Praying Friends

Greetings,

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Greetings to each of you. Thank you for visiting our Website.

Since the last Sunday of March 2009, Evangelist Sam Austin has become Pastor Sam Austin. Pastor Austin continues to serve as President of Lift Jesus Higher Ministry who furnishes the Pastor for Pottsville Assembly of God in Pottsville, AR.

Pottsville Arkansas is locate at Exit 88 off of I-40 about half way between Little Rock and Fort Smith Arkansas. Pottsville is a town of all most 3000 people on the outskirts of Russellville, AR.

Pottsville Assembly of God is located at 5867 Hwy 64 East in Pottsville, 72858. On Sunday morning about 225 people worship there in an auditorium that will seat about 450.

We have an extensive Children's minister under the direction of our Children's Pastor Debbie Young. If you live in the Pottsville or Russellville area and you would like for your children to ride one of our church bus please call the church office at 479 747 2715 and we will be more than happy to arrange a ride for you or your children to our Sunday morning services.

Pottsville Assembly of God is a distinctively Pentecost Church worshipping the Lord with liberty and freedom of the Spirit. People are being saved, filled with the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4, the sick are healed through the prayer of faith. Each service concludes with an appeal for the lost to find Jesus as saviour and our altars are always open to those who are hungry for more of the Lord in their lives.

You are more than welcome to join us Sunday's at 9:30 A.M. for Sunday School, Morning worship at 10:35, Sunday evenings service begins at 6:00 P.M. Our midweek service is on Wednesday night at 7:00 P.M. A nursery is provided for children up to 3 years of age in each service.

A weekly radio broadcast is also part of our outreach ministry. That thirty minute program is aired on KWXT, 1490 AM, at 12:00 P.M. Central time each Saturday. The broadcast is also streamed to the internet at the time of it's boardcast. Direct your browser to www.kwxt1490am.com and follow the directions on the screne to listen to the broadcast of KWXT.

CD's of each sermon preached at Pottsville Assembly of God are available through Lift Jesus Higher Ministry and can be ordered by contacting us at the numbers, or email address, in the paragraph below.

Should you want more information about the church or it ministries please free free to call the church at 479 967 2715. Or call Pastor Austin at 479 747 1521. You can also email us at saustin220@aol.com.

You are now invited to click on the "Fresh Bread" icon above and to your right to read articles written by Pastor Austin.

If we can ever be of service to you in any way please feel free to call at any time.

Pastor Sam Austin

HAVE A GREAT DAY!!

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The Bowed Woman

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Good Day

Merry Christmas To All

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Bobbye and I want to take this means to say a big MERRY CHRISTMAS to all who visit this website.

I do pray that you will have a bright and merry Christmas. I pray that you will be surrounded by loved ones, health and happiness.

Stay safe and enjoy the holidays.

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S

from

O U R H O U S E

Y O U R H O U S E

Evangelists Sam and Bobbye Austin

November 1, 2008, Springdale, Arkansas

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Our daughter Marla had some surgery done a few days ago. She is healing up well but I'm sure she would appreciate your prayers for a full speed recovery.

Our daughter Lori will be having surgery in Shreveport, LA on Thursday (11/06.08) of this coming week. She would appreciate your prayers also.

Also there is a matter upcoming for which I am praying very earnestly about. The details of the matter are better not openly expressed at this point but would you just please join me in prayer for what we shall call "a special unspoken request." God knows all about it and I ask you to join with me in prayer about it.

It goes without saying that our nations future is at stake in the events of this coming Tuesday (11/04/08). Bobbye and I have already voted and I hope you will follow our example and cast your ballot on Tuesday. I cannot, nor would I dare, tell you who to vote for but if there ever was a time that Christian people need to stand up and vote for righteousness it is in this election. Our lifestyles as we are no experiencing them may very well be at stake in this election. Please go vote and vote for righteousness.

Be blessed,

Sam and Bobbye

November 1, 2008 Springdale, Arkansas

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Bobbye and I are in Springdale, Arkansas where we will be preaching tomorrow )11/02/08) at the Faith Assembly of God which is Pastored by our long time friend Rev. Billy Burks. We would appreciate you praying for this meeting.

Our daughter Marla had some surgery done a few days ago. She is healing up well but I'm sure she would appreciate your prayers for a full speed recovery.

Our daughter Lori will be having surgery in Shreveport, LA on Thursday (11/06.08) of this coming week. She would appreciate your prayers also.

Also there is a matter upcoming for which I am praying very earnestly about. The details of the matter are better not openly expressed at this point but would you just please join me in prayer for what we shall call "a special unspoken request." God knows all about it and I ask you to join with me in prayer about it.

It goes without saying that our nations future is at stake in the events of this coming Tuesday (11/04/08). Bobbye and I have already voted and I hope you will follow our example and cast your ballot on Tuesday. I cannot, nor would I dare, tell you who to vote for but if there ever was a time that Christian people need to stand up and vote for righteousness it is in this election. Our lifestyles as we are now experiencing them may very well be at stake in this election. Please go vote and vote for righteousness.

Be blessed,

Sam and Bobbye

September 13, 2008, Atkins, Arkansas

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Bobbye and I are, thankfully, at home tonight. Lots of bad weather is moving through our state tonight as a result of hurricane Ike moving inland. We have been under tornado warnings a good deal of the afternoon and the main body of the storm will not be in our area until later tonight. However, even in bad weather there's no place like home.

We just finished a very successful meeting at the Huntington Assembly of God in Huntington, Arkansas last Wednesday night, Sept. 10, where Bro. Charlie Murphy is the Pastor. This church has a very extensive ministry to teenagers. They bring them in by the bus and van load. Last Sunday morning one of the teens they had been ministering to for some time brought his mother to church. At my altar call she literally "ran" to the altar! It has been a long time since I've seen anyone "run" to an altar, but this lady did and God gloriously saved her and filled her with the Holy Ghost!! She was back for every service of the revival. How refreshing to such a thing happen, we are crying our "Lord, do it again and again and again!!" Then on Wednesday night there must have been 60 teens in the service. The Pastor and Youth Pastor reported at least 10 first time salvations and 3 filled with the Holy Ghost. PTL!!

