Faithful Men Ministries - Jack's Blog

This is for Russell and other Faithful Men.........

It's been a month since I blogged but don't think there hasn't been anything going on in the ministry. As you know I now have 9 grand children. When I travel to minister it's normally from Thursday to Sunday or Monday, which gives me a couple of days before I leave again for ministry. When I land at DFW International airport I'm usually thinking about how long it's been since I saw or was with my different grandchildren. One of my daughters once said to me, "Dad, I think you miss your grand kids more than your kids." I responded, "The grand kids still come running to me when I come back in from traveling." She quickly responded, " Well, you bring them stuff!" I said, "Ohhhhhh, okay, if I start bringing you stuff, will you start running to me again?" She said, "No, but you can start bringing me stuff again."

I guess my point in rambling on about my grand kids is related to how much my grand dad impacted me. I was named after my grandfather on my mother's side, Charles W. "Toby" Young. My middle name is Charles. I remember as an 8 year old, following my Grandpa Toby around everywhere. He was funny and I loved being with him. He would be picking strawberries and dropping them in his metal pail. Of course I would eat them as fast as he picked them. Then he would act flabbergasted at his bucket being empty and ask me if I knew where they "disappeared to." Of course my response with red lips was, "I dunno." It's those fun times that  never leave your memory as a child.

I want everyone of my grand children to each have special memories of their Papa when they grow up. Whatever time I have left on this earth, it's not my #1 priority to minister to men every waking moment. But to make sure my grand children know how much God loves them and how much their Mana & Papa love them. Their parents are doing incredible in teaching & training them to love the Lord with all their heart, soul & mind and to love their neighbors as themselves.

I believe our responsibility as grand parents is to give them hope and encouragement for when they have grand children, they will have rich and fond memories to pass on from us.

I will write of what God is doing in the ministry during the last 3-4 weeks. But in the meantime, when you don't see a new blog, at least you know where I am and what I am doing.

Either I am with my grand children or with my sons or son in laws, playing golf. And many of you know first hand, how much I need to practice my golf game, including you Russell.

Besides, my doctor told me I needed more greens. :)

Thanks for your friendship, partnership and prayers.

Three Cowboys,

Papa Jack, Taylor King & Grayson Jack King

7th Year begins this month & 9th Grandchild !

On February 1, 2003 Faithful Men Ministries began. We just completed our 6th year and it seems like yesterday that I asked God what he wanted me to do after serving Edwin Louis Cole for 15 years. It was very clear to me that I was to continue to do what I had been doing for so long. So I wrote this, "I am called along the side of pastors to help them fulfill the vision and dream God has given them and they can't do it without their men and without strong men."

I guess I could write a book about what God has done and the places he has allowed us to minister to men. Now that I think about it, the blogs I have written since August of 2006 is a monthly chapter of the book about the faithfulness of God.

I feel for 2009 that God is speaking specifically about

First, keep a pure heart and clean hands. Second, stay focused on what the ministry is called to do. Third, walk in the revelation that He directs our steps and nurture the relationships He brings this year and last but not least, wait on him for the places he wants me to go.

 One of the doors God has continually opened and kept open is into the prisons. Those men love the ministry and Dr. Cole's material. As you know from our blogs, we have several prisons that the men study the Majoring in Men curriculum and have commissioned men in Kingman, AZ at Arizona State Prison through Mike Kludt.

A prison ministry founded by Mrs ScottieBarnes, Forgiven Ministry, Taylorsville, NC has been in contact with us. They are wanting to use our new book, "Unnatural Act of Forgiveness" & "Murder For Hire" in their weekend seminars with men and women in prison. They do weekend camps where the families of inmates come for the weekend. It is an incredible time for them, especially when they minister forgiveness. I encourage you to peruse their website, www.forgivenministry.orgThey have several great programs for men and women inmates including day camps with their families and seminars on forgiveness. I am looking forward to being a part of their seminars in 2009.

 

I have to interrupt this blog to bring you an important announcement for 2009.

