Welcome to Always Abounding. This podcast will encourage you as a believer to continue on and always abound in the work of the Lord. Now your host, Keith Stensis. And welcome once again to our podcast, always abounding. This is your host brother Keith Stensis here in Austin, Texas. We are still in Austin and Lord willing, we will be here for the next few weeks, right before we head back to Uganda. And I'm just telling you what right now we are chomping at the bit. My wife is home right now, packing suitcases, getting everything together. And one interesting thing about my wife and I is that she is the packer of the family. And when she starts packing stuff and starts putting things together as far as getting all different supplies and clothes and shoes and things of that nature together, actually she really wants me just to get out of the house and she doesn't even want me around. And so that's why I spend so much time here at the church is because She is packing. But anyway, I thank the Lord so much for my wife and she is such a blessing to me and just She she has so much wisdom and understanding about the mission field and preparing to go back and making sure we have the right things for our family and and the right things that we need for the ministry. And so I'm so, so appreciative of her. The Bible says in first Corinthians and chapter 15 and verse number 58, therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. And once again, I'm here today encouraging you that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. And so our responsibility is to make sure that we always abound. There's always something more that we can do for the Lord Jesus Christ. The word abound literally means to go above the average and just determine like the Apostle Paul said, but by the grace of God, I am what I am. And I labored more abundantly than they all yet not I. but the grace of God which was in me." And that's my desire. Not that I compare myself to any other missionary or any other spiritual leader or anything like that, but I want to be one that is above the average. I don't want to be like everybody else. I want God's grace. to enable me to go above and beyond and do something great for the Lord Jesus Christ. And so that is what this podcast is about. And so if you're desiring to always abound in the work of the Lord, then I hope and pray that each Friday when we upload this podcast, that you are encouraged to do just that. I do want to give just a few shout outs here to some friends of mine who are great listeners to this podcast. Brother David Dilworth just sent me a message the other day and appreciating the podcast and him listening to it. Continue to pray for his wife. His wife has been suffering a lot with pneumonia. And so please pray for him. And then also brother David's sidekick, David Wilkinson, who he works with and also teaches in the same class here. So appreciate and love both those guys and appreciate what they're doing for the Lord Jesus Christ. Then I want to send a shout out to brother Stephen Hardy out there in Florida. He sent me this message. He says, I enjoyed the podcast this morning. I get up every morning hoping it's Friday so I can listen." Now, that is a serious podcast listener. When you get up every day... Now, I know a lot of people really look forward to Friday, but whether it's really true that he's looking forward to my podcast is another thing. But anyway, that's what he said. And then Ms. Juliana Foster, I want to send a greeting out to her. She said, it's been so neat as y'all travel around hearing preachers and pastors. that I have met at conferences and camps and so encouraging to listen to what God is continuing to do in their lives. And so thank you, thank you so much for these listeners and those of you that are out there. And again, as I've told you many times doing a podcast, I'm sitting here behind a microphone. I don't see who I'm talking to. And so getting response and feedback from you is so much appreciated, and I'm so grateful and so thankful for those of you who are listening faithfully. I did want to mention one other thing over at Central Baptist Church there in Center, Texas. Brother Cliff Grimes, he made this statement the other day. He says, you know what? I really appreciate the interviews that you do, but he says more than the interviews I enjoy the teaching. I enjoy the teaching. So we've got some out there that really enjoy the teaching. We've got some out there that enjoy the interviews. And that's one thing that I'm looking forward to getting back in Uganda so that I can be interviewing our nationals and you can meet them. When I was talking to Brother Cliff there in Central Baptist Church, he said, it's like I know all of your Ugandans. You talk about them every week, give them updates. And so he started naming, he started naming brother Charles and brother Robert and brother Nsembi and all these guys that I talk about so much on the radio and he's been praying for them. And so it's just a blessing. That's why I enjoy doing this podcast because it really brings you on a weekly up-to-date, uh, uh, update on what's going on in the ministry and what was going on over there. And so we're excited about finishing up our traveling, getting back to Uganda and be able to continue going out into the village. I've got some new equipment that's gonna be able to help me to get out in the villages without any electricity and continue to be able to do the podcast from the villages. Now, for those