Tomorrow, Sunday September 14, we start a meeting at the Welcome Hill Assembly of God, about six miles from our house, where Rev. Jason De Vore is the Pastor. Bro. De Vore has just stepped into the Pastorate of this church after having been the Associate Pastor there for 8 years. Please pray for this young man as he enters his first Pastorate. Also pray for a great revival this week at Welcome Hill.

Below is an email that I received this afternoon from our dear friend Pastor Don Nordin of Christian Temple Assembly of God in Houston, Texas (www.ctchurch.tv). He ask me to mail this notice to all my praying friends and I joyfully do so. Our ministry will make a contribution to the support of this fine ministry and I encourage those of you who feel you can to do likewise. Pastor Nordin and this church are worthy of your support and it is needed at this time.

Pastor Nordin wrote. . . . .

Hello everyone:

Just wanted to let you know that we are safe following Hurricane Ike. The church has sustained property damage, our house is damaged, broken windows, roof damage etc... As far as I know right now we have no fatalities within our church but we are still making contacts...

Our biggest concern at the moment is that it appears we could be without power for up to three weeks... This means we will not be able to conduct services and I am sure we will be months returning to normal... We have thirty nine people on our payroll at CT Church and since we are a great Missions Church we do not keep very many reserves... If you are a Pastor we are requesting you receive an offering to help us out in this emergency... If you are a staff member or lay member please ask your Pastor to consider an offering in this situation...

I have raised millions of dollars for the Kingdom and it does not bother me to ask for help for various projects but this is the most difficult request I have ever made because I am asking for help for our own people... If you cannot do anything, I fully understand...

Since we are not able to have services right now, I and my staff are available for ministry, all offerings will go toward this emergency...

If you are going to respond to this request please let me know via e-mail then send all contributions to

CT Church

9701 Almeda Genoa Road

Houston Texas...

In His Service!

Pastor Don Nordin

CT Church

9701 Alemda-Genoa Rd.

Houston, TX

770757

email- pastordon@ctchurch.tv

713.944.4815

713.337.1007

God bless you as you consider the above need and as you pray for this ministry.

Also tomorrow, Sunday September 14, is my oldest grandson's birthday. Happy 14th birthday to Austin Sewell, a boy in whom I am well pleased I only wish I could be with him more.

Sam and Bobbye

Fort Kent, Maine, Saturday, August 9, 2008

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Greetings to all, glad you stopped by the webpage.

We have been in Maine now for two weeks and we have really been enjoying ourselves. Here's why. . .

The weather here has been rainy and cool. It has rained a lot but beyond that it has been so cool. I can tell you that this southern boy is enjoying 70 degree highs and 50's for a low at night, here in the middle of August. Back home in Arkansas I understand it has been up near 100. So, we are enjoying the Maine climate to the fullest.

We did a revival at East Millinocket, ME for Pastor Regginal Adams at the Calvary Assembly of God and we had a time. I believe there were eight who were baptized with the Holy Ghost.

Then we moved about 1 1/2 hours north to the Aroostook County Pentecostal Campmeeting in Bridgewater, Maine. Bro. Charles Crabtree, former Assistant General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God and now President of Zion Bible College, spoke Sunday - Tuesday. We got to enjoy the services Monday night and Tuesday night. Bro. Crabtree preached the house afire. Then I had to follow him starting Wednesday night. That was a bit tuff. However, the Lord anointed and we had a great Campmeeting again. This was the fourth time I've preached this Campmeeting. What a blessing.

Dr. Jeffery Bell, President of Faith School of Theology, was the morning Bible teacher and we were grateful to get to sit in on 4 of his sessions. His teaching was rich and a blessing to us.

I annouced one night in the Campmeeting that we were going to be in Aroostook County for about ten more days and if anyone wanted me to come preach a one night stand I would be thankful for the opportunity. Or, if they didn't want me to preach and wanted me to come eat supper with them we could do that too. Ha

Well, here's how it all has scheduled up. . . .

Monday night (August 4) we had diner with Rev. and Mrs. David McIntrye, our dear friends from over in New Brunswick. We went to a little country resturant out of Houlton, ME called "Gramy's". WOW, do those folks pile the food on your plate. Then, too, up here in Maine they have this very interesting dessert called "Whoopie Pie". Gramy's makes "Whoopie Pies" as big as a plate (well that may be stretching it a little but not much) and I had to have one of them. Anyone who lives up here in Maine knows what a "Whoopie Pie" is, for you folks down south Hostess makes a thing called a "Suzy-Q". A 'Whoopie Pie" is like a "Suzy-Q" on steriods. OUTSTANDING!!

Pastor Bruce, and his wife Sally, Blakney were leaving on vacation on Tuesday (August 5) so they insisted that we come to Washburn, Maine and stay in their house. So we moved over there on Tuesday and had lunch with them before they left.

Tuesday night we had diner with Pastor and Mrs Richard Bell at Governors Resturant in Presque Isle, ME.

Wednesday (August 6) at noon we met Pastor Andy, and his wife Sonya, De Rier Pastor's of the Easton Pentecostal Church in Easton, Maine for lunch.

Wednesday night, I preached in a special service at the Washburn Pentecostal Church where Bro. Bruce Blakney is the Pastor. He set the service up before he left and there was about 4 different churches represented in that service. One lady was saved that night PTL!!

Pastor Mark, and his wife Mary, Carter, Pastors of The Old Fashion Revival Center in Blaine, Maine were in the service Wednesday night and we had a meal with them after the service was over.

Thursday (August 7) we drove to Linneus, ME to preach for Pastor Elaine, and her husband Bernie, Jordan a The Fruit of The Spirit Pentecostal Church. They told us, "we are small and will not be able to pay you much but if you'll come we will fix you moose steaks after service." I said, "I will preach for food." So we had good service and they paid me nicely and fixed the moose too. VERY GOOD STUFF!! Bobbye even went back for "thirds".