 

Zac and Krista King are the proud parents and Taylor Mathew King the proud big brother of Grayson Jack King, born today, February 4, 2009 at 10:17am, 7 lbs, 9 oz, 20 inches long. Mother and baby are doing great, Daddy and 'big brother' are beaming.

 

 Papa Jack and Mana Betty are praising God for #9, Hallelujah for 9.Grayson King 8.Taylor King 7.Eli Childress  6. Evan Childress  5. Emma Childress 4. Ethan Childress  3. Kaitlin Murray  2. Hannah Murray  1. Jocelyn Murray(15 yrs old, wow)

 

 Amber & Jonathan Price,married 2 years, have not added to our numbers YET.

 

 Chad is not married nor anywhere close to getting married. 

 

It just became more difficult to go out and eat with all our family now. We have

 

to ask for a table for 21, hmmmmm, that's bigger than a lot of church's I know.

 

We are blessed and highly favored of the Lord!

 

And now more pictures of Grayson Jack King & Papa Jack King.

It may look like Valentines Red but it's really Boomer Sooner Red!

Taylor securely holding "little bubba."

My sister was murdered in December.............

There's no pictures for this blog.

Just potent words from a woman who was given our book, 'Murder for Hire" by a customer in her restaurant who notice the pain, anger & hate that stood out in her demeanor.

As she waited on him, he asked her what was wrong. She said my sister was murdered last month and her house sat on fire to cover up the murder. But not to worry because they knew who did it and the police were pursuing him but they were not going to wait on the police. "We are going to get him ourselves." The customer said, "wait a minute, don't do that. I know a man that went through the exact same thing and wrote a book abut his experience." He gave her the book right before Christmas and here is the letter I received in the mail last Tuesday, January 6th.

Dear Sir,

I have never been able to read a book because I can't read or spell very good so I just never read books at all. A customer in my store gave me your book, "Murder For Hire." I thought I would try to read it since it made me curious. I could not believe how easy it was to read and understand every word. I could not put it down and read it in one night. I want to say, thank you Jack for writing your testimony. I want to tell you how horrible it was to pull up to my sisters house and they had her laying in the driveway with a tarp over her. We were all full of rage and knew we had to get the guy that did it. I'm ashamed to say how big a mess my sister's funeral was. First of all, the CD skipped all the way through my sisters favorite songs. The man we know did it, came in late stood in the back of the church with his arms folded and refused to leave when I asked him. My oldest brother and my brother-in-law attacked him, beat him up and threw him out of the church, it was crazy.

But now with the help of your book I want to forgive him and somehow pray for him.  Please pray for my sisters three children (10,13,16) and our mother. My heart hurts so bad for them all the time."

This woman's story and this letter is why we do what we do in the ministry. This is what it's all about.

Thank God for Glen Hyde who handed her the book. 

Thank God for the Holy Spirit that enabled her for the first time to read a book and read it all the way through.  and totally understand every word.

I have written her back and sent her my other book, "The Unnatural Act of Forgiveness." I told her this book will help her and her family walk this path of forgiveness they have have chosen.

Thank you for giving to the ministry, it allows us to bless people with these books.  When you buy books and God brings someone hurting, full of hate, anger and unforgiveness, you can minister to them and give them a book, even if they can't read!

Would you prayerfully consider an extra gift this month or going to our shopping cart and ordering some to keep in your car for such a moment as this woman's life that needs to know of God's love and forgiveness.

Thanks for being such a big part of Faithful Men Ministries.

In His service,

Jack

The Greatest Honor and the Greatest Gift..............

  I have had the privilege of commissioning men all over the world, but there is nothing I have enjoyed more than commissioning 37 young men, ten to sixteen years old last Saturday night at the "Men of Honor and Women of Honor Banquet with Tony & Melissa Rorie.

 I believe what Tony Rorie is doing in schools,church's and recreation centers across north Texas is finally the fruition of Edwin Cole's "Timothy Project." Discipling young men with the young men's curriculum.