of you that enjoy the interviews, we have with us a special guest on our podcast today. And so we're going to get right into it. But let me just say this. We are meeting here at the church at Capitol City Baptist Church. And in just a few minutes, we're about ready to have our Spanish service here. And so our guest that is going to be on the podcast today is going to be speaking in the Spanish church. So we've got to get going on this podcast. I also wanted to mention if you hear piano playing in the background or if you hear noise in the background, it's just preparing for the service this evening. And so it is my honor and privilege to have with us on the Always Abounding podcast, Brother Jeff Porter. Brother Jeff, thank you so much for agreeing to be with us. I know that you are busy and tell me what you've got going right now. What's happening? Brother Keith, we're just finishing up probably our most unusual furlough. I don't think we've ever had a normal furlough, but that's what we're doing at this point. Having some things done here, getting by and seeing some of our Texas supporters, and we're glad to be able to do that, be able to see people and thank them for their prayers and help in Zimbabwe. Good. How long have you been back on this particular furlough right now? We came back in November. Okay. Went into North Carolina for Thanksgiving. Okay. Made our way to Virginia. I've got a daughter and a grandson. Amen. In Clayton, North Carolina. And then over in North Fork, I've got a son and his wife, and they've got three children. Wow. We were able to go there. Cindy's got a brother down in Florida. We were able to visit. He's not saved. It's always great to have an opportunity to talk to them that don't know Christ and pray that God would prick his heart in some way. And then we made it down over here for Christmas in Texas. Amen. Brother Jeff, I've known you for over 30 years. We met first at Bible college. We attended the same Bible college together. But let's go back a little bit before that, before we met, and how did you, first of all, how did you come to know Christ as your Savior, and what brought you to a desire to go to Bible college to further your Bible education? Fr. Keith, I was brought up in a pretty staunch Catholic home in Chicago, never heard the gospel, met my wife, She wasn't my wife at the time, met her down in Fort Lauderdale, made our way into Colorado, and that's where many things happened. I think it's almost the genesis of our life. That's where we found the Lord, so we got married, and that's where we started our family. We stayed there for seven years, and in 1982, Hugh Pyle, I'm not sure exactly where he was, but my pastor at the time was Ray Bauman in Carbondale, Colorado, And Pastor Ray had laid his hand on a table saw, cut off a couple fingers, and as a result of that could not preach on Sunday. My wife and I had been attending that church for probably three months, mainly because of a man that I was working for inviting me. And I can say this, that for me, God used job security to bring me into a place where I could hear his word. And it's through the Word of God that men begin to see their need for forgiveness and understand the gospel. But that's where we were, the 10th of October, 1982, accepting Christ. And that's probably the greatest day of our lives. It was a missions-minded church. They had missionaries coming through on deputation. I remember Bruce Rice. I remember Jeff Bassett. I'm sorry about that. And you still went to the mission field. We did. No. As a young Christian, those guys were doing something for God on their way to a field, and that was something in my mind that just didn't register. Growing up in a Catholic church, no concept of foreign missions or people believing and going somewhere for for Christ, but because of that emphasis and because of the preaching, God brought us to understand who He is, and I'm glad for that. But it was two years later, 1985, that there was a disruption in South Africa, and down in South Africa, they've got a people group by the name of the Coloreds, and they had been given the privilege of voting in South Africa, where the majority did not have that privilege, and it turned into a, it was ballistic in South Africa. And so God, at the time when I was a young Christian, he used something that was happening in another part of the world to maybe grab my attention, to maybe consider, what God would have us do, and just not knowing for sure. I went to my pastor, because every time I turned around, there was a report coming out of South Africa. And I went to him and I said, you know, I'm not sure what the Lord's doing, but maybe he's directing us to South Africa. And he said, well, brother, let's pray for this for a while. And very wise, being young in the Lord. And so for two years, we prayed about it. In 1987, we headed to Oklahoma City. where we attended Bible college and still not sure exactly, though the Lord did give us some direction into South Africa, but you're going into a college that's got a tremendous missions emphasis. And so you're always open if God wants to change the direction, if he wants to change anything you're willing and working toward that. So he kept it consistent, and I thank the Lord for that. I'm glad for the education that we received, the men that were there at the time. And the direction was South Africa, of which after we probably had two years on deputation, headed into South Africa on the 31st of October, 1995. So from the time God kind of bringing that country to our attention in 85 to 95 was a 10 year period and God has boot camps and ways of preparing men for the field of His calling. So what year did you graduate from college? I graduated in 93. 