Larry accepted Christ at the age of 28.  He had been attending Bible Baptist Church for about one year when the Holy Spirit convicted him and convinced him of a need for salvation.  As a teenager he was invited to a small country church in Northeast Arkansas, by a dear saint, Mrs. Bailey, and during his time at this church he was baptised.  He did not understand salvation and thought being baptised was all he needed.  It was not until He was married and had two children attending BBC that his life changed for God.  After accepting Christ, He was scripturally baptised and began to live his life walking towards Christ.  As he did this, God called him to preach.  He began attending Bethel Baptist College, but still had a lot of spiritual growth that needed to happen.  He attended part time for a long time, wanting to let God have all his life, but holding on to what He could control.  It was not until God called him to Missions that he finally let God have all the control.  Even if you are saved and on your way to Heaven, this does not mean God has control, this is a choice we must make, to allow God to lead and for us to follow with our whole life.

When Brenda was growing up, her family did not attend church, but she was a bus kid to whichever church had a bus ministry. At the age of 11, she made a profession of faith because she knew she wanted to go to Heaven one day. As a teenager, attending church was not important anymore and she began to get into a lot of trouble. As she reached adulthood, she worked hard and lived by the rules of the world believing all was ok and did not need a church home. She married Larry in ’94, they had 2 beautiful children, and began to think about life after death. Through the search for a preschool, someone presented a tract from a church that offered a preschool. The attraction of the school was that it was private and cheaper than daycare. Shortly after putting their oldest child in the preschool, She begin to attend their church, Bible Baptist Church of Jacksonville, AR. Eighteen months later, after a Sunday morning service and hearing yet another salvation message the Lord smote her heart, “You are lost”. She had learned enough at that point to know that being lost meant you were NOT saved, but had never felt or thought of herself as being lost before that point. That evening, Dec 15, 2002, at church before service started, She knelt down at the altar, with the help of a friend, and asked Jesus to be Lord and Saviour of her life.