Category: Expos

Well, our 14th annual North Texas Expo on Lake Grapevine was a record setter. That’s right, it was 102° that day but God still did miracles and touched many lives in ways that only he can do. So, as usual it was another God bless success! 

We gave out Bibles with goodie bags, caught lots of fish, took hundreds of people on boat rides, had some of the best smoked turkey and hamburgers in Texas, saw hundreds of people enjoying arts, crafts and games as well as the joy of the Lord on so many faces. 

There were challenges as always but God worked through the hearts and minds of his people to come together as the body of Christ and do great things to see his kingdom expand right before our eyes. 

I hope you are as amazed as we are seeing God’s hands at work in the photo collage at the top of the page. It was a great day and I know God blessed everyone who served and participated as we were all there blessed to be a blessing to each other. :-)

Hey there boys and girls of all ages and abilities! Our Access-Life fall newsletter finally made it out last Friday. Since we cannot mail it out to every one of our family and friends, I have attached it here so you can read the story and see the pictures. We hope that it is an encouragement to you as you see the work God is doing through the ministry and the smiles that he is putting on the faces of those we serve.

If you feel led to be a part of these moments through financial giving you can simply text the word “give” to 352-309-1455 or go to our website donation page at www.access-life.org/donate . You can always send a check to Access-Life, Inc and mail it to PO box 99 Altoona, FL 32702, too. :-)

No matter what, we hope that this 39th edition of our newsletter, the “Life Line” blesses you in a special way today.

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Hey there boys and girls of all ages and abilities, it’s time for some summer in October! That’s right we’ve been running a little behind here on our administrative work and our summer newsletter just went out the first week of October.

Despite our tardiness, this 38th edition of the Access-Life newsletter is still full of great testimonies and smiles. In fact it tells a great story of God’s faithfulness at this year’s East Tennessee Expo. So check it out, enjoy the summer memories and be encouraged.

Since this is a digital version rather than the print version we mailed out, you can give if God leads by texting the word “give” to (352) 309-1455 or go to our website at www.access-life.org/donate .

Take care, God bless and hope you are getting ready for a season of gratitude this coming Thanksgiving!

Wow! What a great Expo God gave us on Lake Grapevine in North Texas this past Saturday! There were many challenges along the way but God helped us overcome each one with more miracles than I have seen for one outreach in our 14 years of ministry and 57 Access-Life Expos.

Our trailer blew tires, bent an axle and even broke springs just an hour away from the park. It needed to be in place there in less than 24 hours and God found us someone to weld parts back together, bend the axle back and even supplied us with four commercial grade tires so it could arrive at the park 30 minutes ahead of time as well as be ready to make the long haul back to Florida on Monday. Then our flight was delayed by 2 hours but we still made it to goodie bag stuffing just 15 minutes late on Wednesday. Our tent company forgot to acquire the fire department and City tent permits beforehand but several great gals who work at the city of Grapevine and with the fire department made sure that everything got put together in just half a day on Thursday. While it was 106° on Friday our traditional setup day God provided a small but God empowered group of committed volunteers to see that everything was put in place by 1:00 p.m. which was a record time. Then He blessed us with an unforecasted day of cooler temperatures on Saturday the day of the event. Granted the high was still 96°, but that is far from our record high on Expos.

There are so many more miracles that He did to make a way for this Expo to happen and even made ways where there was no way so we praise and thank Him for bringing together all 636 attendees to bless and be blessed in his presence that day. Here’s some highlight pictures for everyone to see the smiles of joy that God put in the hearts of so many that attended and always remember that Jesus is bigger, stronger, and better than anything!

So, our 13th annual Access-Life Expo in East Tennessee was the same as previous years in many ways but different others.

As always, God’s presence permeated the atmosphere and blessed people as only He can while they enjoyed the usual boat rides, bank fishing, rockwall, variety of animals, kayaking, archery, arts and crafts, games with prizes, a hearty welcome from volunteers and a great lunch all for FREE and in the name of JESUS. :-)

However, this was the first Expo out of the 55 previous outreaches in which neither Leanne nor I were in attendance due to a family medical crisis. Yes, that’s right. God provided all that was needed with our excellent ministry intern, Hannah Spradling, key logistics volunteer Steve Kitts and past board member and administration expert Tracy Lewis along with over 150 other volunteers with a Philippians 4:13 attitude to get-r-done!

We hope you enjoy the collage above and the pictures included here showing the smiles that God put on so many faces of the 603 attendees.

If you’d like to see more pictures of this year’s event in Jefferson City, Tennessee you can always go to our ministry website East Tennessee Expo page at www.access-life.org/etnexpo.

We are so very thankful for God’s faithfulness and the fact that he’s always got us covered!