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- WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.850 <v 0>The Light FM presents Community Spotlight,</v> 2 00:00:02.940 --> 00:00:06.810 a program designed to focus on what's important to you in your community. 3 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:10.140 Now here's Braxton with today's Community Spotlight. 4 00:00:11.310 --> 00:00:13.260 <v 2>Alright, appreciate you being here. Hi,</v> 5 00:00:13.260 --> 00:00:18.090 I'm Braxton on the Light fm and in the Bible you can read lots 6 00:00:18.090 --> 00:00:22.650 about people journeying to spread the gospel. Jesus, of course, 7 00:00:22.650 --> 00:00:26.970 lived on the road to spread the word of what he was here for. Paul, 8 00:00:26.970 --> 00:00:31.620 of course, his three missionary journeys and we have a present day, 9 00:00:31.650 --> 00:00:33.870 journeyer today on the podcast. 10 00:00:33.870 --> 00:00:36.600 His name is Pastor Mack with Roadside Ministries, 11 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:38.820 where literally he's packing up his van, 12 00:00:39.120 --> 00:00:43.980 going across the country to share the gospel and excited to hear a recap of what 13 00:00:43.980 --> 00:00:48.630 happened last year and then hear an update of what's coming up in 2024. 14 00:00:48.630 --> 00:00:51.270 Pastor Mac, thanks for joining us on Community Spotlight. 15 00:00:52.350 --> 00:00:56.310 <v 1>Well, thank you so much, Brockton. I'm just so excited about 1 0 6 0.9,</v> 16 00:00:56.310 --> 00:01:00.900 the light given us another chance to bring this magnificent ministry that God 17 00:01:00.900 --> 00:01:04.530 has called us to. Again, we're called roadside ministry. 18 00:01:04.770 --> 00:01:09.210 You can just follow us if you just go to Google and say Roadside ministry, 20, 19 00:01:09.540 --> 00:01:12.270 everything that come up. But first of all, Braxton, 20 00:01:12.270 --> 00:01:15.660 I'd like to just take the opportunity to say thank you. 21 00:01:15.660 --> 00:01:20.370 Thank you to you all for putting a message out there and just the team that we 22 00:01:20.370 --> 00:01:24.330 were able to develop over the time last year when we started out. 23 00:01:24.330 --> 00:01:28.980 I'd like to thank Mr. And Mrs. Charles Courier from Lenoir, North Carolina, 24 00:01:28.980 --> 00:01:33.660 Ike Ton from Charlotte, James Byon from Mims, 25 00:01:33.660 --> 00:01:37.920 Florida, Mr. And Mrs. Whitmore, Cheryl from Colorado, 26 00:01:38.430 --> 00:01:41.310 Peggy Bryant from Memphis, Tennessee. 27 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.990 Pastor Chad Griggs and his wife in Shelby, 28 00:01:45.990 --> 00:01:48.900 North Carolina. Ms. Lapita from Fort Worth, 29 00:01:48.900 --> 00:01:52.830 Texas d and Lillian from Titusville, 30 00:01:52.830 --> 00:01:57.120 Florida and just so many others. The list just goes on and on and on. 31 00:01:57.510 --> 00:02:02.100 But everybody just kind of come together and I'd just like to do a 32 00:02:02.110 --> 00:02:06.180 special thanks out there to construction attachments, 33 00:02:06.600 --> 00:02:09.030 construction attachments from Lenore, 34 00:02:09.030 --> 00:02:12.540 North Carolina that helped us to get this van, 35 00:02:12.750 --> 00:02:16.380 to get this van where we could make the journey where it was safe for us. 36 00:02:16.620 --> 00:02:20.400 And also Paramount Motors. And then just a couple of churches, 37 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.070 our home church there, central Church in Charlotte, 38 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:27.870 and then our home church where we're here in Florida, space Coast, 39 00:02:27.870 --> 00:02:30.330 new Life here, right here in Titusville, Florida. 