 These young men not only learn and live the "Coleisms" but have brought a another level of maturity as young men to the place they live and learn daily in school. 

Yes they state the axiom that "Manhood and Christlikeness are synonymous." But they also declare that "I do right because it's the right thing to do." "If there is no man, I will be that man."

How refreshing is it to see young men run to a door to open it for a young lady. Or more refreshing is when they go through the rites of passage and ask God to help them walk a path of sexual pureness.

Yet the moment that brought tears to every man and woman's eyes Saturday night was when one young man(boy) ten years old, began to confess how rebellious he had been toward authority including his parents but God had touched and changed his heart. He wept as he shared what God had done and Tony stood there with his arms around him as only a man with the heart of the Father could do, until he regained his composure and finished testifying.  

There are full grown adult men that cant, don't and won't get in front of people to tell what God has done in their lives. Yet parents came to the microphone to thank Tony and Melissa for their ministry to their sons and daughters.

 The Men of Honor and Ladies of Honor is teaching and ministering the character and integrity of God that somehow has been lost to this younger generation.

 These are the types of ministries that need our support, financially and prayerfully.

Remember when you give to Faithful Men Ministries, you are not giving to Jack King, you are giving to a ministry that has hundreds of Tony Rorie's impacting thousands of young men and young ladies for Christ.

 During this season of celebration of the birth of our Lord and Saviour, don't forget the lives that need your financial support to be made disciples.

Consider increasing your gift this year. Many church's and ministries are suffering economic decrease in the support of their partners. We are grateful for partners that are faithful and generous, especially during this time. It is a great honor to serve the Lord with you in the ministry He has given us. It is a greater honor to share the greatest gift.......Jesus.

May this be the greatest time of the year for you and your family.

Merry Christmas,

Jack and Betty King

Stick.......Stick........Stick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 You will understand if you were there or you listen to the Pass the Baton Conference CD"s.

I was so thankful that each of the speakers were at full-throttle by the Holy Spirit when they landed on the stage at the DFW Marriott.

They speakers in the picture left to right: Pastor G.F. Watkins, Powerhouse Christian Center, Katy, TX. Pastor Michael Tenpenny, Lamb of God Church, Flagstaff, AZ.  Pastor David Frech, Church of the Harvest, Olathe, KS. Coach Larry Harvey, Football & Track, Lone Oak,Texas. Dr. Joaquin Molina, Spring of Life, Miami, FL. & yours truly.

Pastor David Frech kicked off the conference Thursday night with the most powerful and most important thing we must pass on to the next generation, "The Father's Blessing." This is something that's been lost in this generation yet,  it is every man's responsibility. We could have gone home and gone about our"Father's business." Friday morning Pastor GF Watkins landed at DFW airport at 9:00am and was on the platform speaking at 9:30am and  did not miss a beat not only as a former athlete & coach,  but father, husband & pastor. You must hear his message that has allowed his church to have more commissioned men than any other church in America. Thousands of his members are running the race & finishing strong. Not just every week on Sunday but everyday of the week, winning them, training them, and then sending them.

Tony & Melissa Rorie brought their Men of Honor(10-16 years old) to represent the hearts of the children(sons) turning to the fathers. Then over 20 young men declared that "if there is no man, I will be the man! I do what is right because it's the right thing to do! Manhood and Christlikeness are synonymous. " Go to www.themenofhonor.org to learn more about this ministry to young men and young women.

What an inspiration these young men are to all of us! It certainly restores our hope in the younger generation.

I had the privilege to release our second book, "Unnatural Act of Forgiveness" and our Spanish translation of "Murder for Hire..Asesinato por Contrato." Our South American publisher, Zoegraf Publishing, was represented by Xavier Cornejo and is currently translating   the Unnatural Act of Forgiveness into Spanish for a 2009 release date in Ecuador.

