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Dear praying friends,
The gospel ministry is a continual battle that is fought for the souls of men. It is exciting to see God at work in the lives of people all over the world. Every year after thanksgiving we take a mission trip outside of the U.S. The Lord took us this year to St. Vincent, an island in the Caribbean that is located just north of South America. The population is just over 110,000 people. About 50 years ago some missionaries, with a heart to train nationals, started local churches and a Bible college. God has blessed the work in St. Vincent through the years; now there is a fellowship of 14 conservative Bible believing churches.
Our team this year consisted of The Frazor Evangelistic Team (excluding Tommy and Corey), and our friend Anna Townsend. Our contact for the trip was John and Sarah Fieck from Northland. They had been working in the ministry at Northland for a number of years when God led them to the Island of St. Vincent to work with the Bible College. Tim Michalek is also a friend of ours who came with the Fiecks to work alongside them in the college. We arrived in St. Vincent on Saturday, two days after thanksgiving, and were picked up by our friends and made our way to the Bible College. That night we had a teen rally with Calvary Baptist Church, pastored by Desmond Fessal. The rally went well and it was a great introduction to the church for our team. Sunday morning we ministered in the same church with music and preaching. One thing that we noticed from the beginning of our trip is that it was going to be hot, really hot! After the morning service we prepped for the week of open air meetings beginning that evening and lasting through Friday night. Each night we did special music, gave testimonies, and preached the gospel. Sunday through Tuesday Aaron, Joe, and myself preached the gospel while our girls gave testimonies. Wednesday through Friday we used a Tae Kwon Do demonstration as a way to gather crowds and preach the gospel. These open air meetings will forever be embedded in our hearts. While each one was preaching, the other team members walked about sharing Jesus. We met all kinds of people, including drunks, and drug addicts, and were pretty well received. During the daytime we were able to minister to the Bible College students and hold daily Bible clubs in the public schools around the island. Our week was full of evangelistic opportunities.
On Saturday night, we traveled to a village across the Island to minister with another local church. Pastor Willis Hackshaw is a Vincencian who grew up in the village, and later got his ministerial training from Northland International University. Saturday night our team led some fun competitions, sang, and preached. I did another Tae Kwon Do demonstration and preached the gospel. The place was packed and you could sense God at work in hearts. It was powerful! Sunday morning, our team ministered the Word through music and preaching. That small trip was an eye opener that once again burdened us for the people of St. Vincent. Our final meeting was on Sunday evening with another great church. God was at work in all the meetings and we praise Him for all the great things that He did and will continue to do.
On Monday our team went with the missionaries John and Sarah Fieck, Tim Michalek, and Allen Hill on a boat trip around part of the island. The fellowship was sweet, and the beauty of God’s creation was amazing! I will take away many things from this trip, but there is one thing that I will never forget. It is the faith of our missionary friends, John, Sarah, and Tim. They went to serve in the Bible College and minister in local churches without going on deputation. They went to St. Vincent by faith, knowing that God led them there. They live on almost no monthly income, while slowly gaining support from people and churches in the U.S. I love to see people jump out in faith! I know God is teaching them so much and rewarding their faith. Would you be willing to leave everything behind, and by faith, move to another country with no income?
As we arrived back in the states, my prayers go out to the people of St. Vincent who are laboring together for the gospel.
Please pray for St. Vincent:
1. Local churches to grow in grace as they minister the gospel and reach their Island for Christ
2. Baptist Bible College of the Caribbean as they train students from many surrounding countries for the gospel ministry
3. Missionaries John and Sarah Fieck, and Tim Michalek to gain prayer and financial support
4. Two Bible College students who are still unaccounted for in Haiti
Our team is so thankful for your continual prayer support of our ministry. Please keep us in prayer as we have begun our spring semester.
In Christ,
Jeremy Frazor
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Our fall semester finished off in the South. Early November our team made our way to Shoaf Park Baptist Church in Fort Wayne, IN. Indiana has many solid fundamental churches, but there are very few near Fort Wayne. Pastor Jackson has not been at Shoaf Park for too long, but he is no stranger to the ministry. God has used him in countless ministries. Our week with the church was fairly eventful. The truck was being worked on in Wisconsin, while our trailer was left parked at the last church. Some dear believers in the church graciously allowed us to stay with them on a short moment’s notice. The week went well and visitors came sporadically. One night a man in his twenties came to know Christ after the service. As he came face to face with the saving gospel of Christ, you could see God at work in him. The church has been praying that he would come to Christ. On Tuesday night after the service, Aaron and I drove back to Wisconsin to pick up the truck and trailer. With 3 hours of sleep, we arrived in less than 30 minutes before the Wednesday evening service. God gave us a great week at Shoaf Park.
The next church was Temple Baptist Church in Sumter, SC. Pastor Allen Glass has been at the church for a number of years laboring for the sake of the gospel. It was great to minister with them during the week. Ministering in the heart of the Bible belt is tough and has its own issues. The great part about the gospel of Christ is that it reaches people from all walks of life. This church in the distant past was a growing and thriving church, but through the years it has slowly dwindled. This week at Temple, God was at work challenging His people to hunger after Him and serve Him by reaching out to their community with the gospel. Our prayer is that God will bring lasting fruit from these meetings.