Friday night (August 8) we had diner with Pastor Roy, and his wife Robin, Dee of the Limestone Siding Pentecostal Church out of Grand Falls, New Brunswick.

Today (August 9) we drove to Fort Kent and had diner with Pastor Dewayne, and his wife Linda, Stiles Pastors of the Assembly of God church here where we will be preaching tomorrow (August 10).

Monday (August 11) we will drive to Dumfries, New Brunswick where we are going to spend the night with our friends Rev. Loyd, and his wife Cheyene, Pangburn

Tuesday (August 12) we are to preach at Nackawic, New Brunswick for Pastor Paul Legere at the Sure Life Assembly.

Wednesday (August 13) we will return to the U S of A and fillin for Pastor Andy De Rier in his midweek service while he is on vacation.

Thursday (August 14) we will return to the great state of Arkansas.

Saturday (August 16) we will leave again for Murfreesboro, AR where we start or next meeting at the Harvest Time A/G where Pastor Jerry Shinn is the Pastor, Aug 17-20.

Pray for me I'm tired :>)

Sam and Bobbye

East Millinocket, Maine, July 26, 2008

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Bobbye and I arrived in Bangor, Maine via U S Airways on Thurday night and then came on to East Millinocket, ME. We are here to serve the congregation of Calvary Temple Assembly of God and Pastor Regginal Adams. Our meeting started last night, Friday, July 25. We had nice crowd for Friday night for sure. This is our third time at this church and we always enjoy being with this good Pastor and the good folks of East Millinnocket. The meeting here will continue through Sunday July 27.

On Monday we will be moving about 1 1/2 hours north or here to Bridgewater, Maine. There we will be the night speaker for the Aroostook County Pentecostal Fellowship's Campmeeting beginning Wednesday night July 30 and continue on through August 3. The meeting actually starts there Sunday July 27 with a big Gospel concert by Kevin Spencer and Friends on Sunday afternoon. Then Sunday night the former Assistant General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God and President of Zion Bible College, Rev. Charles Crabtree, will start the evening Campmeeting services off and continue on through Tuesday night. The morning speaker for the years Campmeeting is Dr. Bell, President of Faith School of Theology in Charleston, Maine. The Sam Austin, a barber from Atkins, AR will be the evening speaker on through Sunday July 30. Go figure that one. Only God can do such things as these.

If you are in Northern Maine come be in the Campmeeting with us.

Be blessed,

Sam and Bobbye

June 1, 2008, Albany, New York

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Greetings to all. I am in Albany, New York preaching a meeting at First Assembly of God here June 1 - 3, 2008.

Monday, May 26, Memorial Day, I flew in from a meeting in Bennington, Vermont and was picked up at the Airport in Little Rock by Bobbye and five of my grandchildren Tori Beth and Adar Nelson from Milan, TN and Elisah, Josiah and Zion Conley from Knoxville, TN. I got to be at home with that crew all last week (May 26-31). What a time we had. I so much enjoyed having them there with us. We laughed and swam and fished and just had a terrific time. I don't know if the kids enjoyed being with old folks like us or not be I know we sure enjoyed having them with us.

Later in the summer we hope to have 5 more with us for a week.

Once again my wife proved that she is a terrific Mommy and an even better Mammy. If she was not a married woman I'd ask her to marry me.

Thank God, Mammy, Tori Beth, Adara, Elisha, Josiah and Zion for a wonderful week for a Big Daddy. You are all loved very much!

I'm a blessed man. I've traveled in 48 states, 18 foreign countries and seven Provinces of Canada, but I'd rather be at 3863 Bells Chapel Road East in Atkins, AR with my family than any place under the sun.

Nashua, New Hampshire, May 22, 2008

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Greetings from Nashua, New Hampshire. I've been here in Nashua this week preaching at the Christian Bible Church for Pastor Gary Stearns. We've had a wonderful meeting this week.

One lady came forward for salvation on Sunday morning. Then Sunday night we had at least 6 filled with the Holy Ghost according to Acts 2:4 and Acts 19:6. Then another 9 or so came forward to be refilled with the Spirit in the same fashion. PTL!! Each night we have had nice crowds and a wonderful spirit of revival. Christian Bible Church is on the move for Jesus!! The people received me with great grace and we just had a wonderful time here.

On Wednesday, May 21, I had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest in the home of a beautiful couple from Kenya. John and Ann were their names and they have two fine sons, David and Paul. They have been in the USA for about 6 years now. They invited me to their home for a meal and what a wonderful feed they put on for me. Some wonderful African dishes that I cannot spell but tasted so delicious. Bobbye and I have been to Kenya twice to preach the General Council of the Assemblies of God in Kenya. So we had wonderful conversation about their native land, Kenya. It was very refreshing to be with them.

Today, May 22 is my birthday!! I will not tell you how old I am but I was born in 1947 so you'll have to figure that up for yourself. Being way up north here and away from my family on my birthday is not that exciting but we have a big plans for a birthday celebration for my brother, Donald, and I next Tuesday. Don's birthday is May 20 and I will not tell you how old he is either but he was 14 when I was born. So he and his wife and his son are going to be in Pope County next week and we are going to have a big birthday bash there on Tuesday.

Next week Bobbye and I are going to have house guests all week. They will be our grandchidlren form Tennessee, Elisha, Josiah and Zion Conley from Knoxville and Tori Beith and Adara Nelson form Milan. We are going to have a great time, I can't wait. I do not plan on being much of a preacher next week, just a grandpa.

Well, I'll be traveling over to Bennington, Vermont tomorrow where I'll be preaching this weekend at the Green Mountain Christian Center for Pastor John Goyette. I did a revival meeting for them last year. I left there on Friday and the following Friday lightning struck their beautiful practically new building and burned it to the ground. They have since bought an old Methodist church building in downtown Bennington and are now worhsipping there. I look forward to serving them again.

I'll be flying home on Monday to the waiting wife and grandchildren.

Be blessed and I hope you have a happy day on my birthday!!

