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Dear friends,
Every year there is a battle to finish off our semester strong before transitioning to work at camp. Traveling each week tends to wear a person down. There are always physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual trials. Praise God for His grace! Paul said that he labored more abundantly than they all because of the grace of God that was in him. God’s grace is sufficient!

As we concluded our time in Washington State, our last stop was at Lincoln Park Baptist Church with Pastor Brian Ernsberger. Our team was the first evangelistic meeting with their new pastor. It was a great week in Wenatchee. We enjoyed getting to know all the people in the church. The week’s highlight was the Thursday night Cola War with many visiting teens from the community. We pray that the gospel seed will continue to germinate in the hearts and lives of all those who heard the gospel message. At the end of the week, Pastor and his daughter took us on a hike to Saddle Rock that overlooks the city. It reminded me of the time when Christ overlooked Jerusalem and wept for the city. May God help us all to have such a burden.

The next stop was Tigard, Oregon, which is a suburb in Portland. Pastor Ben Jaqueth started the church and through the years it has grown into a very large ministry with a Christian school. They recently completed a beautiful new gymnatorium that creatively turns from a gymnasium to a modern day church sanctuary that looks great! Pastor Jaquith is a well-rounded student of the Word who has taken and led trips to the Holy Land. As he continues to serve the people at the Westgate Baptist Church, it was our privilege to co-labor with him. That week culminated with a Friday night teen event that brought out about 75 teens. It was a great finish to another wonderful week.

From Oregon, we traveled to Meridian, Idaho. The trip was breathtaking! God’s creation is so diverse and gorgeous. Meridian is located in a valley that is surrounded by mountains in the distance. The week was not a normal week for us. We love to do things outside the box. This week our team did an Outreach Conference. This is an equipping conference on how to reach your world for Christ. This is an exciting opportunity for us because it utilizes our gifts to help churches for years to come. One of the strengths of Fellowship Baptist Church is the strong family atmosphere that you notice when visiting. Pastor Jeff Estes started the church around seven years ago and it has grown to around 200 people on a Sunday morning. A significant part of the growth is internal. Between Pastor Estes and his assistant, Pastor Best, they have 16 children (Pastor Estes has 6 and Pastor Best has 10). Amazing! Our prayer for Fellowship Baptist is that they would continue in to give out and live out the gospel.

Our next stop was only about two hours away in a town called Burley, ID. Pastor Robert Humphries is new to the pastorate, but not new to the area. Faith Baptist Church is privileged to have this man come to serve in their ministry. Pastor Humphries is a military man who was stationed in Guam and attending Harvest Baptist Church. I met him a few years back and it is exciting to see how God has directed him into the full-time vocational ministry. Through some divine circumstances, our team was able to come and minister with our new friends. It was a powerful week with visitors each night. On Wednesday night there was a good number of teens for the Cola War and many responded to the gospel message. We left very encouraged while once again praising God for His saving grace!

Our last stop for the semester was in Knox, Indiana. Yes, it was a three day, 1,600 mile travel to get to Knox. Bible Baptist Church is pastored by James Adcock. I met James when he was a youth pastor and I was running the Cola Wars on the Pettit Team. This was our second time ministering with Bible Baptist Church. Our week began on Mother’s Day and finished on Thursday. It was an exciting beginning with souls saved on Sunday morning. As we labored through the week, it was evident that God was at work in the lives of many people. On Thursday, our team was able to go with the church staff to Pastor’s house for lunch and a relaxing time of fellowship. After lunch, and go-carting around his house, our team geared up for our last teen outreach for the semester. It was a great culmination to a wonderful week with Bible Baptist Church. Early Friday morning, the Frazor team went their separate ways to see family and friends before coming to work at Northland Camp.

Paul said in 1 Corinthians 9:24, “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain.” For the sake of the gospel and for the glory of God, may the Lord impart grace to you in the race for souls.

For the Gospel,
Jeremy Frazor   

Dear friends,

For the last couple of months our team has been traveling in the pacific northwest where churches are few and far between. It excites me to see how God is at work in these churches and how He is using faithful men.

Early in March, our team had the privilege of ministering in music and preaching at the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship of the northwest. This fellowship is headed up by Dr. Tom Nieman and Pastor John Stima. Dr. Nieman has served as pastor and mentor to so many of the men in the northwest. The men attending the conference have all shown the faithfulness of Christ through the difficulties they face on a constant basis in ministry.