93, so you were one year before us. Two, and then maybe, we stayed behind kind of work off a school bill. Okay. 93 is when we had out. Now you were one of the, I remember we didn't have a whole lot of interactions because you were one of the married students. And the married students always sat together, the front right part of the chapel service, that was kind of the gang of the married guys. And the single guys, of course, we were at the dorm and everything. So really two different lifestyles. It was very, very different. But praise the Lord for that. So yeah, I understand the bills for sure. So when you went to South Africa, how many years did you stay in South Africa initially? We stayed in South Africa for 15 years. 2009 is when we immigrated up into Zimbabwe where we've been for the last 15 years. Now in South Africa, remind me, I'm trying to think geographically here, were you kind of northwest of Johannesburg? Is that where you're We were 100 kilometers due east. East, okay. Johannesburg in a place called Wittbank. Okay. And that's where God had placed us. I remember talking with Jack Woods and asking him if he supported any men in South Africa. And he said, I'd never support anyone in South Africa. And of course he supported Randy Pike and he gave me Randy's name. I called up Randy. Randy directed me to a man by the name of Roger McCrum. And it was through Roger McCrum that God gave us a platform to be able to get in and start from. We worked under him for just under a year and interning there. Now, we're going to continue with the South Africa part of your life. But real briefly, just remind me how you came to be a part of Capital City Baptist Church. You were up in Windsor Hills for a while. You had graduated from there. And the next thing we know, you're down here at Capital City. How did that progress? How did you come to be a member of Capital City Baptist Church? Capital City originally started in Rifle, Colorado, which was down, well, to the west of where we were, probably about an hour. And there were times when the churches did some fellowships, so I was somewhat familiar with Pastor Hank and Rifle Baptist. And so when we went to college, my pastor back in Carbondale When we graduated and got ready to go out on deputation, they had turned the work over to a young man by the name of Guy Kelly. And Guy Kelly was pastoring there. The church had taken a different direction. And boy, going on deputation with your family can be quite taxing. And Pastor Hank had invited me. to be able to put the kids in school. And I'll never forget the place and the time when I asked him if he wouldn't mind if we joined. And we did that probably back in 94. Wow. Amen. I never knew about the Colorado part. I didn't know that you knew them. For some reason, I thought you were coming from the East, and I never realized the Colorado part. Isn't that interesting? So you're in South Africa. Did you start Solid Rock Baptist Church? Yes, we did. All right, and how's that ministry going right now? Right now, it's a ministry that is being used to have an institute, a missionary from Canada by the name of Jeremy Johnson, and his wife is a good friend of mine's daughter. Jim Smith, and they had come in right as we were going up into Zimbabwe, but he has taken a large part of the responsibility there. We had left South Africa with a national in charge and pastor. It was a man by the name of Percy Lamini, and Percy had a strange testimony, and a man that had early on after he got saved, come to realize he was HIV positive. And probably at the time when we were looking to go up into Zimbabwe was the most capable man to turn that work over to. And so we did that at that time. Yeah. Amen. So what, I know South Africa borders Zimbabwe. What was it that drew you up into Zimbabwe? How did that happen? I often give the testimony that it was through a mosquito that the Lord led us up into Zimbabwe. We had six children when we went into South Africa. And my wife was pregnant with number seven. And that's a little child that the Lord took home three months after we got into South Africa. She had a C-section, delivered a child that was not physically capable of surviving. And as a result of her passing in that particular hospital, we started a hospital ministry. And through the hospital ministry, we came to know and meet a man that was from Zimbabwe, working in South Africa. And his name was Shadrach Kumbayani. And it was through Shadrach, we had an institute, we started an institute right away in our work in South Africa. And as a result of him going through that, and one day approaching me and saying, Pastor, I believe the Lord wants me to go back to my people with the gospel. And that was in 2002, we loaded up a vehicle that I had at the time, crossed the border for the first time into Zimbabwe in 2002, and took him up into a place where he had grown up right on the Mozambican border. It's called the Eastern Highlands. And it was a tea estate by the name of Zona. And he had settled there, and for the next five years, twice a year, I would take one of my children up there, and we'd minister on the mountain, try to get him some help. And God built a great work there. That work was called Rescue Baptist Church, and it's still carrying on today, and