Sam

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May 9, 2008, Atkins, Arkansas

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I pray that all is well with you today as you visit our web site.

Bobbye and I are at home here in Atkins tonight, just hanging out and enjoying life and home. Actually I'm having a bowl of (sugar free) ice cream as I write this.

There's no place like home is there? If you are at home all the time, home may not seem that special to you. However, when you travel as we do it's always special to be at home. I drove all the way from Albq. NM one week ago yesterday just to be at home an extra night. I am very thankful tonight for a place to call home. As many of you know for the last several years home has been the motor home, for which we have been very greatful also, but now we are in our house and enjoying it sooooo much. God has certainly been good to us to allow us to have a nice place like this be at home in.

Sunday coming (May 11) is a double special day for all of us. Mother's Day and Pentecost Sunday. I suppose Pastor's will be torn between the two special occasions to focus their service on. However, for me it is clear what I shall do. I will pay special attention to the wonderful gift of Mother's but preach on Pentecost.

Everyone who is aware of anything is aware of the special nature of Mother's. Most all of us are here because of one, right? If you are a mother you are a special person. Our world is such a better place because of mothers. In 1 Kings 2:19 Solomon had only been King for a very short time when his mother entered the room. "The King" at that point "rose up to meet her" he "bowed himself unto her." The NIV says he then had "a throne" brought in for her to sit on at his right hand. The entire Kingdom had to stop while Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived, honored his mother. This wise man sat a pattern for us all to follow in that he greatly honored his mother.

If you read on in the text you will find that his mother was actully being used as a stooge by Adonijah to work against Solomon. It no doubt broke Solomon's heart when the lady he had so honored moved dishonorably toward him, however, he honored her and the position she held.

Your mother may not be all you would like for her to be but as you honor her as your mother you can claim the promise of God, Exodus 20:12 "Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land. . ."

So we all know this day is set aside to honor your mother, so we really do not need a sermon on that fact, our traditions and the Word teach us to do that.

However, how much do we really know about The Day of Pentecost? I mean even we Pentecostals do not really know what Pentecost was about. It was on the Feast of Pentecost the mighty Holy Spirit was poured out on the 120 in the upper room, Acts 2. But what was Pentecost about, what was going on? Well, I intend to dig into that Sunday morning and Sunday night at the Oak Grove Assembly of God in Monticello, Arkansas. If you are interested in the subject and would like to hear what I have to say about it, we might be able to get you the messages on CD.

Happy Mother's Day and my the same event that happened on the Day of Pentecost in Acts 2 happen in your world on Sunday and every day.

April 16, 2008, Pea Ridge, AR

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Greetings dear friends.

We are, today, in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. That is a small town about 30 north of Fayetteville, AR in beautiful northwest Arkansas. Our revival here will be closing tonight and we will be moving on to our next meeting.

I've been very negligent about keeping the website up to date here lately, seems I just have gotten around to it. So I'm playing catch up today.

We are heading out tomorrow for Mountainair, New Mexico. That will be a journey of about 800 miles. So we are asking for your prayers to go with us.

Thank you very much for your support and concern for us.

April 20 - 23, 2008

Mountainair Assembly of God

Mountainair, New Mexico

Rev. Ed Rimer, Pastor

April 27 - 30, 2008

Trinity Family Church

Albquerque, New Mexico

Dr. Jerry M Barnard, Pastor

March 15, 2008, Atkins, AR

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Greetings to all visitors to our website. Glad you stopped by. Be blessed. Sign our guest book and let us know you've been by.

Our last revival meeting was cut short due to the snow that blanketed Arkansas a few days ago. WOW, we got two March snows right in a row. It snowed on Monday night and Tuesday morning, March 3 and 4 (that's the one that shut the meeting in Evening Shade, AR down) some parts of our county got as much as foot of snow that time. That snow had not melted good until it hit us again on Thursday and Friday, March 6 and 7. Since then we've had everything from rain, to sunshine to hail and lightning storms. This weather is something else around here the year.

We will be traveling to Huntington, Arkansas March 16. The Pastor there is our friend Charlie Murphy. So please be in pray with us for a great day there.

I'd like for you to look at my latest "Fresh Bread" article just a little above and to the right there, I think it might challenge you thinking a little bit.

Sunday A.M. and P.M.

March 16, 2008

Huntington Assembly of God

Huntington, Arkansas

Rev. Charlie Murphy, Pastor

March 23 - 28, 2008

North Miami Assembly of God

North Miami, Oklahoma

Rev. Terry Scott, Pastor

Saturday, Feb 23, 2008, Atkins, AR

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Greetings to all visitors to this website. It is a pleasure to have you visit with us.

We have been at home for a few days. We've only been preaching weekends for a little while now, but it's time to get back on the road today.

We had a good weekend in Springhill, LA (Feb. 10) with Pastors Garth and Linda Collier. These are great friends and we have preached for them so many times. This time we did not take the motor home (this over $3.00 per gallon diesel has taken a lot of the fun out of driving it) but we stayed in a nice little guest house owed by Bro and Sis. Harold Morgan. We appreciate the comfortable place to stay. One young lady came to the Lord that morning and at least one was baptized with the Holy Ghost on Sunday night. We decided to drive back home after service on Sunday night (about a four hour trip). Between Prescott and Gurdon, Arkasnas (about 15 miles) we must have seen 60 deer grazing on the side of the road. That's pretty dangerous since you never know when one of them is going to step out in the road. However, we arrived home about 12:30 a.m. safe and sound.

The week days following Spring Hill (and this past week as well) we have just been hanging out at home. Many people have said "are you finished with your house?" to which I reply "are you ever finished wiht a house?" We are living in it very comfortably but there's always something else to do it seems. I can't tell you how much Bobbye and I are enjoying being in here. Every morning when I get up I thank God for a roof over our head. That is, a roof that doesn't have a steering wheel. We have always had a roof over our head but it sure is nice to have a regular house to awaken in.

