From Josh

Timothy Pearson preached without excuse or apology. This man threw so many seeds on stony, thorned, and hard ground that if any of us truly looked we could still find some today waiting to be planted.

I can't say he saved me but he was working the fields when I got saved. He and Michelle were at so many events in my life, I I have them in family photos. I will miss my LOUD friend. The one who prayed in McDonalds like it was a Sunday morning prayer meeting. The one who called with a smile and tears. He taught me a lot in the 20 yrs I knew him. Since the bible clearly states we are rewarded for our service, I hope Timothy and Michelle invite me over to their house. I would imagine it being large with several crowns on display.

For those of you who didn't meet or know Mrs. Pearson, I can shed some light. She is the port Timothy launched from. Every night praying for a man who went here and there praying for us. I believe her to be stronger than him for the fact that Timothy got the Lords OK before moving where Michelle got on her knees simply trying to accept it. How much harder is it to support such a heavy stone in the Lords house. I thank you for lending him to the road trips where countless others were touched. Thank you for praying when he was sleeping in a car because his faith had taken him where the gas had yet to catch up. Thank you for paying the bills when some here including myself were enjoying the benefit of having a man of God at a wedding or a time of need. Thank you Michelle.

1 Corinthians 15:50-56, New International Version (NIV)

50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. 54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[a]

~ Josh