From Sumter, we headed a little north to Brevard, NC, to Bethany Baptist Church. It is pastored by Matt Collier who runs Camps Abroad through the Wilds camp. Matt and his wife are friends of ours in the ministry that we have known for a long time. God is using Camps Abroad to develop the ministry of Christian Camps all over the world. This ministry is a powerful support to the local churches. Pastor Matt is a very balanced man who travels all over the world helping countless ministries. God has given him a keen mind and a warm heart in the ministry. We were only at Bethany for a day, but it was great to minister to and with so many that have ministered to me over the years. Many of the members are on staff at the Wilds Christian Camp. We count it a great privilege to challenge them with God’s Word.
The next two churches were in sunny Florida. Pastor TJ Klapperich came from Michigan where he served as youth and assistant pastor for many years. We ministered one night during the week to the Calvary Baptist Church in Winter Haven, Florida. It was great to get caught up with pastor from years past. Our prayer is that God would continue to bless His work near Orlando. Volusia County Baptist Church is located in Orange City, Florida and is pastored by John Reynolds. This was special for our team because Pastor Reynolds is Carrie Rule’s pastor. This church has done much to support Carrie in the ministry as we have been on the foreign fields. The church just celebrated its 13th year and God has seen fit to bless them with constant growth. The team ministered in a midweek service. The highlight for me came when Pastor drove me around the morning before we left and gave me the history of the church. Praise God for His promise that He will build His church! It is great to see the unity of the church in the diversity of its members for the cause of the Gospel. God is blessing His preached Word in this community.
Our last church was back in South Carolina. Ferndale Baptist Church is located in Charleston, SC. Pastor Mike Betancourt was the assistant at the church for the last two pastors. God has placed him in the senior pastor position over the last year. The church has gone through some ups and downs in the past and is currently in the process of relocating to a new area. We had a full day of ministry that was special to us because it is where my brother Johnnie and his wife Trista attend. This last day of the semester came upon us quickly. During the thanksgiving week our team tried to rest for a couple of days while gearing up for our mission trip to St. Vincent. I am so proud of our team members who consistently seek the Lord and are letting the Lord change them. May we always be willing to let God work in us so that he then can work through us.
In Christ,
Jeremy Frazor
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Each semester that we travel is full of God’s blessings that we marvel at and don’t deserve. After being with our home church for an outreach conference, we had a time of celebration for Amanda Smith, one of our team members from last year. On October 3, I had the wonderful privilege of marrying Amanda to Josh Bracewell. It was an exciting event! Within days after the wedding, our family traveled north to Birmingham, MI. I hooked up the trailer at the Grace Baptist Church and prepared to fly back to Greenville, SC.
There were 3 reasons for going back to Greenville. The first was to speak at Bob Jones University in chapel. This opportunity was humbling and filled with all kinds of emotion. My heart was overwhelmed with thanksgiving for the faculty and staff who poured their lives into me for so many years, but my heart was also heavy with a burden to see the students set aflame for God and the souls of others. The second opportunity was the Father-Son camp-out with my home church, Calvary Baptist Church in Simpsonville, SC. It was a great time of good food and spending time with friends. As I challenged them about serving God completely, my heart was full as I thought of all the fathers that truly seek to raise godly children. The last event was the annual Farm-Fest hosted by BJU. Around 1,500 teens came for the great day of events, the good food, and the preaching of the Word.
When the event finished, I flew back to Michigan that night arriving
around 1am back at the trailer. The week at Grace was amazing. Pastor
Charles Whitfield founded the church in 1956. He has served faithfully
for so many years. We had a great week! One of the highlights for me
was just spending time with this faithful man. There is a great staff
at this church and it was a blessing to be able to spend time with each
of them. They have a Bible Institute on Tuesday night of each week, and
we were able to be a part of their chapel time.
Later that week we drove up and over the upper peninsula of Michigan and down to the town of Gillett, Wisconsin. The Gillett Baptist Church is pastored by Jonathan Wagner. I appreciate his strong stand for truth and his desire to see his people grow in the Lord. This church is a light in the community with no Bible preaching church nearby. As we left Gillett, we traveled a couple of hours through the beautiful country side of Wisconsin to Montello. On the outskirts of Montello there is a good church named Buffalo Community Bible Church. Throughout the week a handful of people came to know Christ. Pastor Ron Larson has pastored this church twice. God used him to shepherd the people for a long while before God directed him to another ministry. He has been back for a good number of years and the congregation has grown tremendously under his ministry. Pastor Larson has been plagued with a number of health issues and God continues to keep him serving in the ministry. God’s Word tells us that when we are week, then He is strong. The assistant pastor is Ron’s son, Ben. Ben is a very close friend that has served alongside of us at Northland Camp and he has also been on a mission trip with us to Peru. God is doing great things through these northern churches, even as they experience trials along the way.