we're thankful for that. But that's how the Lord led us up there, through a man by the name of Shadrach. Wow, that's neat. So did you, does, did Shadrach continue that work on his own and you went someplace different or did you go work with him for a little while? Where, where did you go when you went into Zimbabwe? When we went into Zimbabwe, we settled in a place just down valley from them. Okay. Place called Chipingi. And when we first got into, into Chipingi, um, we were anxious to get a work started, nothing. really opened up until someone approached me and asked me if I would be willing to preach. This is a European farming group that at one time had a substantial church. It was a community church. But the pastor had left, many of the farmers had left during the 2000 land reform program by Robert Mugabe. land was confiscated, and as a result of that, a sizable church went down to probably about six families. They asked me to come in and preach. I was willing to start there. And I told them, I'll preach on one condition, that you allow us to use their building in the afternoon so we could start a church. And so in 2010, we started Solid Rock Baptist Church in Zimbabwe. Isn't that something? So you named it the same name as the one in South Africa? You know what happened there, Keith. We had decals on the side of our pickup. And that always helps if you have some kind of identification when you're going through the border. It does. It does. And so when we went through the border, it was a name that we had carried over. It's not that we meant to do that, but it was a vehicle that had Saldorak Baptist SRBC Ministries is what we called that at the time. And that helped us to get in and even to find our way to get in through the Immigrations Department there because there was no one in Zimbabwe when we went up. In 2002, it was a tremendous change. Nothing like South Africa was even vaguely familiar. South Africa is much like America in a lot of ways, but Zimbabwe was truly a picture of Africa. Yeah, just last evening, I got in the mail some decals, some new decals that we're putting on our vehicles over there, because it's the same type of thing. Whenever you get pulled over, whatever, that's the first thing their eyes go to is those decals. Correct, yeah, and that's helped. Yeah, absolutely. So I don't know if it is this way now, but at some time in the last 10 years, I'm pretty sure, I know this to be a fact, that Zimbabwe was considered the poorest country in the world. Is that still the same way? How is the economy and things like that in Zimbabwe doing? I mean, it went from being, I believe the British used to call it the breadbasket of Africa. Yeah. And went to be the poorest country in the world. Right. That transition happened in 1980 with them gaining independence. They had the help of Russia from Mozambique, they had the help of China through Angola, and Mr. Mugabe had gained, with an iron-clad fist, the control of that country for 38 years. And when I came in in 2009, immigrating up there, it wasn't doing well. Land reform was still tapering off a little bit. But for the most part, farmers, if they could, they went into Zambia, Mozambique, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia. They got out of there. So their economy right now has not picked up. It's extremely depressed. Yeah. It's amazing how so much, so many of these African countries, especially your sub-Sahara African countries, almost follow the same playbook. I mean, with leadership and, you know, where they used to be and where they are now and the dictatorships and all that. I mean, our current president right now has been there now 35 years. And we've got another quote-unquote election coming up this next, in 2026. You know, it's you know, it's one of those, you know, our trust is in the Lord obviously But it's definitely one of our concerns and our fears is what is gonna happen when when he dies because he's in his 80s and there is no plan for transition most of the country's never even seen transition, you know, and So I really really fear for our country so but anyway, so what is So what's happening now? What is going on in Solid Rock, in Zimbabwe, Solid Rock in South Africa? What's happening at the present moment? What's going on there? Keith, we're focused in the Zim. I thank the Lord for Jeremy Johnson, his help, and he's also started a work not too far from our work, but in Zimbabwe, Solid Rock is doing great. We had just finished up a two-year building project, allowing that work to become further established. We've got a training institute, men that are teaching in the institute are speaking the native language. which is a lot better. You've got wives coming into the spectrum and learning and gaining the understanding. We've had, since we've been there in 2000 and, well, 2010 with the work of Solid Rock Baptist, we've seen three other works started, and we thank the Lord for what He's doing in moving men in different positions. There's prospects for other works in other areas. But we're grateful that the Lord's put a good man in there right now, Titus and T.C. and his wife Lillian. We thank God for them. We've got some good men in that church. Now, I've talked a little bit, not in detail, but I've talked a little bit with you about your future there. I think it really comes in a lot of alignment with our future in Uganda, having turned over our church to the nationals. Basically, they're doing the work, they're doing it well. and just going in