We had a truly wonderful, Spirit-filled conference with many decisions made. All the preachers were used of God. Pastors and their people came from all over America; and our dining room was packed full of preachers and their wives, as was the Alumni Breakfast. We are looking forward to using the new, larger dining facilities next year. We will be celebrating the 30^th Anniversary of Fairhaven Baptist College in 2007, so we are planning special events.

Everyone I talked with indicated that they would be back next year April 22-26. We have invited basically the same speakers, except for Br. Cloud, who lives in Nepal. We hope to have him come every other year.

Our college, high school, and even kindergarten graduations are over. Things have slowed down, and we are planning for next fall. Please pray when you think of us that we will help mold solid workers for God's vineyard.

Some people make the accusation that if you are against "quickie" five-minute salvation experiences you are not an aggressive soulwinner. That is a straw man argument. I believe that the Bible way is to do everything you can to reach souls, but at the same time, be sure they know what they are doing. This only makes sense.

When coming to Chesterton, our goal was to cover the area like "butter on hot toast." That is still our goal. During our first year, I knocked on every door in the area until finding someone home. We as a church are still knocking, making over 112,000 contacts last year.

We have a bus ministry that averaged 1,330 in 2005, along with avenues to reach every segment of our society. We endeavor to do everything possible to get to the lost, including big days of attendances more than 5,000. But when a person responds, we do everything we can to be sure they understand completely God's plan of salvation.

We have fought "quickie" decisions since the first months of our church when one of our teenagers went soulwinning with a nearby church and saw 67 "saved" in an afternoon, including 18 from two baseball teams accepting Christ between innings. That teen and his friends scoffed at my efforts because I was knocking on doors for dozens of hours a week and seeing only a few professions.