40 00:02:30.600 --> 00:02:34.320 It's just been so amazing how all these people came together for. 41 00:02:34.320 --> 00:02:35.670 <v 2>Us. Yeah. And Pastor Mag,</v> 42 00:02:35.680 --> 00:02:40.680 I think it'd be good for you to update people on what your ministry 43 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:43.590 is, the mission vision for those that are unaware, 44 00:02:43.590 --> 00:02:46.940 and then give me kind of a look behind the curtain of what you think God's going 45 00:02:46.940 --> 00:02:47.773 to do this year. 46 00:02:48.060 --> 00:02:50.520 <v 1>Yeah, great. Here at Roadside Ministry,</v> 47 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:54.990 our mission is to carry the gospel message of Jesus Christ across our great 48 00:02:54.990 --> 00:02:55.823 country. 49 00:02:55.920 --> 00:03:00.010 And God gave us the opportunity in remembrance of nine 11 last year. 50 00:03:00.340 --> 00:03:03.100 In September 11th, we took off from Warsaw, 51 00:03:03.100 --> 00:03:07.360 North Carolina and traveled over 12 52 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:08.230 states, 53 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:12.610 over 8,000 miles across Interstate 40. 54 00:03:12.610 --> 00:03:16.240 And then we also diverted, we diverted, 55 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:19.930 we went from North Carolina to Tennessee, to Arkansas, 56 00:03:20.350 --> 00:03:24.970 to Mississippi, to Oklahoma, to Texas, to New Mexico, to Arizona, 57 00:03:25.030 --> 00:03:25.930 California. 58 00:03:26.320 --> 00:03:30.790 Then we came back and jumped up into Colorado and Nebraska in 59 00:03:30.790 --> 00:03:35.230 Missouri, and it was just a wonderful, wonderful opportunity. 60 00:03:35.830 --> 00:03:38.050 We were able to distribute over 61 00:03:39.700 --> 00:03:42.670 5,000 copies of the Gospel of John. 62 00:03:43.330 --> 00:03:47.710 We have a bottle of water that we put a label on it, say in the living water. 63 00:03:48.880 --> 00:03:52.900 We gave out 3,800 bottles of water. Braxton. We actually, 64 00:03:52.960 --> 00:03:57.430 we would set up and we actually perked 35 65 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:00.160 pounds of coffee during this journey, 66 00:04:00.490 --> 00:04:05.110 and also gave out a variety of packaged food and 67 00:04:05.110 --> 00:04:10.030 snacks. And of course we distributed many, 68 00:04:10.030 --> 00:04:14.830 many different kinds of gospel tracks and little 69 00:04:14.830 --> 00:04:16.810 children's books and stuff. 70 00:04:17.350 --> 00:04:21.280 One gospel track that sticks out to me is called You're Not Alone. 71 00:04:21.730 --> 00:04:22.960 And in the Not Alone, 72 00:04:22.960 --> 00:04:27.730 it talked about suicide on one side and on the other side it talked about 73 00:04:28.060 --> 00:04:29.200 coming to Christ. 74 00:04:29.650 --> 00:04:34.480 And what we did is we actually put $5 and $10 gift cards to McDonald's in 75 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:38.860 those. And then as we seen the folks out there asking for donations, 76 00:04:38.860 --> 00:04:41.740 we would stop and park and go over and talk to them. 77 00:04:41.980 --> 00:04:44.110 And we met two needs. 78 00:04:44.140 --> 00:04:48.310 We met the spiritual need and then the financial need to help 'em get something 79 00:04:48.310 --> 00:04:51.910 to eat. It was just so amazing. And hey, let's not forget, 80 00:04:53.110 --> 00:04:57.940 we stopped there at Eastern Carolina Children's Cancer Hospital and then 81 00:04:57.940 --> 00:04:59.530 also St. Jude's, 82 00:04:59.980 --> 00:05:04.900 and we gave out over 600 baby lambs that says Jesus loves you to the children. 83 00:05:05.260 --> 00:05:06.580 It's just so amazing, 84 00:05:06.730 --> 00:05:11.710 so amazing how God worked during all this and how people's hearts were open 85 00:05:11.710 --> 00:05:14.410 to the gospel message. And Braxton, 86 00:05:14.410 --> 00:05:18.850 one of the number one questions that were asked out there is people were asking 87 00:05:18.850 --> 00:05:22.630 us about eschatology, eschatology being the end times. 88 00:05:23.020 --> 00:05:26.020 Is this the end times? Is this the end times? 89 00:05:26.170 --> 00:05:30.070 What a wonderful opportunity to be able to talk to people about end times and 90 00:05:30.340 --> 00:05:33.670 not so much worried about the end times, but this time, 91 00:05:34.150 --> 00:05:36.940 this time is the time to receive Jesus Christ. 