We had scheduled Sunday Feb. 17 to be a kinda laid back Sunday in which we attended the dedication service of the First Assembly of God in Conway, AR where our dear friends Mike and Ellen McNeely pastor. They have build a new complex and the dedication was the 16th so we wanted to be there with them. That was all we had scheduled for that day but on Saturday, Feb. 16, Pastor Larry Horn Pastor at Pottsville Assembly of God in Pottsville, AR called and said he was sick and wanted me to fill in for him on Sunday morning and Sunday night. So instead of being a laid back day it was a full day with preaching there and attending the dedication service. However, it was a good full day and we were blessed to be involved at both locations.

Wednesday, Feb. 20 we were planning to attend Bible Study at our home church, Ada's Bells Chapel Assembly of God, but Bro. Henry Bateman came down sick and invited me to fill in for him Wednesday night. So I ended up preaching for him that night.

So, we will be headed for Bradford, AR for our next meeting about 1:00 p.m. today. We look for a great time in Bradford this week.

I pray all is well with your family. Spring is not far away so keep looking forward! I've gotten a few phone calls and emails from our friends in Northern Maine and they are buried in snow up there. It seems there's just one snow storm after another hitting them, so I know they are looking forward to spring.

Be blessed,

Sam and Bobbye

Feb. 24 - 27, 2008

Assembly of God

Bradford, Arkansas

Rev. Curtis and Sherry Davis, Pastors

March 2 - 5, 2008

Faith Assembly of God

Evening Shade, Arkansas

Rev. Ricky Poole, Pastor

Thursday, January 30, Bossier City, LA

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Greetings to all, I pray all is well with you and yours.

On Friday, Jan. 18 Bobbye and I arrived home after a successful missions trip to San Jose, Costa Rica. Our ministry there included ministering in a Pastor's Seminar at the Assemblies of God Headquarters there in San Jose and in local church in the area. Fifty Pastors and another 100 church leaders from through out the country were registered. It was an an extremely young audience. We almost felt it was a youth convention rather than a Pastor's conference. Those who attended the meeting soaked up everything that was taught. We worked in conjunction with other minsters in our team, William and Linda Hegeman, Danny Knick and Peggy Foster. Each of us took turns teaching. I also was sent to three different local churches to minster in the evening services. People were saved, people were filled with the Holy Spirit and I am confident that people were healed. We all felt very confident that we accomplished the will of the Lord in these meetings. The people seemed to be very appreciative that we were there and with what we shared with them. I am confident that the churches these leaders represented will be stronger because of the seed of the Word of God we sowed in them.

Bobbye and I arrived home about 4:30 P.M. on the 18th. Our evening was spend washing cloths and repacking and loading for revival in south Louisiana. We left before daylight on Saturday Jan. 19.

Our meeting started at Northside Assembly of God in Crowley, Louisiana on January 20. Our Pastor for the week was Rev. Loyd and Patsy Singley. In about 1973 when I had just started preaching my Pastor, Rev. Elton Cole, took me to a revival meeting at the Perryville, Arkansas Assembly of God church. The evangelist that night was Loyd Singley. That night God called me to be an evangelist. So Bro. and Sis. Singley have been our heros for about 35 years, and it has been such an honor to preach for them on numerous occasions. I deeply regretted that I was attacked by a bad assault of bronchitus during the week and really didn't feel up to preaching. However, we had a wonderful revival, a number of people were filled with the Spirit.

Sunday January 27 we had moved to Thibodaux, Louisiana under the leadership of Pastor Walter Rose. This was our first revival with the good folks at Thibodaux and the Lord gave us great favor with them and the Pastor as well. We do thank God for new friends in south Louisiana. I believe there were five filled with the Holy Ghost on Wednesday night.

We are no with our daughter, Lori, and her family at their home in Bossier City, LA. She and her husband, Dan, are on staff at Central Assembly of God in Haughton, LA and we will be preaching there on Sunday.

Be blessed and thank you for your prayers and support!

Sam and Bobbye

Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008
9:15 A.M., 10:15 A.M. and 6:00 P.M.
Central Assembly of God
Haughton, LA
Rev. Andy Harris, Pastor

Sunday A.M. and P.M.
Feb. 7, 2008
First Assembly of God
Springhill, LA
Rev. Garth Collier, Pastor

Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008, Atkins, Arkansas

2008-01-08T20:12:00.000-06:00

Greetings to all visitors to this website.

I pray you had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. As for us we had a wonderful holiday with friends, and family.

Christmas day Bobbye's two sister's and their husbands and her mom, along with Lori and her family were here at our house for Christmas lunch. We had a great day. This was the first time we have been able to entertain family in our house in several years now. Only a few days before Christmas we moved in to our newly remodeled house here in Atkins, AR. What a joy to be in our own place for Christmas.

Then on New Years all four daughters and their families (except for two son-in-laws who could not come) were here with us. We have worked on this place every spare moment for the last five years and to have the kids and grand children here for New Years (that is when we celebrated Christmas with them this year) made all the hard work worth every minute of it. We had a great time together.

We had big fire outside several times and roasted hot dogs and marshmallows a number of times. My grandchildren burned everything burnable around here. They sure enjoyed the fire and so did we. One afternoon I got them all in my S-10 and went through our pasture gathering up wood to burn that night. They worked very hard gathering fire wood, they loaded the pickup. It was such a hoot to get to do that with them. And they had a time too.

So holidays are over and it's back to traveling again in the next few days.

I want you to pray with me about a couple of things.

My sister-in-law, Carlene Austin, will have surgery Jan. 9 to remove a mass that has been found where the small intestine and the large intestine come together. The outlook is not good but God is and we call on Him to intervene. Please join with us in prayer for her.

On Friday, Jan. 11, Bobbye and I leave on a missions trip to San Jose, Costa Rica. We will be there ministering in a Pastor's Seminar for several day. Please join with us in prayer for a great outpouring of the Holy Ghost in Costa Rica.

Thanks for your prayers.