Coach Larry Harvey brought a nugget to us as believers as he shared experiences in coaching young men in relay races. He had a young speedster that wanted to show him how fast he was but Coach Harvey sent him to the "exchange zone" everyday. And everyday the speedster said, "Coach, when am I going to get to show you my speed?" Coach would tell him, "when you show me you can make the exchange with the baton. But Coach, how will I recognize his voice when all the other teams are shouting "stick" at the same time? That's why you need to spend time in the exchange zone, learning his voice, you will know. But Coach, when will I get to show you how fast I am? Coach said, "This Friday, we have a trackmeet. Go to the exchange zone, because it doesn't make any difference how fast you are if you can't pass the baton."

Wow, all of a sudden we all began to realize God was speaking to each of us who don't spend enough time with Him to know His voice. Then we get in the race of life and can't tell which voice is the voice of God. You have to get the CD's to hear the rest of the teaching.

Dr. Joaquin Molina made it clear that the lines and boundaries are drawn for us in the bible. Just as there are lanes to run in a race, there are clear cut instructions how to run the race. of life. Dr Molina is disciplining his men with the Majoring in Men curriculum and will be commissioning his men in 2009. I am so grateful to Joaquin as he has traveled and assisted me in many countries of the world. Our time in Venezuela has been historic as the hearts of the fathers were turned to the children , especially the sons.  God used Dr. Molina to restore so many father/son relationships.

The commissioning has to be one of the most powerful things we do each and every place we go. This year was no exception. I guess because it's the beginning of the fulfillment of "the Great Commission"; it has to thrill God for men to accept that commission.

Here's a few pictures from Friday night's commissioning. And yes, that is Anthony White who use to coordinate events for Dr Cole. He is 6'8" and did play professional basketball.

That's why I like to stand on the stage and make him stand on the floor for pictures.

Then the final session on Saturday morning was Pastor Michael Tenpenny. He is not only one of our Board of Directors but probably the most active pastor of commissioned men when it comes to international commissioning. He and his men have traveled to Scotland last March to commission the first men of Scotland, then to Switzerland to commission the first men in Switzerland last December; then to Arizona State Prison to commission the first men in prison.  Last month they traveled to Uganda to commission 51 men. It was a sight and a miracle for their eight commissioned men to get their eight golf cases with 51 swords through customs and into Uganda, but what a mighty God we serve.

Pastor Mike wasn't sure he had anything to say or add to what all the other speakers had brought to the conference.  He was concerned about one thing as he sat through all the incredible sessions on "passing the baton." He said, "what if I am running as hard as I can in this race and nobody else is on my team?" He made a point to every one of us that it's not only about staying in the exchange zone to learn to pass the stick or baton but you must have others on your team. He said he didn't want to be running and ready to pass the baton and yell, "STICK, STICK, STICK!!!!!!!!!!! and no one else is on his team. Then it would only be a sprint he had been running and not a relay race with a team.

I know Pastor Michael Tenpenny or any of the other great pastors who are discipling their men and commissioning them will not have to worry when it's time to yell "STICK" and Pass the Baton.

Please call today, toll-free, 1-877-399-1047 to order your eight(8) CD's for only $32, you will thank God for these men and their ministry. 

It will be a great Christmas gift to any man in your life.

Thanks for dropping by,

Jack 

 

IT IS FINISHED..............................

 

It has been over six months of writing on airplanes, staying up late at night on the road after men's meetings but we finally finished the second book, "Unnatural Act of Forgiveness." It's the scriptural teachings on the truths I learned on forgiveness from God's word.

We released the new book on the first night of our "Pass the Baton" conference, November 6. The messages were powerful and the revelation was exactly what we needed to be in the right place to "Pass the Baton."

You can order the 8 CD's for $32. The speakers are all senior pastors from around the USA who are discipling their men and commissioning their men with Edwin Cole's "Majoring in Men" curriculum. Pastor David Frech, Church of the Harvest, Olathe, KS. ,Pastor Joaquin Molina, Spring of Life Fellowship, Miami, FL. , Coach Larry Harvey, football and track, Live Oak, TX., Pastor G.F. Watkins, Powerhouse Christian Center, Katy, TX., Pastor Michael Tenpenny, Lamb of God church, Flagstaff, AZ. 

