonderful day with Bro. Preston and the folks at Morneo Valley, we drove the twenty-three miles to Ontario and checked into the Holiday Inn Express. Since I had accumulated some Priority Club points we enjoyed a couple of free nights there. It was good to be free to rest and enjoy peace and quiet before the large Victory Stewardship Banquet at Montecito Baptist Church with Dr. Ezekiel Salazar and his people. The church is one of the largest Spanish works in America. They have purchased a large theatre building with several large auditoriums and renovated it for their use as a church. It is a beautiful and very functional property. I have been there a couple of times in the past. Mrs. Salazar was having eye surgery when we arrived and a little boy died unexpectedly the day before the banquet, so we didn't have as much time to fellowship with the pastor as we had hoped. After the banquet a Thanksgiving offering was received totaling $21,600.00. We flew back on Thanksgiving Day and enjoyed our Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant in the airport in Las Vegas. We had to settle for a turkey sandwich with lettuce and cranberry sauce, some clam chowder and zucchini. The flight home was a llttle over three hours and a very pleasant one. Bro. J.P. Hamilton was waiting at the airport with our car. Thank the Lord for God's good people who are willing to help us. We were happy to be back in our own bed.

Idamay, West Virginia

Pastor Scott Hall, after doing an outstanding job in Kenya, Africa, felt it ws the will of God for him to accept the call of the Fellowship Baptist church of Idamay. The church has come alive since the Halls came home to lead them. Their building was filled for both morning and evening services. A lady was saved in the morning service. After a challenge to win souls in the evening service, the entire congregation came forward to give themselves to the Lord to win a soul to Him. Again, I was able to win the lady at the hotel who was preparing breakfast for the guests.

Idamay Pastors Fellowship

Twenty plus preachers showed up for the pastors' fellowship meeting and I had the joy of preaching to them. The folks put on a delicious meal for the pastors and guests.

The town of Idamay got its name from a man who owned the coal mining company there. He also owned most of the area. The man had three daughters and he named three towns after his three girls. The other two towns are Caroline and Katie. It was good to get home after being away for such a long time.

Heritage Baptist College
Franklin, Indiana

Dr. David Halcomb, Vice President of Heritage College secured the prophet's chamber at the Indianapolis Baptist Temple for me to use while giving a series of five three hour lectures on church building, growth, and soul-winning. He also arranged for me to speak to a pastors' meeting on Sunday school. The other speakers were Pastor Kevin Albert of Lifeway Baptist Church of Ellettsville, Indiana, and Pastor Randy Parker of Bethel Baptist Church of Greenfield, Indiana. Both of these pastors are doing an outstanding job and were well qualified to teach in this seminar. I spoke at the Berean Baptist Church on County Line Road in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Wednesday night, where Bill Blakely is pastor.

Dr. Randy Parker and Tom Wallace

On Sunday I preached in both the morning and evening services at Bethel Baptist Church of Greenfield, Indiana, for Dr. Randy Parker. On the following Wednesday evening I preached for Dr. Greg Dixon at the Indiana Baptist Temple.

Heritage at Hopewell

On Friday night we closed out the college meetings with a banquet at the well-known Jonathan Byrd cafeteria. A valuable piece of property became available just three miles from the present temporary location. The property was valued at $60,000.00 for the land and between two and four million dollars for the building. Dr. Russell Dennis, President of the school, and Bro. Halcomb were able to buy the elementary school building of ten classrooms, a gym, kitchen and much more, with a bid of $113,000.00 which included all closing fees. At the banquet $30,000.00 was raised to pay as much as possible of the purchase price. The students presented me with a beautiful corduroy blazer and a gold watch for teaching their classes.

Springboro, Ohio

Just south of Dayton, Ohio, the Faith Baptist Church is located on I-75 in the town of Springboro. They have a beautiful location and really nice facilities. After driving in on Saturday, I checked into the Hampton Inn, got a good night's sleep, then drove about a block to the church in time for Sunday school. The pastor of the church is Rick Carr. I taught combined adult and teen classes, then preached both morning and evening services. The entire congregation responded on Sunday night to an appeal to get someone saved. The next morning I was able to win the lady to the Lord who was preparing breakfast for the hotel guests.

Jonesboro, Georgia

Bro. Wallace and Pastor Joe Arthur

The third Sunday of October I drove to Jonesboro, Georgia, to preach in both services for Joe Arthur at Harvest Baptist Tabernacle. There were well over 500 in attendance on Sunday morning. We had a big red faced man that weighted 275 pounds saved. He had a couple of rings in one of his ears. He came in tears and almost running down the aisle. A young eleven year old boy was also saved. Another man, his wife, and their son were baptized. I preached on soulwinning Sunday night. I publicly committed myself to win a soul for Christ, and over 400 responded to commit themselves to join me to try to win a soul to Christ. I don't know when I've been in a church where the pastor showed more love to his people and the people to him.