Be blessed,

Sam and Bobbye

January 11-18, 2008

Pastor's Seminar

San Jose, Costa Rica

January 20-23, 2008

Northside Assembly of God

Crowley, LA

Rev. Loyd Singley, Pastor

January 27-30, 2008

First Assembly of God

Thibodaux. LA

Rev. Walt Rose, Pastor

2007-12-08T20:33:00.000-06:00

M E R R Y

C H R I S T M A S!!

(Please remember, you can't even say "Christmas" without "Christ")

from

Sam and Bobbye

H A P P Y N E W Y E A R

2008

(If you have wandered away from the Christ of Christmas,

you can redidicated in 2008)

Rose Bud, Arkansas, Monday, November 12, 2007

2007-11-12T14:56:00.000-06:00

Greetings!

It's been a while since I've posted on my site. I might explain a little bit about that. I get online most of the time with a laptop connect card connected through AT&T. It works just like a cell phone hook up, and if you have a cell phone you know that sometimes you have a signal sometimes you don't. The exact something happens with this gizmo, sometimes I've got a signal and sometimes I don't and if I do not have a signal I have no way of getting online unless the church I'm serving has a wireless router, which, the church we are serving right now happens to have. So I am able to get online through their system, but to get a signal for my laptop card is impossible right here. So, thankfully, I'm able to communicate with you this week because of that set up. If you go a while without getting a report and request for prayer it most generally is because I do not have a signal to get online with the laptop connect card.

We are in Rose Bud, Arkansas this week. We started our revival meeting here yesterday. Rev. Doug McClure is the Pastor here. I was his Pastor when he was a teenager, and we met his wife, Thelma, when she was just a teenager as well. We worked a church camp with her many years ago and made her acquaintance. She and Bro. Doug have been married for quite sometime now. They have three children. one married, one in college and one in high school, and a great church here in central Arkansas. They also have a new building here that is absolutely beautiful, this is one classy place. Our meeting got started well yesterday and we are expecting, with the aid of your prayers, to have a great meeting here in Rose Bud.

Last week I was in Timbo, Arkasnas with Pastor David Campbell. Rose Bud is a small town but Timbo is even smaller than Rose Bud, but both places have wonderful facilities. Bobbye stayed home last week, due to several reasons, and I stayed in the evangelist's quarters in Timbo. We had a great revival there, four people were filled with the Holy Ghost in those services.

Next week we will be in Haynesville, LA with Pastor Jeff Willis, Nov. 18-21.

We will also be in Bossier City, LA with our daughter Lori and her family and our daughter Tina and her family for Thanksgiving Day.

Hope you have a great week and thanks for your prayers.

Sam and Bobbye

Check out our new Fresh Bread article, click on Fresh Bread above and to the right.

Saturday, October 6, 2007, Monticello, AR

2007-10-06T20:37:00.000-05:00

Greetings dear friends!

Please check out the new survey on this home page.

Until my webmaster has time to go online and make the changes in our address I continue to remind you that Bobbye and I have now changed our place of residence to Arkansas. After 22 years in Tennessee it is time to return to our roots in Pope County, Arkansas. Our new mailing address is: 3863 Bells Chapel Road East, P.O. Box 26, Atkins, AR 72823. Our phone numbers and email address remains the same as published else where on this web site.

We just concluded a very successful revival meeting at the Unity Assembly of God near Pottsville, Arkansas where Rev. Mike Sullivan is the Pastor. We found the people of this assembly very open to revival and very responsive to each sermon preached. Six were baptised with the Holy Spirit with the initial physical evidence of speaking with other tongues.

Saturday, Sept. 29, found Bobbye and I working with the Chi Alpha ministry on the campus of the University of Arkansas. That ministry raises funds with volunteer labor at each of the Arkansas Razorback home football games and Bobbye and I volunteered our services to help them. The Chi Alpha Director on the University of Arkansas Campus is a long long time friend Ronnie Hoover. We have been friends with Ronnie and his wonderful wife Dana since before they were married. They have done a tremendous work on the Campus and continue to deligently minister to College Students at the University of Arkansas. What a wonderful Chi Alpha ministry house they have built there as well. They are doing a great work in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

After the days work we attended the Arkansas Razorback vs the North Texas Green football game. I used to attend every Razorback game I possibly could back many many years ago. However, this was the first Razorback game I have attended in over 30 years. My big brother, Jerry, was one of the most avid Arkansas Razorback fans you have ever seen. He followed them closer than anyone I had ever seen at the time. On New Year's day, 1966 Bobbye and I, Jerry and his wife Hulane went to the Cotton Bowl where the Razorbacks played LSU. LSU beat us that day but it was a very memorable day for us since it was our honeymoon trip. We were married on December 26, 1965 and went to the Cotton Bowl with them for our honeymoon trip at New Years. Jerry was a barber and I was attending barber college and living with he and his wife before Bobbye and I married. Later in March of 1966 Jerry became very ill and underwent surgery where they found he was eaten up with cancer. He never recovered and in July of 1966 my 29 year old brother and avid Razorback fan passed away. He left behind a wife, a daughter and a son. Today that daughter's son, Andrew Davie, my deceased brother's grandson is the starting tight end for the Razorbacks. Heaven is now complete for Jerry with his grandson playing for the Razorback. I am not at all sure that people in heaven know what is happening on earth, however, if my big brother knows that his grandson is playing for the Razorbacks I am confident he has formed a Razorback club and is leading the Razorback cheer (that cheer is known of as "Callin' the Hogs") in heaven. Another common practice among Razorback fans is asking the question, 'how bout them hogs?' If he knows Andrew is playing I am confident he has ask many people in heaven, 'how bout them hogs.' Anyway, we went to watch Andrew play and very much enjoyed the evening at the stadium as the Razorbacks demolished their opponents.

Our meeting at First A/G in De Queen, Arkansas went really well also. I was very impressed with the church there and the responsiveness of the people. Our deepest appreciation to Pastor Ray Reynolds for having us at De Queen.

Also this past week our long time friends and former parishioners Charles and Sue Cousin came to Pope County, and Atkins, Arkansas, from Hugo, Oklahoma. They came to help their former Pastor (me) and his wife (Bobbye) on the remodeling work on our house. Charles is a jack of all trades and master at all of them. He got most of the electrical work done. We are only a few more rooms from having all the electrical work done, thanks to Brother Cousin and his good wife Sue.