Be sure and order copies of "Unnatural Act of Forgiveness." along with your conference CD'S.

This new book is not quite a sequel to the first book, Murder for Hire, but an in depth scriptural teaching of what God has taught me about forgiveness.

My editor asked me after reading the first manuscript, "Do you have any idea how powerful this book is?" I said, "No." I minister this truth about forgiveness almost every weekend of the year, I'm not sure I do still realize how powerful forgiveness is.

It still humbles me to see God continue to take something that was meant for bad and turn it to good. I wrote in the book that when the apostle Paul said in Romans 8:28, that,"all things work together for good to them that love God and who are the called according to His purpose." Paul had a greater revelation of God's "good" than I had when we went through the tragedy of my father being murdered. Here's the statement I wrote in the book, "     Gods definition of “good” so far exceeds anything we could hope, imagine or dream."

The last chapter of the book is titled, "Forgiveness is just the Beginning." I used that title because when God's grace enabled me to forgive my father's murderer, it was such a release and freedom. I was thinking finally, I can move on with my life. Not realizing that in God's eyes, it was just the beginning of a journey and adventure that only God could orchestrate.

Here's an excerpt.

"Here’s what is amazing to me. My father was murdered. I wanted the guy who did it or had it done to pay for it. As a former drill sergeant, I was used to “kicking butt, taking names and asking questions later,” and I knew how to get the job done. While I was looking for justice and revenge, God is always looking for men who will stand in the gap for other men. I had no idea that He would call me into a unique ministry to stand in that needed gap. Remember, just like the life of Joseph, our decisions never affect, just us.

Here's one example of the largeness of God's good. You and I might think God wants to use us to help people in our life and He does. But when You and I think 'people' God thinks 'nations.'

I never imagined God would open doors to minister to thousands of men around the world in: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Russia, Scotland, England, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Uganda, Fiji Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay, Ecuador, Columbia, El Salvador, Venezuela, Puerto Rica, Belize, Canada, and Mexico. When the smallest to the largest churches in the United States have cried out for something to help in fulfilling The Great Commission and making disciples of their men, God has allowed me to provide a tool to put in pastors’ hands to help them see the fulfillment of that vision and dream in their hearts. It’s written by Edwin Louis Cole, called, “Majoring in Men™” because that’s the one thing most churches are not doing."

This is what God wants in our lives, His way, not our way, His will, not our will.

Let go of your way and let God have His way. It's a greater adventure than you can hope, imagine or dream.

Order your copy now and don't forget the testimony book, Murder For Hire.

Send both to someone you know that needs to know of the power of God's forgiveness.

Blessings,

Jack

And the hearts of the sons cry out...............

....Abba, Father, Abba, Father. From Ecuador, South America, to Estonia in the Baltic nations to Suva, Fiji Islands, to Birmingham, England. Men receiving the revelation of Romans 8:15, "For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption , whereby we cry Abba, Father."

In Galatians 4:6, it says, “because you are sons, God has sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying Abba, Father.”

Many men when they we affirmed, cried out with the heart of the Son, saying, Abba, Father.

Romans 8:19 says, “all of creation groans for men to rise up in their sonship.” I believe on the first night, creation was quieted in Suva, Fiji as sons rose up in their sonship.

It seemed like a fulfillment of Malachi 4:6, “the hearts of fathers, turning to the children, sons, and the hearts of children, sons, turning to the fathers.”

It was a good way to start this “Real Man Event.” Pastor Kurulo had the men turn one to another to give them a “high-five” and say, “you’re a good son, now you’re a Real Man.”

These "sons" around the world is who we must prepare to "Pass the Baton" to, dont miss this years 6th annual Faithful Men Conference, November 6-8, in Dallas/Ft Worth, Texas. Call us toll free at 1-877-399-1047 to receive an email brochure.