I was able to fulfill my commitment Monday morning by winning one of the maids at the motel to Christ. She had a diamond in her nose, three rings in her ear, and two beautiful gold teeth in the front of her mouth. She smiled and thanked me over and over for giving her the good news. I gave a Hindu Indian manager a tract, and two Spanish tracts to two other maids, then a Spanish tract to the Spanish maintenance man.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The following Sunday through Tuesday I preached at Christ's Independent Baptist Church in center city Philadelphia. David Peterman is pastor there. Bro. Peterman was born to a family in that church, went to the grammar school, attended Bible college, was ordained there, and now is pastor. Several pastors visited our meeting from the area. I have given him some dates for next year for their anniversary Sunday. It was special to see Tom and Eunice Aliff, who drove from Elkton, Maryland, to be in the services. Tom was my radio station announcer and engineer for several years in Elkton and was becuase of the radio sermons.

October Meetings

October has turned out to be one of our busiest months of the year with meetings in eight different locations. It started in Panama City, Florida, at Central Baptsit Church with an all day Sunday meeting with my son-in-law, Bruce Baarton, where I preached twice and taught an adult Sunday school class. On Monday I spoke at the Florida Baptist Pastor's Fellowship. Dr. John Reynolds, Pastor Steve Roberson, and Gary Shockley were the other speakers. Cedric McCormick from Gainsville, Florida, led the music. We enjoyed sharing the home of Eddie and Cookie Hart on an inlet on the Gulf. We drove to McDonough, Georgia, for the Tuesday night meeting of the Nationwide Baptist Fellowship with Dr. David McCoy and Dr. Max Barton. R.B. Ouellette and Tom Sexton were the Tuesday night speakers. As usual, they did a tremendous job preaching.

Little Hocking, Ohio

Bro. Wallace and Pastor Tim Lindsey

After flying to the last two meetings, Mary and I drove to Parkersburg, West Virginia, to preach for Pastor Tim Lindsey at Decatur Chapel Baptist Church of Little Hocking, Ohio. Christian Lindsey, the pastor's son, did an outstanding job with the music. Bro. Lindsey, Christian and I sang as a trio for special music in one of the services. Bro. Lindsey worked with me as an administrative assistant at Franklin Road Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He has become an excellent pastor and his people really respect and love hime and his family.Perryman, Texas

My next meeting was in Perryman, Texas, about two hours North of Amarillo. Wes Stevens is pastor of the Fellowship Baptist Church there. These folks at one time lived in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and were members of our church. Bro. Stevens felt that his church was greatly strengthened by the preaching in the meeting. Wes and Star have five children and seven horses. The fellowship was great. One of the men took me golfing on two different days.

Posen, Illinois

Bro. Wallace preaching the Word

Our meeting with Bro. Bill Steadman and his folks at Faith Baptist Church in Posen, Illinois, really went well. We had several saved and good responses to all the invitations. Pastor Bill Gluck, my good friend fron Andalusia, Illinois, came up to visit our meeting. Mary was able to visit some of the folks she knew in the area while she lived there in Oak Forest, Illinois. She lived in that area for over 40 years. Bro. Steadman has been a faithful pastor there for many years. He was kind to send my Bible off to have it rebound for me.

Manhattan, Kansas Update

In my meeting with Dennis Henderson in Manhatten, Kansas, I witnessed to 93 year old Mable Klien in a nursing facility. Mable had broken her hip. She told us she did not believe the Bible and did not believe in Heaven or Hell. I asked her if is she was an unbeliever, and she said, "That's what I am." I read her Rev. 21:8 and lumped her in with the whoremongers, sorcerers, liars, and all those horrible people and explained that she was going to go to the lake of fire along with them. I prayed with her and asked her to pray, but she just kept saying "Yes," "Yes," "Yes," as I prayed. We went away not feeling that she had trusted the Lord. We got word from her grandson, Chris McMurry, that she wanted to join their church. He told her, "Grandma, you have to be saved first." She said, "I am, I am trusting in Jesus to get me into Heaven." The word got through to her and she had put her trust in the Lord. She died a few days later.

Manhattan, Kansas

Normally, pastors do not plan meetings on Labor Day weekend, but Steven Henderson decided to have a four day meeting from Labor Day Sunday to Wednesday night. Dr. Larry Clayton, Dr. Bill Marshall, and I were the speakers. There were two services on Sunday, two on Monday, then five on Tuesday, and one on Wednesday evening. The meetings were well attended and a number of preachers came to visit the services. The music was excellent and the fellowship was the very best.