92 00:05:37.840 --> 00:05:41.560 If we keep waiting and thinking that the end times are coming, they're coming, 93 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.870 they're coming, and then well, when it gets here, we're doing, 94 00:05:43.870 --> 00:05:48.340 it may be too late. And another question Braxton, 95 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:51.280 people ask us, why? Why are you doing this? 96 00:05:52.420 --> 00:05:53.440 Why are you doing this? 97 00:05:53.770 --> 00:05:56.440 And that was a good question that gave us an opportunity to share the love of 98 00:05:56.440 --> 00:05:59.870 Christ, to share the love of Christ. 99 00:06:01.370 --> 00:06:04.310 I say here, I say, we never know. 100 00:06:04.370 --> 00:06:08.390 We never know what's going on in the country until we 101 00:06:09.110 --> 00:06:10.400 get out of our zip code. 102 00:06:12.200 --> 00:06:14.750 We never know what's going on in the country until we get out of our own zip 103 00:06:14.750 --> 00:06:19.730 code. We've got our own Walmart to go to our own CVS, our own restaurants. 104 00:06:19.940 --> 00:06:23.510 But once you start traveling them highways and byways and going out into the 105 00:06:23.510 --> 00:06:27.710 hedges and actually see the difference of how people live 106 00:06:28.820 --> 00:06:33.620 and what people are struggling through. But the thing is how people are open. 107 00:06:34.250 --> 00:06:35.083 One night we were 108 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:42.500 in a Cracker Barrel and we'd park in there and it just so happened the lady next 109 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:46.640 to us was going to commit suicide that night. She was determined. 110 00:06:46.850 --> 00:06:50.360 I'm a clinical psychologist of almost 25 years, 111 00:06:51.050 --> 00:06:55.820 and this woman was at the edge of taking her life. She was just no wits. 112 00:06:55.940 --> 00:06:59.420 And after spending three and four hours throughout that and spending the night 113 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:03.440 next to her that next day, she had a whole different outlook on life. 114 00:07:03.620 --> 00:07:08.270 So we thank God for that opportunity. If we weren't there, 115 00:07:10.010 --> 00:07:13.850 she may have just been another statistic. I truly, 116 00:07:13.850 --> 00:07:15.110 truly from the bottom of my heart, 117 00:07:15.110 --> 00:07:19.070 thank each and every contributor that has given anything to this ministry. 118 00:07:19.520 --> 00:07:22.280 The reward's not mine, but the reward is yours. 119 00:07:22.460 --> 00:07:26.990 And you sowing into this ministry to allowing my wife and I to go out and do 120 00:07:26.990 --> 00:07:31.970 something that's peculiar. It's not a normal ministry. I mean, 121 00:07:31.970 --> 00:07:35.120 it would be nice to have a little church with a little congregation teach on 122 00:07:35.120 --> 00:07:37.010 Sunday and Wednesday. But no, 123 00:07:37.010 --> 00:07:41.210 we're going out into the highways and the byways into the thickets. And it's 124 00:07:41.210 --> 00:07:46.100 like my wife told somebody, she said it was not a vacation, but she says, boy, 125 00:07:46.100 --> 00:07:49.460 was it a blessing? Boy, was it a blessing. 126 00:07:50.540 --> 00:07:55.040 And the thing is that the Great Crusade across America, 127 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:58.820 it's not over with. It's a new year. It's a new year, 128 00:07:58.820 --> 00:08:02.330 and our vision for this year is called the Great Awakening Crusade. 129 00:08:02.690 --> 00:08:04.010 The Great Awakening Crusade. 130 00:08:04.010 --> 00:08:08.360 And where I pull that from is Second Chronicle seven, seven, and 14. 131 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:12.110 And it's as if my people, which are called by my name, 132 00:08:12.140 --> 00:08:13.430 shall humble themselves, 133 00:08:13.850 --> 00:08:17.360 pray and seek the face and turn from their wicked ways. 134 00:08:17.600 --> 00:08:22.190 When will I hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land? 135 00:08:22.520 --> 00:08:25.580 I tell you, it doesn't take much to realize America needs healing. 