Current News of Interest

Summer of 2000: God provided a trailer for our ministry this summer through the generous gift of a church in Cross Lanes, WV. The trailer will enable us to schedule weekend meetings and take our necessary equipment.

Summer of 2000: Zane and Pam Bachman, missionaries to Cameroon, Africa, were

one of the first missionaries that our ministry helped to send to the field. They are now proud owners of their own genuine African mud hut! Their Canadian born-son, Luke, turned 5 in May 2005. Abigail was born in Africa in February 2003. The Bachmans came back to the states for furlough in 2004. Pam delivered their first American-born baby, Charity, during the summer of 2004.. In September 2004 we completed a second DVD for them to use to update the churches in America about their ministry in Cameroon. After spending almost 8 months in meetings across the eastern/mid-western United States, they returned to the field. Click here to read more about their ministry in Cameroon.

Fall 2000: God enabled us to complete a 15 minute video for Joe Offenberger, missionary to Romania. Pray that God will use this video to further this ministry. Click here to learn more about Outreach Ministries to Romania.

March 2003: Ken ministered in Romania for two weeks in March 2003.. In this needy country nestled between Hungary, Moldova, and Bulgaria, the Lord provided the opportunity for him to teach at the College in Sighetu and preach evangelistic meetings in the small villages in

the area, seeing two precious souls saved and Romanian Christians edified. The students at the college learned how to design and make their own puppets with materials available in Romania. In all, the Lord enabled Ken to pack in 48 hours of credit class time, teaching the students Puppet Making and Manipulation, Leadership, and Storytelling. He also taught 12 hours of non-credit classes in Digital Audio Recording and Editing as well as in Digital Music Composition. It was a blessed opportunity. Click here to see some of pictures from Romania.

July 2003: Many changes took place at our home church, Emmanuel

Baptist Temple, in Hagerstown, Maryland. Pastor Ed Hampton resigned as senior pastor, taking on the named Pastor Emeritus position, and Dr. Larry Aikens was installed as the new Senior Pastor. Pastor Aikens asked Ken to lead the choir and congregational singing, and so Ken assumed the part-time position of Music Director while working full-time for Simplex-Grinnell in Dulles, Virginia as we waited for the Lord to direct us.

May 2004: The Lord opened the door for Ken and I to return to the

of the most incredible, transitional years of our life! Ken’s mother died suddenly in February 2004 of an apparent massive heart attack. Then Lydia's brother, Robert, died of cirrhosis of the liver in March 2004. We both spent the week in Greenville taking care of funeral and burial arrangements with Lydia's sister, Sharon. Ken preached Robert’s funeral. The experience contained some sobering moments as we talked with friends and family that came to his viewing and funeral – many of them without Christ. We do not know that we have ever felt so compelled to witness, one on one, to people as we did at his graveside. The reality of eternity was made so evident. The Lord used these experiences, godly counsel, direction from God's Word, and a sermon by Dr. John Reynolds to bring us to the decision to accept an offer made to us to return to minister with the Academy of Arts Christian Drama Teams.