Thank you for being a part of Faithful Men Ministries. It’s your prayer support that releases the power of God in men’s and young men's lives no matter what nation we are ministering.

See you November 6 in Dallas!

Jack

FIJI Men Hear The Heart of the Father.....

 Fiji Islands

 

      Ministry on Friday night & Saturday morning, at the City-Wide Men’s Event in the Fiji capital city of Suva drew over 1200 men each day. They traveled from Nadi, by car, bus, plane and boat. From across the main island of Viti Levu & from  Labasa, northern island of Vanua Levu.  It was a re-launching of the men’s movement started by Edwin Louis Cole in 1999 when he dedicated the largest church venue in this region of the Pacific, World Harvest Centre, founded  by Pastor Suliasi Kurulo.

   Paul Cole, CMN Worldwide had met with many interested pastors earlier in the year in Nadi and had a phenomenal response. Pastor Kurulo has over 170 church’s with men hungry for discipleship. They have had a desire to implement the Majoring in Men Curriculum once again from this region in the south Pacific since 2002.

  I know Pastor Kurulo wants Pastor Paul Cole to get the ministry going in Papua New Guinea sometime in the next year and hopes to have men ready for commissioning in late 2009 or early 2010 in Fiji.

  So Pastor Kurulo wanted to get the men of Fiji back on track and ready to be made disciples, thus the Real Man Conference. It   began Friday night with the foundational teaching about the heart of the Father and the heart of the Son. I have shared this in several meetings this year about the heart of the Father. In John 14:2, Jesus said, “In my Fathers house there are many mansions…….” I believe that means the heart of the Father always makes room for us and always has time for us. Even in the parable of the prodigal son, it says “the father ran to him.” So when we take time and make room for others and run to them in a time of need, I believe the heart of the Father is poured out. You don’t have to be a biological father to have the heart of a father. 

       I Cor. 4:15, the Apostle Paul declared to the church ”…..you have10,000 instructors amongst you, but not many fathers.” There must be a difference between a pastor who is a good instructor and a pastor who is a good instructor with a father’s heart. 

   I Samuel 17:58, Saul called for that young stripling, David, after he slew Goliath and asked him one question. Whose son art thou? Sons were known by whom their father was, good or bad.

  At one time sons in Fiji were known and identified by who their father was, good or bad. And over a period of time, just as in many other nations including the USA, fathers are no longer the emphasis or identification of sons.

  The father’s blessing, the father’s affirmation and even a father’s hug is becoming more and more non-existent in every city and nation we minister.

  In Matthew 3:16,17, it says, “When Jesus was baptized, the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the spirit of God descending upon him like a dove and lighting upon him: and a voice from heaven said, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.”

 What’s interesting is Jesus had not done anything yet., He had not healed the sick, opened blind eyes, raised the dead or performed the miracle of multiplication of loaves and fishes. Yet God was telling Jesus, and everyone who could hear, I love you Jesus, this is my Son and I am well pleased with you.

    It was God the Father affirming Jesus His Son before he did anything spectacular It was the Father’s affirmation that anointed Jesus to begin his time of ministry and miracles.

  I believe God was giving us as fathers a kingdom principle. We were taught by Dr. Cole that everything God does is according to a pattern and based on a principle in God’s kingdom.

 Here’s the pattern and principle: Don’t wait until your children do something spectacular to give them attention or affirm them. We should be affirming them from day one. You’re a good son; you’re a good daughter. Your Father in heaven loves you and is well pleased. He will never leave you or forsake you. That was the assurance Jesus had from his Father. That’s what our children must have from us as parents, mothers and fathers. To just give them attention when they do something good or when they do something bad cannot be the only time they get affirmed by us. As a father I was always the first one to jump up when our children did something spectacular, like score the winning point in a sport or perform a perfect recital or speech or a part in a play. I loved jumping up and shouting, “that’s my boy, or that’s my girl.” But if that’s the only time they get affirmed by us then it can cause them to think they have to do something incredible for us to be proud of them.

