At church last Wednesday night, My friend from Ukraine and I are trying to see how far it is from Ohio to Kiev, Ukraine.  It is somewhere around 6,000 miles.  Maybe some of you can tell me how far it actually is.  We are guessing.  Anyway, it is a long way.  I have made this trip two different times to sing there in orphanages and prisons.  Many of you heard Roma play his guitar and sing while here in the states and you will agree that he is a talented guy.  I will miss Roma when they leave tomorrow, but I am thankful for the time we have had together.  I plan to return to Ukraine in 2009.

We have just finished our 3 week tour with the singers from Ukraine.  How many of you have seen us at one of the 9 concerts we did?  Leave a comment and let us hear from you.  We have really enjoyed this time with Roma, Roza, and LeAnna.  They will be returning to Ukraine tomorrow.  Pray for them as they make this journey.  Theresa and I are sad to see them go but they have to return to their work and ministries in Kiev, Ukraine.  LeAnna and Roma made a guest appearance on my upcoming album to be released in Sept. The album is not named at this time, but will feature a new song my sister “Geniece Spencer Ingold” and I wrote.  The song is “When He Comes” and  features LeAnna Gorianska and I singing about our hearing about and finding Jesus as our Savior although our stories are so different. LeAnna can’t speak english but learned this song in english for the album. You will love this song.

Theresa and I stopped by the Solid Rock Church in Monroe, Ohio and filmed some footage for my upcoming video.  We were on our way to sing in Cincinnati on Sunday morning.  Pastor Lawrence Bishop was happy to give us permission to tape this awesome statue of Jesus called “THE KING OF KINGS’.  It is right beside I-75 between Dayton and Cincinnati.  Many people refer to this statue as the “Touchdown Jesus”.  They don’t understand what Jesus has done for all of us.  He gives EVERYONE the opportunity for Eternal life through his birth, death, and resurrection from the grave.  I am truly grateful for this.

From time to time I want to tell you all about true friends that I have.  The Bible says if you want to have friends, show yourself friendly!  It works!  Bill Stone and his wife Ramona, from Winchester, Ohio are true friends.  He has went with me as far as Winnepeg, Manitoba to help me get to my concerts when Theresa wasn’t able to go, We’ve fished together in the Bahamas twice, Bear hunted in Minnesota, deer hunted many times, and I’ve even went golfing with him in Florida although I don’t golf.  I took this picture of Bill a couple years ago.  They have always supported my ministry here at home and my work over seas.  I appreciate them.  Many of my best days hunting have been with Bill and other friends on his farm, not to mention I took my best buck there too!

My friends and I are DIY horseback elk hunters.  We usually hunt different parts of Colorado.  Last fall a friend of mine from the Wide Rack Ranch in southern Ohio, Mike Connett, told me about a good elk hunt he and his friend went on in New Mexico.  They both took nice bulls with bow.  We decided to put in for this hunt.  We ended up drawing our tags although I didn’t really expect to.  So, Lord willing we’ll wait for 2009 to go back to Colorado.  The picture is my son Thomas and I in 2004 with two elk that my friend Rick Browning and I took.  Two bulls in 3 days with our Mathews bows.  Wow!