CHRIST IS ALL
Winter (December 2008, January, February 2009)
Dear
Friend in Christ,
On December 4th, God mercifully gave me
a safe trip from my house in Japan to my brother’s house in Tupelo,
Mississippi. Thank God for traveling mercies. The following Sunday night, I
preached in the church my sister attends near Tupelo. I continued to preach in
several churches in Alabama, while enjoying the Christmas and New Years season
with family members and friends in Alabama and Mississippi. I also got to
preach once in the Metro-County Jail in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. About 12 prisoners
were in that cellblock, and listened well as I preached Christ to them. May our
Lord help each of them to make his life into what it should be.
On January 14th, I headed west,
preaching in Easthill Baptist Church in Bartlett, Tennessee that night. The
following night, I preached in Pastor McFadden’s church in Bald Knob, Arkansas.
It turned most cold there, that night of January the 15th. The
following cold morning, I continued traveling west to Pastor Burks house in
Harrison, Arkansas. Then for the next 3 weeks, I preached in several churches
in northwest Arkansas, and at 1 church in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Pastors were
so kind to schedule services on weekday nights and on Saturday nights. Many
people who attended listened with open ears and open hearts. May the sermons
they heard do them much good. Everyone was so kind and accommodating to me. God
bless you abundantly for all your goodness to me. I was in Broken Arrow when
the ice storm arrived. A few scheduled services were cancelled due to it. I had
wonderful fellowship in Pastor Mike’s home while waiting out the storm, and
then waiting for the ice to melt off the highways after it.
On February 7th, I drove to southeast
Arkansas to preach in 2 churches in the Lake Village area the following day.
What blessed services those were. Then I headed back thru Mississippi, spending
1 night each at each of my 2 brothers’ houses, and went on to preach near
Vinemont, Alabama the night of February 11. The following Friday, I drove on to
Bro. Barry’s house, south of Atlanta, Georgia. During the next 8 days, I
preached on the streets in Atlanta with Brothers Barry, Kevin, and Carroll.
What a blessing it was, to preach Christ to many souls out in public there.
Those good brothers also took me with them to the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta
2 different days and I got to preach a total of 4 times in that jail, each time
to a different group of prisoners. There were close to 40 men in each group,
for a total of about 160 prisoners I got to preach to. May they all yield
completely to our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
On Sunday, February 22, I preached twice in Brother
David’s church in Georgia, and then headed back toward Tupelo, preaching and
speaking in 3 more churches in Alabama, as I began tying up loose ends to get
ready to return to Japan on March 4th.
During the 3 months I was in the States, on many of
the days that rain, snow, or sleet was not falling, I would walk the streets
wherever I was, leaving Christian literature at each house. What a joy it was
to get out several thousand pieces of literature in that way. May God work in
the hearts of those who received it, for our Lord’s Glory and for those souls’
eternal good.
Early on the morning of March 4th, I
boarded a small plane at the Tupelo, Mississippi airport, and then flew on 3
flights to Japan, arriving at 4:36 PM the following day, Japan time. I rode the
trains on home that night and am now writing this on the following day, Friday,
March 6 in my house in Matsuida, Japan. Thank God for a safe round trip of 90
days and for blessing so much during that time. The whole time on the trip was
most blessed. And now it is most blessed to be back here where my heart is, to
preach Christ to the many lost Japanese around me. Please intercede in prayer
to our Lord God for their salvation.
Thank you who care enough about me and this
missionary work to pray for me and for those to whom I preach. God bless you
for that. Some of you give financially to this cause. May God repay you many
fold over for all your generosity and kindness to me. May Our Lord be with you
to daily bless, provide for, and protect you and your families.
Christ’s unprofitable servant,
Richard Yerby
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