Next Saturday, Oct 13, a team of men from Aroostook County, Maine are scheduled to arrive at our place to put the finishing touches on our house. These guys came down from Maine (36 hours one way) in April and did so much good for us. However, they have not been content because they were unable to finish what they started. So they are returning next week to finish the job. Please pray with us for a safe journey both ways for them.

Thanks for praying for Sam and Bobbye Austin.

October 7 - 10, 2007

Oak Grove Assembly of God

Monticello, Arkansas

Rev. Bobby Spencer, Pastor

Sunday, October 14, 2007

A.M. and P.M. Only

First Assembly of God

Hector, Arkansas

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

2007-09-19T12:43:00.000-05:00

Greetings to you from Jackson, Tennessee.

Bobbye and I are here in Revival this week with Pastor Anthony Love and the good folks of the North Jackson Church of God. Our meeting here will conclude tonight. We've had a good time here with these good people. Pastor Love and his family were part of our church when we Pastor in Milan, Tennessee. We are delighted to have been with them in this meeting.

In September of 1985 Bobbye and I were elected Pastors of the First Assembly of God in Milan, Tennessee. We moved to Milan that month and have been residence of Tennessee ever since. In 1994 we resigned that church and have been traveling evangelists ever since. For convenience sake and some business purposes we have left our address in Milan all this time. We have know since 1994 that we would some day move our address back to our home state of Arkansas and due to several factors we feel that the time is right to now make that move. Therefore effectively immediately we will have a new mailing address. You can now mail us at P.O. Box 26, Atkins, AR 72823. Our phone numbers will remain the same .

It is important for you to be well aware that this move will in no way effect what we are currently doing in ministry, we will continue to be full time Evangelists. It is simply a move of address and no real change of ministry.

Though I've known that this move was coming I found myself a bit emotional about it yesterday when I filed the change of address form at the post office. I was 38 years old when we moved to Tennessee. Our girls were just little girls, Tina had graduated from High School in Arkansas before we moved here, but the other girls were very small. They have grown up in Tennessee. All four girls married in Tennessee, two of them are still residence of Tennessee. So we will forever be linked to Tennessee now. Actually Austin roots are in Tennessee from way, way back. From the information we have the Austin Family moved from Wayne County Tennessee, to Pope County, Arkansas in a 90 wagon wagon train in 1847. So I guess you could say I came back home when I move to Tennessee in 1985, however Arkansas is our real home and we are excited to be officially locating back to where our more recent roots are. We have made so many friends, contacts and connections in this state. So, we head home.

Again this is no change of ministry just a change of address. We will still be engaged in revivals and traveling near and far spreading the Word of God. We are simply changing our mailing address.

September 23 - 26, 2007

First Assembly of God

DeQueen, Arkansas

Rev. Ray Reynolds, Pastor

September 30 - October 3, 2007

Unity Assembly of God

Pottsville, Arkansas

Rev. Mike Sullivan, Pastor

Saturday, August 18, 2007, Milan, TN

2007-08-18T21:36:00.000-05:00

Greetings dear friends.

Well after thirteen years we are back where we left. Thirteen years ago, I think it was the first Sunday of August 1994 I preached my farewell sermon here at First Assembly of God in Milan after having Pastored (or kept them from having a Pastor) here for nine years (Sept 1985-August 1994). Tomorrow I will, with great joy, return to the pulpit of this fine church as a guest speaker. I must confess I look forward to seeing all those who are still hear after 13 years. Many have gone on to be with the Lord and many for what ever reason just are no longer here. However, many are we look forward to a time of ministry and visitation with them. The congregation here is between Pastors and the Board ask us to fill in tomorrow. If you know of someone looking for a good church to Pastor tell them about First Assembly of God, Milan, TN.

We certainly enjoyed being with Pastor Myron Greer and the good folks at New Beginning Assembly of God in Cookeville, Tennessee this past week. This was the first revival in their new building. In fact they didn't even have the carpet down yet. It had been back ordered. It is now in and I think they will begin laying it this coming Monday (August 20). We saw three people baptized with the Holy Ghost on Wednesday night which just put the icing on the cake as far as the revival was concerned. Thanks Pastor Greer for having us and being such gracious hosts. And thanks for the invitation to come back.

Another matter now, on Monday Bobbye and I will be 35 years old. August 20, 1972 we gave our hearts to the Lord at First Assembly of God in Bryant, Arkansas. Rev. Elton Cole was preaching the morning I got saved and his wife Sis. Lucy Cole preached that night when Bobbye got saved. What an adventure it has been for 35 years. At the time I was a barber and owned my own shop at 4614 Asher Ave in Little Rock, AR. I had been working in that shop since I graduated from Barber College in March of 1966. At the time I had traveled very little, now 35 years later we have traveled in 47 states, 17 foreign countries and seven Provinces of Canada and met thousands and thousands of wonderful people. What a difference Jesus has made in our lives. At the time of our salvation we had one little girl, six years old, Karen Christina. Now we have four daughters, Tina, Marla, Lori and Jeni. Four terrific son in laws (no matter how much I may tease about them) Durwin, David, Dan and Rick. Seven beautiful Granddaughters Lyndsey (who by the way moved away from home on Friday, August 17 to enter a wonderful Master's Commission program at Central Assembly of God in Haughton, LA and we are praying for wonderful success for Lyndsey) Breanna, Serenna, Tori Beth, Adara, Abigail and Zion. Five grandsons Josh, Austin, Elisha, Josiah and Keenan. So there's now 22 of us when we all get together. God has blessed us so much in the last 35 years we could never thank Him enough for it, nor could we ever have dreamed 35 years ago where He was taking us. Thank God for these 35 years with Him, I only wish I had started sooner.

August 19, 2007

Two Services Only

Sunday morning and Sunday Night

First Assembly of God
Milan, TN

August 26, 2007

Christian Worship Center

Providence, KY

Rev. Gary Dock, Pastor

ONE SERVICE ONLY

SUNDAY A.M.

