January 22, 2010
Dear Friends,
Family, Ministry Partners, & Share Plan Supporters,
Happy New Year! Greetings again from the road of revival-land. Here's a few peeks at early 2010 as we are back in the thick of the battle. Knowing that you'd want to see a new picture of Max, I'll share him first. (Who says this grandparent status tempers us?)
While in revival at
Englewood, Florida Tam was able to have some family time with her cousin,
Rachel. We had Rachel & her
husband, Troy over to the coach for breakfast. Nazarene Pastor D. Paul Ray and his wife, Beverly, are so
wonderful. We regret that we did
not get a picture of them. We had
a wonderful series of meetings and many received help.
We stopped over in Palmetto,
Florida to see our wonderful friends, Thurl and Mary Kay Mann on our way to
Brooksville, Florida.
We shared ministry
responsibilities with Dr. Marlin Hotle (next to Larry) and Dr. Tom Hermiz. Dr. Hotle is the Tennessee District
Superintendent for the Wesleyan Church and Dr. Hermiz is the General
Superintendent for the Churches of Christ and Christian Union. We had a wonderful camp meeting at the
Brooksville Wesleyan Village. The
spirit of unity and renewal was evident.
We were blessed to enjoy tea
with the Wissbroeckers. Ed and
Wilma served in Zambia for many years as missionaries. They are now retired from foreign
service, but are still active servants and prayer warriors. We exchanged stories and witnessed some
amazing big game trophies from Eds hunting days. These are very dear people who we consider brother and
sister in the Lord.
Another great privilege was
to see Betty Pickering, whom we haven't seen in many years. She and her husband, Leo were great
friends of Larry's parents back in Midland, Michigan. Leo was saved as a result of prayers and persistence by
Larry's dad, Elvin, and his Sunday School class. Leo later pastored and served as an evangelist before
he passed away.
The orchestra played
pre-service music each evening at Brooksville. Not only were there a number of guitars and basses, the
woodwinds and brass sounded great too.
There was some fine puckerin', pickin' and grinnin' going on.
The people kept flooding in
and the sanctuary was full every night.
I snuck this shot over Tam's shoulder just prior to service.
We also worked with a great
choir. Their participation was
spirited and anointed. God used
them as they sang.
Dean Greeno and Larry played
their trumpets together, but Dean also represents another interesting part of
Tam's heritage. Her Grandpa Sidle
was led to the Lord by Dean's uncle, Ken Greeno many years ago out in
California while he was in the service.
If his life had not changed, a whole different course would have
evolved. The power of influence
can change the lives of many.
Our next ministry was in
Okeechobee, Florida. Pastor Lois
and Paul Moranville are in the front with her parents, Charles and Edna
Williamson behind her. They pastor
in Indiana, Pennsylvania and we had the opportunity to minister with them last
fall. What a nice reunion!
Looking out the window of
the coach, I noticed some wild boar had roamed up into the back property of the
church in Okeechobee. I longed for
some good binoculars to take a closer look but I was not tempted to get any
closer. They looked hungry and
I've heard they can be aggressive.
Can't we all when we're hungry?
Ha.
Thanks again for your
prayers! If there is any way that
we can pray for you or your family, let us know. Well also pass the request to our prayer teams. There is tremendous power in prayer for
others. We are reworking our
website, but the construction is going slowly. Please check it out at www.leckroneministries.org for
information and location of our upcoming revival events. We always love to see you if the
opportunity arises. Bye for now.
Blessings to you and yours!
Larry & Tam
January 22 Avon
Park, Florida Camp Rally Evening
January 23-26 Ventura,
California (cancelled) now open
January 30-Feb. 3 Melbourne,
Florida
February 5-7 Impact
Weekend, The Villages, FL