Bro. Wallace and Pastor Steven Henderson

Bro. Wallace and Bro. Larry Clayron

Bro. Henderson is the founding pastor of Harvest Baptist Church and he has led his people to help in starting another new church in Wichita, Kansas. He has a goal of starting twenty new churches. Junction City, Kansas, about twenty-five miles away, is to be the location of the second church to be launched.
The Harvest Baptist Church draws about fifty percent of its congregation from the military at Fort Riley. I met a lot of solid gold folks. Bro. Chris McCurry, a young retired military man is Bro. Henderson's assistant pastor. Bro. McCurry took me to a nursing home to visit his ninety-four year old grandmother, Mable Kline. I was able to witness to her and prayed with her, urging her to accept Christ, before she goes out to meet God. I am praying that the Lord will save her, heal her broken hip, lead her to come to church and take a stand for Christ and be baptized; then that she might live to be a hundred years old.

Gulfport, Mississippi

I caught a direct flight to New Orleans, Louisiana, and found Pastor Dan Carr waiting for me. We drove to Gulfport, Mississippi, and I checked into my accommodations at the Beams guest house, where Bro. Rene Feret has a Bible distribution ministry. They have four comfortable rooms for guest speakers and missionaries.

Bro. Wallace and Pastor Dan Carr

Bro. Carr is a well loved pastor in the area and is loved by his people. There were 455 in the am service. The Carrs have a wonderful family of seven boys and two girls.

I taught Sunday school and preached both Sunday services. We had breakfast, as well as dinner, at the Golden Corral. On Monday, Dr. Dennis Corle came in to speak with me at the annual Revival Fires Conference. We both preached on Monday night, Tuesday morning, and again on Tuesday night. some old friends from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Granville and Jan Alpha, visited with us on Tuesday night. Scott Kennedy, Bro. Carr's associate, drove me back to New Orleans for the direct flight to Nashville where Mary had prepared me a delicious pork chop dinner.

Bro. Carr has asked me to come for his workers' meeting in the fall of 2011, Bro. Corle invited me to speak in his natioal conference in Lexington, Kentucky, in April of 2011, then Bro. Feret asked if I could speak in their annual Beams conference in the spring of 2012.

Dothan, Alabama

After a full week of celebrating my 80th birthday with my children and grandchildren in Panama City, Florida, we drove to Dothan, Alabama, and preached for Pastor Greg Wilmore at Mimosa Drive Baptist Church. Bro. Wilmore has only been pastoring there for a few months, but he had the place packed on Tuesday night for the service. After church, we had another time of fellowship and another celebration with all kinds of goodies and sweets.

It was a blessing to spend the night in the guest house of Wayne and Donna Thomas, who have retired from Orlando, Florida. They have a smll pond nd I decided to try to catch a catfish. They had several fishing rods, but no hooks. We finally came up with one with a hook, but it was a child's pole. I baited it and threw it into the water and within seconds I had a fish on the line. The reel didn't work so I pulled it in with my hands. It was a beautiful 21 inch catfish. We took a picture to prove I caught it, and attempted to get the hook out of his mouth, the line broke and the fish flopped and flipped imself back down the bank and into the water, taking with him my only hook. I was back in the house for breakfast about five minutes from the time I left. We plan to go back with my rod and box of hooks.

Bro. Wallace and his "catch"

Milan, Tennessee

Excitement is the word to describe our meeting at Temple Baptist Church in Milan, Tennessee. Pastor Matt Moore asked me to fill in for him on Sunday morning while he took a short sabbatical. Bro. Moore is the grandson of missionary Evertee Moore who spent his life in the mountains of eastern Kentucky and the nephew to the well known pastor and singer, Lonnie Moore of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Nicholasvile, Kentucky. There were over 500 there for the service. Milan is a small town of about 8,000. We attended a Sunday school class that met in the choir loft, because they are out of space. The place was filled with young couples as well as a good balance of older people who were there before Pasor Moore came five years ago. The music was uplifting and the people responded to the preaching with enthusiasm. The altar filled up at the invitation.

We especially enjoyed dinner after church with Bro. and Mrs. Paul Wallace. We talked about family trees, but could not find a connection between our families. We were able to drive home in time to attend our church at Franklin Road Baptist Church and hear Bro. Mike Norris give a great message.

Uganda and Kenya, Africa

A full account of the trip is found in a journal posted on our web page at Tom's African Journal

You can view pictures of some of our trip by clicking on the links below in our Photo Gallery section.

Photo Galleries - Our Memories of travel

Preaching in Soroti, Uganda, Africa -2007
Safari - Uganda & Nile River Boat Trip, Africa -2007
Preaching in Kenya, Africa -2007
Safari in Kenya - 2007
Lighthouses, etc. - 2006
Alaska - 2006