Saturday Night, August 11, 2007, Cookeville, TN

2007-08-11T21:19:00.000-05:00

Greetings dear praying friends. I pray all is well with you and your family. If you live down here in the South you know it has been very, very hot. It is so hot down here in fact we say a hound dog chasing rabbit the other day and both of them were walking. It is so dry here that we Pentecostals have postponed all water baptisms until there is more water available, our Baptist brethren are now only sprinkling and the Methodist are only using a damp cloth. So may the Lord send us some cooler weather and a little rain.

We closed our meeting with the good folks over in Alpena, Arkansas on Wednesday night. The meeting was a good success and we are thankful for what He did in Alpena. We had three baptized with the Holy Ghost in the services.

Thursday and Friday we drove a little over 500 miles to our destination here in Cookeville where our meeting starts tomorrow at New Beginning Assembly of God with Pastor Myron Greer. Pastor Greer and the good folks here at New Beginning have a brand new building. In fact it is so new that they have not gotten the carpet and baseboard in yet. I believe they told me that the carpet had been back ordered or it too would be installed. At any rate they are excited about being in the new building and about revival. Pastor Greer scheduled a dinner for Bobbye and I with his Board members last night and tonight we had a prayer meeting at 6:00 where about 25 people were in attendance. So, they are really serious about revival and I know God is not going to disappoint them. Please join us in pray for the revival this week.

I pray you have a blessed week.

Sam and Bobbye

August 12 - 15, 2007

New Beginning Assembly of God

Cookeville, TN

Rev. Myron Greer, Pastor

August 19, 2007

Sunday morning and Sunday Night

Two Services Only
First Assembly of God

Milan, TN

Saturday, August 4, 2007, Alpena, Arkansas

2007-08-04T21:45:00.000-05:00

Greetings visitors, returning friends and total strangers. We are glad you have visited our website. Here's a bit of what has been happening and is happening in lives.

We closed our revival at First Assembly of God in Pea Ridge, Arkansas last Wednesday night. We had a great time in the Lord in Pea Ridge. There they have a Hispanic church that meets to worship in their building every Sunday afternoon so they were invited to join us for the revival. Also a couple of other Hispanic A/G churches came together with us as well. As a result each service was interpreted in to Spanish. We had nice crowds each night. One man rededicated his life to the Lord and one young lady was baptized with the Holy Spirit.

Thursday Bobbye and I relocated the coach and all our equipment to First A/G here in Alpena and the drove another hundred miles or so to our place in Pope County. Some worked needed to be done on our Suburban there. As a result we got to spend the first night in our remodeled house. It is not finished yet but it is in a condition where we can stay in it. It sure was nice to get to spend the night in it. We bought it five years ago next month and we have worked on it every chance we have had ever since then, finally we got to spend the night in it. PTL!!

We did some work in the place Friday and Saturday and returned here to Alpena today. We had a nice meal with Pastor and Mrs Bill Anderson this evening and did some catching up. We have known the Anderson's and preached for them off and on for over 30 years now. I can't believe that it's been that long but it has. They are wonderful people and we look forward to our meeting with them here this week.

Please join us in prayer for a great outpouring of the Holy Spirit here in Alpena this week.

Also please join us in prayer for our Assemblies of God Fellowship. Our General Council (for those of you who do not speak Assembly of God, that is our National Convention held every two years at which business for our Fellowship is done on a national level) is being held this week in Indianapolis, IN. Our General Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent and the Treasurer of our Fellowship will all have new people chosen to service in those offices this week. Our long standing leadership in these offices are stepping down and retiring. It is very important as to who is elected to fill these key roles in our Fellowship. Please pray with us about these elections.

There's another "Fresh Bread" article posted today, please check it out.

Be Blessed,

Sam and Bobbye

August 5 - 8, 2007

First Assembly of God

Alpena, Arkansas

Rev. Bill Anderson, Pastor

August 12 - 15

New Beginning Assembly of God

Cookeville, TN

Rev. Myron Greer, Pastor

Saturday, July 28, 2007, Pea Ridge, Arkansas

2007-07-28T22:16:00.000-05:00

Greetings to you good folks who keep up with us via this website. Tonight we are in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. That is right up in the Northwest corner of the state. I understand that the Missouri border is only about 2 miles from here. We are just east of Bentonville, Arkansas, world headquarters of that struggling little chain of stores, Wal Mart. This area is one of the fastest growing areas of the entire U S of A.

We drove here yesterday going west on I-40 to I-540 which runs north from Van Buren, Arkansas. That is without one of the prettiest drives (from I-40 to this area) in the entire United States. I've traveled lots of places but that drive always amazes me. You northern folks need to come down and see it.

We start our revival meeting here at First Assembly of God where Bro. Edwin Brewer is the Pastor. Would you please join us in prayer for a great move of God here.

Two weeks ago tomorrow (July 15) I started a meeting at the Green Mountain Christian Center in Bennington, Vermont. We had a great meeting there, in fact we extended over an extra night because Pastor John Goyette just wanted his people to make a special effort to get folks out to hear the gospel. This afternoon I was contacted by Pastor and Linda Goyette telling me that lat night (July 27) lightning struck their beautiful building and burned the auditorium to the ground. Fire companies from 12 municipalities responded to the fire but were unable to save it. Local regulations required them to install a fire suppression system that cost $138,000 when the building was built a few years ago, and it still burned to the ground. Go figure. Tomorrow they will be worshipping on the lawn of the church. The church is not a building, but people who worship in the building, so the church will go on and it was fully insured for replacement costs but there's lots of work ahead for these folks. They ask me to ask you to pray for them, so please do so.

There's a new Fresh Bread article and a little new Family News as well.

Be blessed,

SUNDAY JULY 29 - WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1, 2007
First Assembly of God
Pea Ridge, AR
Rev. Edwin Brewer, Pastor

August 5 - 8, 2007

First Assembly of God

Alpena, Arkansas

Rev. Bill Anderson, Pastor