  And if they do something bad and that’s the only other time they get lot’s of “attention,” then they will have a tendency to be drawn to us when they do good and want to avoid us when they do something bad. That scenario can subconsciously cause them to think we love them more when they do something good and we love them less when they do something bad. That’s simply not true. We can have a tendency to think the same with our Father in heaven. He doesn’t love us more when we do good and doesn’t love us less when we do bad. His love is the same, yesterday, today and forever. This is the message we delivered on the first night. We asked how many men had never had a father’s blessing, or a father’s affirmation or even a father’s hug. Over 500 men came forward to get the Father’s affirmation. Pastor Kurulo, myself and the other pastors in attendance began to tell each man, “You’re a good son, and your Father in heaven loves you and is well pleased with you.” Men began to weep as they were told for the first time, “you’re a good son.” Many did not want to let go as they were given a fathers hug for the first time in their life.

  No matter what nation or culture, men need to be affirmed as sons. It’s God’s pattern.

I will continue this blog with the Heart of the Son in a few days.

Thanks for dropping by,

Jack

The people are great....God's creation is incredible.

We are enjoying our time in Tokyo. The "Water Bus" at Tokyo Bay and  the view of the "river of bridges" was really enjoyable.
The people are very friendly. It is very clean here and safe everywhere we go.  Headed to Nadi, Fiji islands before I minister Friday night and Saturday to the men of Suva, then Pastor Suliasi Kurulo's church services Sunday. Here's some pictures to help you pray for us. One interesting thing in Japan. We visited the top cultured pearl dealer or jeweler, winning the finest cultured pearls in the world award, the last 8 years. Guess where they get their clams or oysters from? None other than the good ole muddy Mississippi river. Yep, same thing in Fiji cultured pearls, gotta have them clams from the Mississippi.

 

Now the tough part is convincing you that there is a definite need for ministry here in the Fiji islands.Somebody has to go and find out. I remember picking up Dr. Cole at an airport in Florida and loading his luggage in the trunk of the rental car and he asked me what was in the trunk. I said "support equipment." He said, "support equipment? it looks like golf clubs." And then proceeded to question me about whether he was paying me to fly around the world and play golf. It was hard to keep a straight face as I tried to explain to him but he wasn't buying it so I told him if it took me going to the "highways, bi ways and the fairways and compelling men one by one(by playing golf with them) to come to his meetings, I was willing to do that for him. As you well know, he didn't laugh, but it's funny now. So here I am in Fiji, somebody has to do it and if thats what it takes I'm willing to go from island to island and compel men, one by one. Well you be the judge, tell me if you have ever seen such blue waters.

God's creation is here for us to enjoy, somebody has to enjoy it.

I sent an email to our kids and said, "send money" or this may be our only means of transportation to get home.

I don't know who this 'gringo' was, he kept paddling around Castaway Island saying, "I know I saw Tom Hanks around here somewnere."

  Thanks for your prayers, your friendship, your partnership and your support.

Blessings in Christ,

Jack

Bring your passport...your luggage has been confiscated.....

   I hope to be able to tell you how great the ministry in Ecuador was and how great it was the day we released and premiered, "Asesinato por Contrato." (Murder For Hire in Spanish) but it seemed as we tried to leave Quito, Ecuador on Sunday night for Venezuela, that everything that could go wrong, did ! We had a flight scheduled on Monday morning from Quito to Caracas and then to Barquisimeto, VZ. The Men's conference stated Tuesday night. Monday morning arrived and our flight was delayed hour by hour until 4pm when we realized, we had to do something quick and different or we were not going to get to Barquisimeto in time for the meetings Tuesday night. So we bought another ticket that took us from Quito to Bogata, Columbia then to Caracas arriving at 2am then we could see what airlines could get us to Barquisimeto in time for the meetings that night.

