CONSTRUCTION OF:
YOUR MOBILE CHAPEL
*both of them*

This trailer was given to us in 2000. We have been working on it, as we have been able. God has told us that this must get finished now and it must be on the road quickly. God said that we have been too focused on being permanent in the truck stops when He told us to be mobile.

Near the end of August, 2009 a pastor in another town here in Oregon, who is a friend of Steering Wheel Ministries, told us that his dad was a truck driver so that is why his heart is in this ministry. He also said that he was going to take some of the men from his church to a Navaho mission in Arizona. He said, "Why should we go all the way to Arizona when there is a mission right here in our own state who needs help?" He has men in his church ready to get this chapel built as soon as we get the 2x4s we need. We will then have the outside painting and lettering to do.

God has blessed us and Merwin will be picking up the 2x4s and electrical supplies the week of March 8. The RV holding tanks and other RV supplies are also being donated the same week for the chaplain's living quarters. So the chapel will be on the road soon. PRAISE THE LORD!!!

On Thursday, November 19, 2009 the owner of a truck dealership called me, knowing the condition our cab-over Freightliner was in, and told me to bring it to him and he would send me home in a 1998 Freightliner Classic and being a conventional instead of a cab-over it is just what I had been praying for. We thank God for blessing us with this beautiful truck to pull “Your Mobile Chapel” with. (That is what the chapel trailer will say on both sides and on the back, "Your Mobile Chapel").

So Monday morning, November 23, 2009 Merwin Rhoades, president of Steering Wheel Ministries, headed out along with Jim Short, the Vice President of Steering Wheel Ministries, with our cab-over and went to Pendleton and left there with the truck you see here. The man who traded this in is a Christian and he left the cross on the grill. This truck does not need a paint job so our name is already on the doors.

On the way back Jim and Merwin were treated to dinner in Troutdale by the owner of a trucking company and that man also blessed us by putting 100 gallons of fuel in our tanks—we did not ask for any of this, God just blessed us. With what was already in the tanks we ended up with almost full tanks. We felt very blessed. For all this we give all of our thanks to Jesus Christ.

Stage Of Praise

This trailer was given to us by the man, Frank, who bought it from the ministry who had it before so it was already built to be a mobile chapel. He had been using it as a storage trailer at his home back in Illinois until God convicted him of using it for storage when He had it built to be out on the road spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Frank told a driver this and said, "If I could find a ministry who will put it back on the road I would give it to them". The driver, Mark, told him about Steering Wheel Ministries and got us together on the phone and he gave it to us. Then was the issue of getting it out here and God used an owner-operator, Russ, who said he would bring it out here to Oregon for free which he did. We now have to completely rebuild this trailer and the plan is to turn it into an 18-wheel mobile stage, which we will call, "Stage Of Praise". It will also be built so it can be closed up in bad weather and be used as a "regular" 18-wheel mobile chapel.

Work is getting done as volunteers are able to come out and help Merwin, president of Steering Wheel Ministries pictured on the roof fixing leaks.

Now that the leaks are fixed and the water damage is torn out we are ready to start building back into the chapel. This view is from the chapel area into the living quarters.

The propane is installed and ready for the furnace.

The furnace is installed. The furnace and installation was donated by K&C Heating and Air of Roseburg, OR.

We discovered floor-joists that have to be replaced so we are working on that.

These Mobile Chapels are being built for the glory of God by gifts from those who want to see souls saved from Hell through Jesus Christ and His shed blood.

The work on these trailers is a work of faith as the funds come in. Those who want to see souls saved from the gates of Hell fund the entire project. Up until now the work has been on hold due to the lack of funds and the lack of men with the know-how to build the chapels. Please pray that these needs are met so the chapel will soon be out on the road reaching souls for Jesus Christ, thus rescuing them from Hell.

Please keep checking back for updates.