Following the FBF conference our team headed to Anacortes, WA to serve Pastor Tom Parr. This is our second time in a week of meetings with Cornerstone. Tom and his wife Naomi planted the church about four years ago and the church runs between 50 and 60 people on a regular basis. This number is up significantly from two years ago when we held meetings with them. One night after the service, a girl from the children’s program was under conviction of her need for salvation. She talked with her parents and came to Christ that evening. It was evident that God was working in the hearts of people both in and out of the services. As the church continues to grow, please pray that God will provide a permanent facility in which they can meet.

After Anacortes, we traveled down to Seattle into a suburb called Kent. Galilee Baptist Church is pastored by Steve Hicks. Pastor Hicks spent 21 years as pastor in Wenatchee, WA before God called him to Galilee. It was very encouraging to see God’s Word working in the hearts of the people in the church and school. We saw many children come to Christ through the school chapels. We had only planned on two children’s chapels, but the staff encouraged us to continue with the children’s chapels because of the response of the kids. Praise God! It was a great week of ministry with the adults and teens as well. God blessed us with good attendance and response in the services. We greatly appreciate the work of the pastoral team and the faithfulness of the congregation.

Our next week of meetings was in Sedro-Woolley, WA at the First Baptist Church. Pastor Rick Coursen has been pastoring First Baptist for the last ten years. For 21 years prior he pastored in the state of Michigan. Here is another faithful man that is dear to my heart. As my father-in-law, I have seen his heart for God and others as a faithful shepherd. He and his wife Carol continue to stand strong in the faith through the midst of trials and adversities. God is using them in a powerful way in the church. During that week we had great attendance and saw 11 people come to Christ. One man, after coming to Christ on a Sunday morning, dumped over $200 worth of alcohol down the drain. He later told me that he knew needed to remove the temptation from out of his house. What a testimony! When God speaks we need to obey. Please continue to pray for First Baptist Church as they follow up on all those who came to Christ. One integral person in the follow-up is Pastor Steve Pabody, Rick’s assistant. Steve and his wife Sarah have been there for just over a year. They play such an important role. Please pray for them as they continue to develop the youth ministry in that church.

Dear friends,

This semester, our travels have taken us from east coast to west coast. We started off in Greenville, SC with Sunday meetings at Grace Baptist Fellowship. Pastor Stacey Peek recently planted this church in the North Main Street area of Greenville and is seeking to reach out to that community with the Gospel. God allowed us to be an encouragement and spiritual help to the believers at Grace through preaching, music, and fellowship. The single team members were also invited to a College and Career class activity after the evening service. They spent the evening eating pizza, playing games, and enjoying a good time getting to know the group.

After a couple days of music practice at Calvary Baptist in Simpsonville, SC, we made our way north to Creedmoor, NC where we held a Wednesday night meeting with Bible Baptist Church.  Our team was able to provide music and preaching for the evening service and run the children’s Awana Club.  We enjoyed times of fellowship with Pastor Greg Allison and Youth Pastor Keith Howze and their families. The church staff and members were a great encouragement to our team! We used the next couple of days there as a time of music preparation for the semester. On Friday morning, we were also able to minister through music and preaching at a women’s rescue mission in the area. It was incredible to see how God is changing the lives of the women in that home!  

After we left Creedmoor, we drove north to Frederick, MD where we ministered at People’s Baptist Church and Frederick Christian Academy. We had Sunday and Wednesday services at the church and held daily chapel services at the Christian school. Joe, Aaron, and myself preached to the teens and children during the chapel sessions. I also did quite a few Tao Kwon Do demonstrations during the chapel services. The Lord saved some and changed many hearts as they surrendered themselves to the will and service of God. We were especially blessed by the ministry of Pastor Kent Ramler, Nathan Kirsop, Brad Parker and their families. We thank the Lord for their dedication to promote the gospel in Maryland. On Friday, our team went into nearby Washington D.C. and spent the day touring a little bit of the city. Kellie’s brother, Shayne, lives and works in the area and he arranged for us to have a Capitol Building tour. We were glad to be inside most of the day because of the below freezing wind chill outside!

As we started to head west, we came through Dublin, OH and held Sunday services at Berean Bible Church with Associate Pastor David Kuntz. The church treated us to a delicious pasta and salad luncheon on the church grounds where we were able to build relationships with the church people. During the afternoon, we were able to sing and play for a Russian service that was meeting in Berean’s church building. It was a great encouragement to see a group of Russian believers excited to start a church ministry and grow in the knowledge of God. Their love for God and His Word was very evident as we ministered with them.  

We left Dublin and started our long trek westward. It took us almost an entire week of travel to eventually get to California. We drove two long days and arrived at Northwest Baptist Church in Albuquerque, NM late Tuesday night. We spent Wednesday working at the church, preparing music, and running errands. Later that day we enjoyed a pizza fellowship with church and provided music, preaching, and a children’s program that evening.  After spending a week with them last spring, it was a great encouragement to be with the Snyder’s once again. We praise the Lord for the faithfulness of Pastor Snyder in seeking to reach the people of Albuquerque. 