136 00:08:27.450 --> 00:08:31.010 We need healing in this country. We need God back in this country. 137 00:08:31.250 --> 00:08:34.610 Our children need God. Our grandchildren need God. 138 00:08:34.910 --> 00:08:37.310 We need to stand up as believers. 139 00:08:37.670 --> 00:08:42.590 We need to stand up as believers and fill into that gap and do all we can, 140 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:45.200 all we can to share Christ with others. 141 00:08:45.590 --> 00:08:50.150 <v 2>So last year you hit Interstate 40 with the</v> 142 00:08:50.150 --> 00:08:51.200 idea this year, 143 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:54.680 what's the direction you're going to just jump on the road and go, 144 00:08:54.680 --> 00:08:56.160 or what's the plan? 145 00:08:56.700 --> 00:08:58.890 <v 1>Well, we've been talking about Highway 10.</v> 146 00:09:00.150 --> 00:09:02.910 We've been talking about Highway 10 and getting the lower parts. 147 00:09:02.970 --> 00:09:06.840 And Braxton Will is so cool is the plan was just Interstate 40, 148 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:09.870 but coming back, God directed us. 149 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:14.790 God directed us to go into those other states and we were up 150 00:09:14.790 --> 00:09:17.160 there, excuse me. 151 00:09:17.580 --> 00:09:22.380 We were up there in Nebraska in a parking lot set 152 00:09:22.380 --> 00:09:27.180 up. These two vans of young men came in and they were going to a retreat 153 00:09:28.050 --> 00:09:30.930 and a revival just broke out in the parking lot. 154 00:09:31.170 --> 00:09:35.970 We were praying and praise God, and just people coming around and asking. 155 00:09:35.970 --> 00:09:36.990 It was just amazing. 156 00:09:37.740 --> 00:09:41.220 God has something special that he wants to do in your life today. 157 00:09:42.390 --> 00:09:44.550 But the thing is, we get to make that choice. 158 00:09:44.550 --> 00:09:47.970 Are we willing to listen to what God tells us to do? 159 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:50.130 But then it's not only about listening. 160 00:09:50.130 --> 00:09:55.110 Are we willing to take that direction and fulfill the purpose of what he's told 161 00:09:55.110 --> 00:09:58.770 us to do? Braxton, as Christians, Christ has really told us just one thing, 162 00:09:59.880 --> 00:10:01.950 go out and tell other people about Christ. 163 00:10:03.330 --> 00:10:05.760 I think it's a time of the need that is very needed. 164 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:07.320 I think we need to be out there. 165 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:13.320 <v 2>So Pastor Mack, what if somebody wants to learn more about your ministry?</v> 166 00:10:13.590 --> 00:10:15.270 Where can they go? How can they find you? 167 00:10:16.680 --> 00:10:20.340 <v 1>Well, Braxton, I'm glad you said that because we've made it so, so simple.</v> 168 00:10:20.820 --> 00:10:25.260 All they go to Google, and if they just do roadside ministry, 20, 169 00:10:26.190 --> 00:10:29.820 everything comes up. Our website comes up, 170 00:10:29.820 --> 00:10:34.530 our GoFundMe page comes up, all our videos. You can follow us on YouTube, 171 00:10:34.920 --> 00:10:38.160 you can follow us on Instagram, you can follow us on Facebook. 172 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:41.640 And there's so many things. Some people say, well, 173 00:10:41.640 --> 00:10:45.300 I can't do nothing financially. Well, I tell you what, 174 00:10:45.300 --> 00:10:48.630 prayers are worth a million dollars. So look at that. 175 00:10:48.630 --> 00:10:50.610 If you give me time and prayer, 176 00:10:50.610 --> 00:10:53.100 you just donated a million dollars to the kingdom. 177 00:10:53.220 --> 00:10:54.120 <v 2>I love it.</v> 178 00:10:54.900 --> 00:10:58.980 <v 1>Yeah, don't put a price tag on what you can do for Christ.