Howdy Art,
I have been enjoying the testimonies from your FBI event! I was helping Dennis with the beach baptism that day, and I thought maybe he would have passed along some of our testimonies to you. But I think he went for a family trip to the Grand Canyon afterwards. So just in case you haven’t heard these stories, I’ll relate them to you.

When Jerry and I got to the baptism tent we met two young gals (maybe late teens), and they were dragging a suitcase through the sand. They said they were from Montclair and were going to meet up with several marines later on when they got released from the base. We rapped a bit about why we were there and we got to talking about God, and found out that one of the girls had a strong Jehovah Witness mother, and she seemed to have more respect for her Mom, than the religion. Anyway, neither had been baptized and we invited them to the FBI event and encouraged them to get baptized if they wanted to later on. We saw them later on and they needed to charge their cell phone so the marines could get in touch with them. Much later on we saw them again and the marines had pulled a no-show (God’s plan!) and I asked them if they were thinking about getting baptized. They said, naw, they were afraid of getting drowned. I yelled at Dennis, that these girls think you’re gonna drown them, and by the time I got back he had discussed baptism with them and they were going to get Baptized! When they came out of the ocean we found out they were going to try and stay in Oceanside, so we found a guy that found his wife that hooked these girls up with a woman’s Bible study in Oceanside! These girls came to the beaches of Oceanside to dabble in life’s pleasures, but ended up meeting God head-on! Please pray for these two (Patsy and Megan).

My job was to fill out the certificates of Baptism and plug their names onto a prayer list, and I settled in to this fun and happy routine, until, as I asked this guy for his name, he started to break down crying. He said that he was so glad he was coming back to the Lord, that life was dealing him some heavy blows and he said that he had been having suicidal thoughts. About 6 of us surrounded him and laid hands on him and prayed for him, and after the baptism counseled him a bit and then invited him to our Saturday men’s breakfast/Bible study. He acted like he would make it. Pray for Bryant, as he has not yet made it to our study.

At one point a gal was brought over for Baptism that was inebriated. She was kinda bossy about “getting this show on the road” and we hesitated at first, but asked her questions and instructed her, and then they headed for the water. When I looked up from my duties, I could see them in the shallow water on their knees and when a small wave hit them, they ended up rolling around like logs and floundering a bit. It wasn’t a pretty baptism, but she got some extra “cleansing” from it all. And the cold water seemed to sober her up some, and she was happy that she did it. Later in the day she came by again, this time looking much more sober and she wanted to say again how happy she was that she got Baptized that day. Then she started  to share with others on the beach her good news! Pray for Rene’s continued blessings!

Art, you did an amazing job at the FBI event, and you are right, God definitely showed up that day!!
God Bless you brother!
Tim

I believe I can say definitely our Father was happy that day and He is still showing it by the fruit of it.
More testimonies from the FBI Oceanside outreach and they keep coming.

1. Amy storhe gave a six year old little girl a E-cube. Her mother said this little girl just loves Jesus and talks about Him all the time. Amy show her how to use it and gave the girl her email. The little sweet heart emailed Amy and told her that she showed it to three people and prayed with one to asked Jesus into her life. I believe I got this right.
2.  A lady in her fifties told me that she had been a christian all her life. She led her first person to the Lord after taking the boot camp. She was so excited.
3.  FBI Mark who was running the on site FBI Boot camp at the pier told me these testimonies.
4.  Elderly gentlemen took the boot camp at the pier and came back pumped up, because someone he share the cube with a man who made a decision for Christ with him. This was the first person that he every lead to the Lord.
5. When Mark was teaching the FBI Boot Camp a couple of people started weeping. The Holy Spirit was moving folks.
6. Many teenager and young people were taking the boot camp and were fired up about going out and sharing Jesus
7. Email that I received today.
I sent a bunch of kids down there and they came back stoked! Thanks for all your effort you put into this event.Blessings- John Lindsley, Director Christian Surfing Federation

FBI Battling for souls- Approx. 5000 to 10,000 people (Estimate from Capt. Bill Hoover retired San Diego police)= 500 to 1000 decisions , feed over 800 champions, gave away raffle 10 envelopes every hour with $5, $10, $20, $50, $100,$200 in each. Christians donated this money to bless people and get them there for the altar calls. ( the people went wild and loved it) Gave away over 650 new toys at the treasure hunt for kids( Who went to the Redemption booth inside of the event to get the toys and with mom and dad and head the gospel),10 young women at our Altar sound Van decided to keep their baby and not have a abortion, demons were driven out of people and set free, Prayer booth over100 prayed for,
One Testimony: FBI Marco prayed for a man that had lost everything from Florida and got on a bus and ended in Oceanside that morning, because his money had run out. Marco prayed for restoration and that he would win in the raffle. Later that day the man saw Marco and said thanks for that prayer. I won in one of the raffles. Marco asked him how much. He said $100 and I can by my Bus ticket to go back home, Restoration prayer. God was here folks and this is just one of many.
Another man with a terribly hard heart got drunk the night before but asked God to help him, if he was alive. He woke up Saturday Morning under the stage with the picture of Jesus over him. He did not even remember how he got there. He gave his heart to the lord that day.
Another woman came into the prayer booth from out of state said that she had lost her dog three day ago and she had to leave today. Brother Benny prayed for that she would find her dog. She  then put a poster of her lost dog on the prayer booth. One of the ladies in the booth said when she saw the picture of the dog, said that she had found that day 2 days ago and it was in her house. They went to get it crying tears of joy and praising God.
One of the most demon posses man in Oceanside (2 years ago our pastor FBI agent Matt lived next to him. He regularly ran out of his house and start screaming at the top of voice vile profanities at Matt and his kids and wife threatening them . The police asked him why he did that. He said I cannot stand them. The police came to the house 22 times that year. He terrorised the neighbor hood for years) He said as he was walking by the FBI event and someone stopped him and he prayed the sinner’s prayer and invited Jesus into his heart. He ran into Matt wife, FBI Amy, and told her the story/ She did not even recognize him. Is not God amazing?