On Thursday we left Albuquerque and continued to drive west towards California. We stopped for lunch in Gallup, NM to visit with Pastor Kleeberger and his family for a couple of hours. It was good to see them again after ministering with their church in the spring of 2009. That night we drove to Sedona, AZ where we stayed for the night. We spent Friday morning driving around the Sedona area viewing the huge rock formations and beautiful scenery. We saw unbelievable creation that declared the great glory of our God! We spent Friday evening through Saturday afternoon at Camp Ironwood in Newberry Springs, CA. It was exciting to be able to spend time with former team member Jon Bladine and see how God is using him at Ironwood.

We continued our journey and arrived at Victory Baptist Church in California City on Saturday evening.  We held meetings at Victory on Sunday morning and evening, and then spent Monday and Tuesday preparing for the Cola War planned for Wednesday night. The Lord was so good to allow us to get into an area high school during the lunch hour to invite teens to the Cola War. We ended up having over 50 teens come to the Wednesday night outreach. After a great time playing games and eating pizza, a gospel message was given to the group. The Spirit was doing a unique work to save souls and provoke spiritual questions from many of the teens. We pray that God will continue to draw others into a relationship with Christ in California City. We thank God for Pastors Ron Smith and Rob Trautman and their families. They are truly dedicated to the cause of Christ in CA City. Their lives are an example of faithfulness and zeal in reaching the lost with the gospel.

Then we started our long drive up through California towards Oregon. We stopped Thursday and met up with long-time friends Ian and Gretchen Pruden. Gretchen took us to the Reagan Library & Museum in Simi Valley. We enjoyed the day seeing the museum and spending time with Gretchen and her 18-month-old daughter, Landen. Later that evening, we met up with Ian and were involved in ministering at a Bible study group associated with his church. We were blessed to meet the believers there and we came away greatly encouraged as they spent time praying for our team’s ministry.We spent Friday and Saturday driving to Eugene, OR. We were stopped for about five hours at a Ford dealership with some truck problems, but God provided a fix and we continued to move northward. We got into the Sacramento area very late, stayed the night for only a few hours, and hit the road very early the next morning to finish our drive to Eugene.

We arrived at Westside Baptist Church late Saturday afternoon. The single team members spent time with the teens that evening and my wife and I were involved in the church’s Valentine’s banquet. We held services at Westside from Sunday to Wednesday during which we ran a children’s program, teen program, and adult services. Through the Cola Wars outreach, God miraculously brought a few teens into His kingdom and He planted the seed of the Word of God in the hearts of many who attended. We were privileged to work alongside Pastors Greg Kaminski, Nathan Damm, and Dan Kaminski during our time at Westside. They were so faithful in laboring with us to make the weeknight services and the Thursday Cola War a great success. The Kaminski family has been serving God in Eugene for over 30 years and their lives are a testimony to the joy that comes from being fully surrendered to the call of God.

We spent our day off on Friday at the Oregon coast. We stopped at many different points along our drive to hike and see extraordinary views of the Pacific Ocean. We saw the incredible creativity and beauty of our God as we watched the sun set over the Pacific from a point called Cape Perpetua. It was absolutely breathtaking! We are so thankful for the places God allows us to see along our travels so that we gain a greater glimpse of our omnipotent Creator! 

We finished off the month of February at Monroe Baptist Church in Monroe, WA. We did evening meetings Monday through Friday and held a Cola War on Thursday night. God truly worked in hearts through the nightly services, faithfully changing His people from the inside out. God brought many unsaved teens to the Cola War through the efforts of the church teens in particular. It was great to see their desire to see lost friends hear the gospel message. We were also privileged to get to know Pastor John Stima and his family throughout the week in Monroe. Their lives exhibited a true spirit of humility as they served and worked along with our team. We pray that the Lord will continue to use the Stimas in mighty ways as they continue in faithfulness to Him!

We ask you to continue lifting us before the throne of grace over the next few weeks and months. Starting February 27, the team began two weeks of spring break. Carrie and Kellie are spending their break in Sedro-Woolley, WA sightseeing and resting, Aaron flew home to Greenville, SC to spend time with family and friends, and Joe is on a mission trip to Brazil under Baptist-Mid Missions. Misha and I will have a week to get away for our tenth anniversary while her parents take care of Tommy, Corey, and Jayden. Pray for physical and spiritual refreshment for the team!

In Christ,
Jeremy Frazor 

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