</v> 179 00:11:00.030 --> 00:11:03.540 We can use prayer warriors. We can use volunteers, 180 00:11:04.800 --> 00:11:07.260 volunteers to help us in any way. 181 00:11:07.950 --> 00:11:11.670 One of the biggest needs is we need to replenish our material, 182 00:11:11.850 --> 00:11:14.400 our printed material, our Gospels of John, 183 00:11:16.470 --> 00:11:21.300 one of the biggest things that we handed out was what we called our resource 184 00:11:21.300 --> 00:11:26.190 guide. Our resource guide gave the travelers the one 800 free prayer line, 185 00:11:26.490 --> 00:11:28.110 the substance and mental health. 186 00:11:29.550 --> 00:11:33.900 The human trafficking is a big thing out there, big thing out there. 187 00:11:34.170 --> 00:11:37.890 The National Sexual Abuse Line, suicidal hotline. 188 00:11:38.050 --> 00:11:42.780 This was a big thing that we were able to hand out. 189 00:11:43.710 --> 00:11:45.570 Another thing that we developed as an ebook, 190 00:11:46.260 --> 00:11:48.990 there's an ebook that we'd like to put in everybody's hands. 191 00:11:48.990 --> 00:11:53.530 It's about 60 pages that a lady has made for us that 192 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:57.550 if you just shoot us your email, we'll shoot you that free ebook. 193 00:11:57.550 --> 00:12:00.220 You can see all the pictures of all the crusade. 194 00:12:01.870 --> 00:12:06.340 <v 2>Well, pastor Mack, thank you for sharing not just what you did,</v> 195 00:12:06.700 --> 00:12:10.120 but sharing what God did and the stories that you encountered, 196 00:12:10.210 --> 00:12:14.620 loved getting to hear the revival that happened, how God redirected your path, 197 00:12:15.400 --> 00:12:18.430 and just put you in the place to just share Jesus with people. 198 00:12:18.430 --> 00:12:21.670 So I'm excited to hear what he's going to do this year. 199 00:12:21.820 --> 00:12:23.770 So thanks for sharing today, pastor Mack. 200 00:12:24.880 --> 00:12:26.260 <v 1>Thank you so much, Braxton.</v> 201 00:12:26.470 --> 00:12:30.550 We love you guys and we love your prayers and just everything you're doing, 202 00:12:30.550 --> 00:12:33.100 I'd just like to disclose with this and just say, Hey, 203 00:12:33.430 --> 00:12:36.670 if you feel like you're not doing nothing as a Christian, 204 00:12:36.670 --> 00:12:37.930 but you want to do something, 205 00:12:38.410 --> 00:12:41.710 just get on your knees and pray and ask God what he would have you to do. 206 00:12:42.550 --> 00:12:47.260 As time, as believers, as time as Christians, as time as Americans, 207 00:12:47.290 --> 00:12:49.060 that we'd come back to our faith, 208 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:53.080 that we'd be crying out to God and asking God to save our country, 209 00:12:53.530 --> 00:12:57.130 to save our young people, our grandchildren, our children. 210 00:12:58.210 --> 00:13:02.530 If we don't do it now, what will tomorrow bring for us? 211 00:13:03.100 --> 00:13:06.730 <v 2>Amen. I love that. Pastor Mack, you've been a blessing.</v> 212 00:13:06.850 --> 00:13:11.260 Thank you for sharing your heart and what God's doing through you. So thank you. 213 00:13:12.410 --> 00:13:13.243 <v 1>Thank you so much.</v> 214 00:13:13.590 --> 00:13:17.470 <v 2>Much Again, that's Pastor Mack with Roadside Ministries,</v> 215 00:13:17.560 --> 00:13:20.080 and you can check out our sponsor. Big thanks to them. 216 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.930 It's Turner Business Appraisers. You can find 'em in Matthews, 217 00:13:22.930 --> 00:13:26.650 North Carolina or@turnerbusiness.com. And don't forget, 218 00:13:26.650 --> 00:13:29.860 you can listen to previous episodes of Community Spotlight 219 00:13:29.860 --> 00:13:32.350 anytime@thelightfm.org. 220 00:13:33.670 --> 00:13:35.770 <v 0>We hope you enjoyed today's community spotlight,</v> 221 00:13:35.770 --> 00:13:38.710 covering issues that matter to you in your community. 222 00:13:39.130 --> 00:13:41.590 If you have a suggestion for a future program, 223 00:13:41.590 --> 00:13:45.550 just call 803 3 0 96 48. 224 00:13:45.700 --> 00:13:49.660 That's 3 3 9 6 4 8. 225 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.160 Be sure to join us next week for another community Spotlight with Braxton on the 226 00:13:54.160 --> 00:13:55.000 Light fm.