Newsletter for:
February, 2010
Dear Friends:
This month we are getting down to basics. What is a missionary and/or mission? Merriam-Webster Dictionary says: “the act or an instance of sending” “Calling, Vocation” “b : assignment to or work in a field of missionary enterprise c (1) : a mission establishment (2) : a local church or parish dependent on a larger religious organization for direction or financial support”
Steering Wheel Ministries is a mission organization presenting the Gospel to the trucking industry and we are dependant, not on a “religious organization” for financial support but the entire body of Christ as God states in His Word. So what is Steering Wheel Ministries doing to “earn” or “be worthy” of this support? I do not have the space here to tell it all but here are a few high points:
I praise the Lord for cell phones because they not only keep drivers in touch with their families it also makes it much easier to minister to drivers when they are not in the truck stop chapel. After one of the many long phone calls I am on most every day I received the following email: “I really enjoyed our hour and a half talk, and I have to say, I was blessed just by the information you gave me and it is always a blessing to chew the fat (so to speak) about ministry and just to get to talk with another brother in Christ.” He went on and he thanked me for praying with him over the phone before the battery on my phone went dead.
Of the thank you emails I got for the Gospel cookie packages we gave out this past Christmas the one I received from a driver’s wife on January 25 was the most special: “My husband is a long-haul truck driver and I would like to thank you for your Ministry and for providing Christmas cookies to the drivers on Christmas Day. Very few people truly realize what a hard life truck driving is. I’m so glad there are folks like you out there for him. He enjoys attending services when he’s in the right place at the right time. I know he made it to a service this past Sunday, though I’m not sure exactly which location that was.” She gave her husband’s name and I looked it up on the guest sheet and was able to email her back and let her know her husband was in church service with me at the Rice Hill Pilot that Sunday.
Please be praying with us that we will have the 2x4s for the 18-wheel Mobile Chapel quickly. I have a goal that the Mobile Chapel will be on the road and with us at Trucker’s Days Of Jubilee at Pollard Flat May 19-23. From there it will go on the road reaching thousands of truck drivers for Jesus Christ. To learn more about what God is doing through Steering Wheel Ministries, take a look at the pictures on our “Happening” page on our web site at www.steeringwheel.org.
As you can see we are doing everything God has called us to do. God has given us a great responsibility and it is our prayer that we do not let Him down. So, thank you for your support of Steering Wheel Ministries so we can be here doing what God has called us to do so more truckers can be saved from Hell.
In Christ's service,
Merwin Johnson-Rhoades
Chaplain/President
Steering Wheel Ministries
Is recognized by the IRS as a 501[C](3) non-profit Ministry
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