Dear Praying Friends,
I’m excited to tell you about an exciting opportunity that the Lord has put together for us. Through a series of miracles, we have secured the last available vendor booth at the Tehama County Fair, and intend to use it to get the gospel to as many people at one time as possible. Approximately 1/3 of our county attends this fair, which means that we should have the opportunity to witness to about 20,000 people at one time. The fair runs Thursday, May 1st through Sunday, May 4th, 2025. We have put together a Creation and dinosaur theme for the booth with the intention of telling them that the God who personally created the universe, personally cares about every individual and offers them the free gift of salvation.
Immediately after the fair, we have scheduled an open-air, “Great Commission Revival.” Dr. SM Davis has made himself available to come and preach for it. The idea is to try to get as many people from the fair into the revival, where we can help them understand where they belong in God’s plan. Monday, May 5th, will be all about salvation, when Dr. Davis will preach “How To Tell if You’ve Been Saved.” Tuesday’s message concerns why a person needs to be baptized and join a Biblical church, and Dr. Davis will be preaching “The Unique Purposes of the Local Church.” On Wednesday, we plan to launch our ongoing mid-week kids and family program, “Character Club,” and Dr. Davis will help us understand why every Christian needs to grow in the Lord with his message, “What It Means to Walk in the Spirit.”
Please pray with us that God will move in a mighty way. Our small church of eight members if fully invested in seeing God work through this fair and revival.
We are humbled that many have given already to help us make this possible. Our sending church in Cle Elum, WA, sent us an offering to help cover the cost of the booth and some of the advertising. Lighthouse Baptist Press shipped us a pallet of John and Romans. Dr. Bryan Gentry in Florida, with the help of Mercy and Truth Printing Ministry in Kansas, is making sure that we have 2000 tracts and 1000 “dinosaur cards” for the fair. While there are many other pieces that need to come together, and expenses that need to be met in the next 7-10 days, I am confident that God will provide since He has already opened so many doors.
We have been asked to setup a registry on Amazon.com to list the things that we still need to purchase. That registry can be found here:
You can also find it by searching for “Jared Watkins” on “find a registry” on Amazon. If the Lord impresses you to help with some of the needs, we are very grateful. You can also help by donating through our church’s giving page, which is found at giving.gatbc.org.
If the Lord leads you to take a spur-of-the-moment soul-winning missions trip to Northern California to help us, we would be thrilled to have you! Please call or text me at (360) 300-7635 to work out the details.
Most importantly, please help us bathe this in prayer. We have a HUGE opportunity here to reach a lot of people with the Gospel.
In Christ’s Care,
Jared & Krysta Watkins
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