The result of a spontaneous disaster aid trip 'had 11 adult men cried'

Eupanks, Ky. – Last Saturday (February 22nd), a combined male study group of Pilot Baptist and Liberty Baptist decided, they would have to go to Eastern Kentucky and serve in an area that was hit by devastating floods at the beginning of this month.

They had no idea what God had in stock for them.

The 11 members of the group collected some objects, loaded four trucks and drove to Pike County to help everyone who needed it. They let God be their compass.

“We didn't know where we went,” said pilot pastor Jacob Pelston. “My buddy has seen on some social media in which Pikeville first Baptist spent generators. We thought that was a good starting point. “

When they arrived, there was no one in the church, he said, so they went to a local dollar shop and bought a coffee machine with the plan to distribute free coffee. During his time in the shop, a woman told them that their church was flooded, so they went to Immanuel Baptist Church, met the pastor and started working in the community hall.

Pelston said that the pastor of the church, Wesley Russell, was formerly a member of Pilot Baptist. Russell told them about a member of the church whose house was flooded, and so went into the neighborhood with “many beautiful houses”, where people already worked. They received an address from one of the neighbors from someone who may need help.

“We went to the address and they had some help, so we went to the next door,” said Pelston. And sure enough, an older man came to the door and greeted the help.

“We all stacked in his basement and started working. We were ready when I asked him if he went to church. He said, “No” and I asked him if he had a relationship with Jesus and he said: “No, but I want.”

The gospel door was cracked, and Pelston did not waste the opportunity and led him to redemption through the Römerstrasse. “Everyone came over and listened to and about everyone down there (in the basement) spoke to him and encouraged him,” said the pastor. “We had 11 adult men who cried when he gave the Lord his heart.”

The pastor said that witness to a man who accepted Jesus as a savior was a moment in which none of his crew is ever forgotten and showed them why they went on this rescue mission – it should save a lost soul.

“I told them in the church on Sunday, in the Bible I talk about awe,” he said. “We were in awe of what happened.”

Another member of the men's group spoke to the wife of the gentleman and she said that she was a Christian. “We talked about finding a church and encouraging him again and again and saying that we would help as we can. We had no idea where we went and ended up in the basement of a man who didn't know the Lord. God works wonderfully. “

Pelston said he was surprised that so many of the group are ready to sacrifice a whole Saturday. But what you have seen will be with you forever.

“You talked about it every day,” he said.

This article originally appeared in Kentucky.