Silcott Ministries

We held a Vacation Bible School at Sahuaro Baptist Church in Tucson, Arizona from July 15 – 20, 2018.  Pastor Kester opened each day with flag and Bible pledges and songs that promoted our theme for the week.  The children worked hard on the memory verses as Jane taught them the motions and several different ways to memorize verses.  Each story was introduced through ventriloquism as the gospel was taught through object lessons with a surprise ending.  We rejoice in the three children that responded to the gospel and trusted in Christ as their Savior.

Each day the children had homemade cookies and on Friday they ate ice cream bars.  The games were filled with action and lots of fun. On Friday, the kids had a water balloon battle and water bombed pastor.  Please pray for Sahuaro Baptist Church as they seek to reach this growing community on the southeast side of Tucson, Arizona.  We thank them for all their prayers and support for the Silcott Ministries.

From July 8 – 13, 2018, we held a Vacation Bible School at Southeast Valley Bible Church, one of our supporting churches in Gilbert, Arizona.  The week was very hot with haboobs (dust storms) and humid thunderstorms each evening.  Yet the children and the teenage helpers from the youth group were faithful each day. The children enjoyed singing using lots of motions to keep them active.

We enjoyed coming to the church early so that we could spend the 4th of July with our dear friends Gary and Jennifer Davis.  We loved the fireworks displayed over a local school a few miles from the church.  Please pray for Southeast Valley Bible Church as they seek to reach this growing community with the gospel.

Calvary Baptist Church in Kingman, Arizona did not have a pastor, so I called them to let them know that I was available to hold a Vacation Bible school the week of June 24 – 29, 2018.  The church invited us to come during the week for VBS and preach for both Sundays before and after the week.  While we were there Clinton Morris of Arkansas accepted the call to become their new pastor.

One of the ladies in the church was returning from the Philippines and had children in the Philippines draw a sign for our VBS in Kingman.  We posted the sign and invited the community to send their children to our Vacation Bible School “On Track for Christ”.  We trusted the Lord to send us children.  After the week was over we had an average of 9 children a day and one child trusted Christ as her Savior. Please pray for Calvary Baptist Church in Kingman, Arizona as they follow up with these new families.

The church owns the lot behind the church, so we were able to park with full hook-ups: water, fifty-amp electricity, and a sewer system set up for a mobile home.  Fifty amps is important when you are facing temperatures in the hundreds in desert conditions.  Our three air conditioners barely keep up during the hottest part of the day.