Highs and Lows
The month of June kicked off with me having the privilege to speak and offer workshops at this year’s ICHE (Illinois Christian Home Educators) conference, where approximately 2,000 people of all ages attend. I spoke in 2024 and was blessed to be asked to come again this year. We offered several workshops to all ages from preschoolers to adults. The topics included were Sharks, Make a Sling like David, Could Jonah be Swallowed by a Great Fish?, Flight, Armor of God, and So Wonderful a Fish. I also had the opportunity to be one of the keynote speakers one of the evenings where approximately 1,000 people were in attendance. I dressed up in my pirate costume and spoke on Pirates! The Act of Grace and gave the message about how the pirates were offered a pardon, an act of grace, by the king and how it parallels with us also receiving a pardon from our sin by our Lord and King. This was truly a special blessing to me because not only was I giving this message on the stage at Olivet Nazarene University where I attended as a college student many years ago, but my eldest granddaughter also dressed up in costume and assisted me on stage. What a blessing!
Shortly after my return from the conference, I underwent surgery on my lower back. The surgery was a success, and I am relieved from some of the back pain I was experiencing. I am now in recovery and looking forward to getting back to travelling and speaking. However, I am suffering from some neck pain and will likely have neck surgery at some point in the near future.
Unfortunately, this month we have been experiencing some technical difficulties with our recording equipment. We discovered our microphone was malfunctioning making it impossible to put out new content for our viewers. This was a very frustrating time, but thankfully we seem to be making progress. We decided to purchase two new microphones and one recording device, one of which is up and running and is allowing us to put out podcasts once again, and we are in the process of figuring out how to set up the other two for video production. We are eagerly looking forward to putting out new content very soon!
Statistics
Due to the technical difficulties we have been experiencing this month, we have seen a decrease in our monthly statistics. But we trust that God will restore what has been lost!
“When Job prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes. In fact, the Lord gave him twice as much as before!” Job 42:10 NLT
· Evidence 4 Faith has gained 130 YouTube subscribers in the month of June.
· E4F has had 12,818 views on our videos on YouTube.
· 536 listeners have tuned into our podcasts in June.
· The E4F website garnered 1.8 K views, with people most interested in learning about “Who Was the Pharaoh of the Exodus”.
· Over the last 30 days, people visited the Evidence 4 Faith website from 61 countries across the world.
Officially Welcoming Cora!
My granddaughter, Cora Anderson, turned 14 and that means she is old enough to become an official employee at E4F as our Media Operations Manager! She received her work permit and is now on our payroll. Even though she wasn’t an official employee before, she has been volunteering since August of 2024. We are very proud of her and the young woman she is becoming, and it is such a blessing getting to work with her in this ministry!
2026 Trips!
We currently have 6 students signed up for the 2026 Marine Biology Trip! We have been offering a $200 discount to those who sign up early and we have decided to extend the Early Bird Registration to the end of August! So, sign up now!
Israel has been in the news a lot as of late, but we have decided that we still foresee it being safe for us to travel to the Holy Land in May of 2026. Join us and Dr. Steve Knotley as we explore the archaeological sites of Israel and see the Bible come to life! Keep checking back to our website for updates and more info to come! Also, check out my books “The Stones Bear Witness” and “More Stones Bear Witness” as a preview for what you will get to see firsthand in Israel!
We Need Your Support!
Our fiscal year started in May, and we are currently 56% fully funded. While we are trusting in God’s provision, we are currently seeking more monthly supporters. Looking at our financial figures, our fixed monthly expenses exceed our fixed monthly income. But God is a great God and He has continuously provided for us with periodic one-time gifts that have proven to be just the right amount for us to keep paying the bills so we can continue to keep our apologetic courses free for everyone. Join us in prayer though, that He would provide more monthly donations so we can have a more consistent and dependable income.
Keep Us In Your Prayers
“And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 ESV
- Pray for Michael as he is recovering from his lower back surgery and willlikely be having another surgery at some point on his neck.
- Praise God that the ICHE conference went so well and for the opportunity to speak to so many people!
- Pray for us as we figure out these technical difficulties and that we will be able to get more podcasts and videos out for the world.
- Pray for peace in Israel and that we will be able to offer our trip to Israel in 2026.
- Pray for more funding and monthly donors. We currently are at 56% fully funded. Please consider joining our team of ministry supporters!
Thank you for your prayers! May we live a life worthy of His calling!
Executive Director