Betty and I had just been declaring how blessed we were and highly favored. Nothing in the natural indicated we were favored much less highly favored. It's amazing how much the enemy wants to get us distracted or lose focus of how blessed we are and highly favored of God.

   Amazing how many times the thought crossed my mind to turn back and cancel and forget the whole thing. Was God trying to tell us don't go? I wasn't sure. When you're tired it's not the best time to make or change decisions. I knew we needed to keep our word and press through somehow. well when we finally got to Barquisimeto around noon on Tuesday the pastors wife said when they heard of our difficulties, they began to pray for us to not give up and turn back. WOW! My wife had texted me during the frustration(not suffering, just inconvenience and frustration) and said, keep your peace, have patience, you are blessed and highly favored. these praying women get some stuff done in the Kingdom, huh? Women praying everywhere for this ministry to get to their men.

  I will have to write an entire other blog to share the monumental ministry that took place each night and especially at the boys orphanage. After teaching the Fathers heart and the Fathers blessing and  forgiveness, I hugged one 14 yr old and the others swarmed me and almost knocked me down. The headmaster said the other boys thought they would not get a hug, WOW! Then Guy Donohue, Dr Joaquin Molina and I began to hug each boy and they didn't want to let go. This is a nation that boys are not hugged by men after they are 6 years old. And most men don't hug because it may be a test of their masculinity. We signed their devotional books and I left one copy of "Asesinato Por Contrato" with every young mans name in it so they could hear about the power of God's forgiveness.

 Like I said earlier, I will write more about what God did those three nights and days in Venezuela.

But as we were settled in our seats on our flight, Friday morning to return to Miami from Caracas, a security

official came to my seat and said, "Bring your passport, your luggage has been confiscated."

My smile changed and I wondered how blessed I was going to be and highly favored.

They put a orange security vest on me and led me down the stairs of the airplane below to the runway and we went to the other end of the airport where the military was searching luggage with sniff dogs. A Sergeant Mendez was guarding my bags and four other soldiers stepped around the table when he instructed em to open my luggage. I opened the canvas bag with my Spanish books I was bringing back to the United States. The Sgt said, what are these books about and held out my book, Murder For Hire, but in Spanish it is Contract For Assassination, "Asesinato Por Contrato."  I said its a book about finding my father murdered and God required of me to forgive the murderer. The Sgt opened the book to a page they had earmarked, that said" I wanted to blow him away with a shotgun." What does this mean?  I said it was how I felt, I had hate and anger and revenge in my heart but God set me free. It's a book about God's forgiveness, not contract killing. Sgt Mendez began to say, "pardon, por favor, please forgive me, we didn't realize this. He handed the book back to me and I said, no, if I give this to you will you read it? He said, Si. I took my pen out and signed his name inside the front cover, 'Sgt Mendez, God loves you. Romanos 8:28, Jack King. He smiled , said gracias and the other four soldiers looked at me like, "Where is mine? So I took four more books out of the bag, read their name tags on their military uniform and signed each one with the same thing. Then the Holy Spirit reminded me, "you are blessed and highly favored." I turned to hurry back down the tarmac to the waiting plane of passengers and said, "Thank you Lord for putting an exclamation mark on an incredible week of ministry in a country that needs to hear of the Fathers heart.

  It was like God was saying to me." Oh yeah Jack, before you leave this country, I need to do one more thing, touch five soldiers lives with a testimony of my goodness and forgiveness." When I got back to my seat I told Joaquin Molina what happened, he said, I knew it was your books they had confiscated.

 You see, what I didn't know was there had been almost 50 assassinations in June so far in Venezuela. And they were looking for men in black, with shaved heads and sunglasses, duhhhhhh. i'm growing my hair out and wearing pink from here on out. Well maybe another color, haha

  Thank you for helping us further the cause of Christ in men's lives around the world.

We are having a container of my Spanish book shipped here from Ecuador hopefully arriving before the end of summer, for all your Spanish speaking friends.

God bless you for stopping by,

Jack