Before we left for Indiana to head south, our truck had major problems. It is a newer truck, but the head gasket and some cylinders had to be replaced. This is major work and we had to leave the truck in a town called Baraboo, WI. A couple in the church let us borrow their truck to go to Indiana for the week. This was such a blessing because we would not have been able to make it with the whole family. After a midweek service, Aaron and I drove through the night, with only 3 hours of sleep, to pick up the truck and trailer and drive back for an evening service. We made it back at 6:37pm and the service started at 7pm. It was crazy, but God worked in so many ways. The engine was under a warranty, and all I had to pay was $100 for a nearly $5,000 repair. Praise God for His provision and safety on the road. So often we take this for granted. Thank you for all your prayers as we travel. God continues to work in hearts and lives as we labor together for the gospel.
In Christ,
Jeremy Frazor
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 Well it is hard to believe that we are already into the month of October. After camp, our team started right up with meetings in North Carolina. Since we did not have much time to prepare, our days were filled with meetings and music practice. Our first week was with Pastor Walter Wagner from Statesville, NC. The Southview Baptist Church also has a school. That week we had multiple services each day in the school. God blessed through the preaching of the Word. It was such a blessing to spend time with the Pastoral team. These men are dear friends in the ministry. Next, we traveled to Community Baptist Church in Cary, NC. It is pastored by my old high school Bible teacher, Mike Knight. He planted this church a number of years ago with an opening service of over 200 people. Many received Christ that day and they began the church with an average of over 100 people that first year. It was a joy to be with them!
During a short break, the team was gearing up for the road while I went to Tri-City Baptist Church and School in Chandler, AZ. It was a great week in the school. I was able to work with their new principle, Thad Todd. The fellowship was sweet each day as I spent time with the pastoral staff. Dr. Sproul is a wonderful pastor that God is continually using to speak the truth in love. International Baptist College is ministry of this Church. The school trains men and women for the ministry out west and abroad.
| Upon returning home, our team traveled up to Calvary Bible Church and
school in Columbus, OH. Northside Christian School is known in Ohio
for its strong stand on the Word and high academics. Each day our team
sang and preached to the students in all age groups. Later that week
we ran a day of camp at Camp Penial. The staff truly wants to see
their students develop in their relationship with God.
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The next meeting took us to our home ministry at Calvary Baptist Church in Simpsonville, SC. Our team is based out of Calvary, where I serve as the Staff Evangelist. The week was an Outreach Conference focusing on reaching our world around us. It was a different style of meeting for us, but perfect for our day and age. As evangelists, it should be our goal and desire to help better equip our local churches in reaching their community for Christ. What a powerful week in seeing God save children, teens, and adults. I never get tired of showing others the Way. Pastor Taylor and the rest of the pastoral team are men who are gifted with ministry skills and surrendered to Christ. These men are a constant encouragement to me and our ministry.
Our team finished off the month in Greenville, SC as I flew to Northland International University and Northland Camp. I was privileged to speak at Rodeo Fest to around 200 junior age children. What a powerful day in the Word. I spoke 3 times with games and events interspersed throughout the day. It was a blast! Many of the kids made spiritual commitments that we always pray will bring lasting fruit. Praise God that His Word never returns void.
Please pray for the month of October as we head north to Michigan, Wisconsin, and Indiana. Just before our meetings in Michigan, I will be speaking in chapel at BJU followed by Farm Fest for teens. This outreach will include over a thousand teens. Thank you for your consistent prayers. It is our desire to bring glory to Him as we minister the Gospel.
In Christ,
Jeremy Frazor
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Updates from the Frazor Team |
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We had another great year on the road. God continues to use His powerful Word to change lives. After baby Jayden was born in early February, we ministered in churches from South Carolina to California and back. One of my favorite things on the road is spending time with the pastors and their families. The fellowship with these godly men is amazing. We are consistently in prayer for them and their churches.
Just before we finished the semester in May, God answered a prayer about a bigger trailer. Steve Pettit purchased our trailer for the married couple that travels with them, which in turn allowed us to purchase the Galkins’ trailer. It has a back bedroom for the kids. Yes, believe it or not, after five years the boys have their own beds! It has been such a blessing for our family.
Our summer ministry is at Northland Camp and Conference Center, where we just finished our tenth summer. The last eight summers we have been ministering at Pioneer Village, the junior camp. Our program team is a tight-knit group that seek to help campers take their next spiritual step. During the summer, our family was able to minister at two other sister camps. It was a joy to minister with our friends at Camp Cobeac in the middle of the summer and then at the Wilds at the end of the summer. For those of you that pray for our ministry on a regular basis, we want to say thank you. It is evident that people are praying. God has used His Word to save many people on the road and at camp. The same Word that brings life to spiritually dead people, is the same Word that sustains and matures believers everyday.
As we gear up for a new semester on the road, we look forward to how God is going to use the new team for His glory.
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