there and literally traveling from church to church and mentoring and discipling and answering questions and doing what we can to work alongside them and get them to a point where they are learning to do the work of the ministry and and run their churches in such a way that the missionary is not needed. You know, we're basically working ourselves out of a job, so to speak. And of course, continuing with our educational ministries, our Bible college and institutes and things of that nature. So is that kind of what your plans are? Is that kind of what your goals are when you go back this next time? Brother Keith, we've got probably six to seven of our men, national men, that are in strategic areas. You know, I can never put the call of God in a man. And God's gotta do that, otherwise it's not gonna fly. But we're grateful for the guys that I have. Since the church has been going through the transition, just finishing up a building project allows me to be able to look into other areas within the country. And two years ago, We had a man by the name of Lee Cadenhead come into Zimbabwe, and I thank God for Brother Lee. Had the opportunity of interviewing him a few weeks ago. Did you really? Yeah. Oh, what a blessed, a good brother. Yes. And we're glad to see what he's allowed, what God has allowed to establish in in his influence there in Matari. And right after Lee came in, Brother Cody Rich also came into Zimbabwe. And I think he was working with Cody a little bit over there in Carthage, Tennessee with Brother Ralph. And so we're glad for him. And then a missionary by the name of Stephen Mustard came down from Sierra Leone. And because the situation up there coming into Zimbabwe has allowed three men in the last two years to be able to take foothold in Zimbabwe. And this is something my wife and I have always been praying for. You're in a country and there's no one there and there's very little fellowship. Reaching out to who? People. So we're glad for that. Cody and Steven have young families. They got four children ranging from six down. And so that has been a joy for my wife Cindy and I as we can be a grandparent to both of those families. And Lee's got some kiddos too. So we're glad for the people that he brought in there. We had, when we flew out in November, we had a young man come over from the Philippines, believing it was God's will, that he consider that as a place of God's calling. And his pastor, a man by the name of Paul Byers, a blessing to me. But we met with him for two days, was with a young man, his name is AJ. And AJ's just spent, in November, 40 days in Zimbabwe trying to get settled about where he'd start. And so we're anxious as we go back to be able to bring AJ under that influence in the city of Harare. And that's what we're looking at right now is going into the capital city there in Zimbabwe. We have a man, Joshua Centenaro, who's a missionary in Uganda from the Philippines, and he is a fireball. I'm sure those guys know each other, too. He is a great guy. Now, you mentioned you've got three missionaries up there. I had somebody ask me in the last church where they had kind of a question and answer, and they asked if you know, we got together with other missionaries, with conferences and things of this nature. And I had to explain to them that Uganda is very unique in that, yes, English is the official language, but most of our pastors that are from the villages do not know English very well. They just speak the local dialect. And so because of that, it keeps us very limited because if we did have a conference, it would have to be in English because that's the only way that all these different tribes, and we've got 52 languages in Uganda that's just absolute, totally different languages and things. And so it's very difficult for us to come together with other missionaries unless you have people in your ministries that speak English where the conference can be done in English. And so I was just wondering, do you have the, same problem there in Zimbabwe or is it? fewer languages to where you can come together a little bit more? How do you guys get together as far as different ministries, different missionaries around the country? Are you able to have conferences and things of that nature together? Conferences would need to be done, especially if a missionary doesn't know the language through an interpreter. Two basic languages in Zimbabwe are Shona and Ndebele. Ndebele settled more to the west coast of Zimbabwe. But the Shona, different dialects, but at the same time we're bringing men over from Mozambique. We've got men through the majority of the country that can come to conferences, and we've taken advantage of Brother Lee in that respect too, and he's done several missions, I should say family conferences. and been a blessing to our people. So no, we're not dealing with too many languages like what you got up in Uganda. And that's where a good interpreter comes in. God's been good to us in South Africa, in Zimbabwe. I've got a very, very good interpreter by the name of Tishinga. And so, no, he's been very good. All of our guys do take turns at doing that. You got an intelligent young man who's well grounded in the scriptures, and that's a valuable asset to any missionary coming to the country, because he's basically trying to chop away at the soil, where if you can bring someone that can help them. And that's what we did with Brother Lee. We gave him Brother Miles Fakure, and he did a tremendous job at helping Brother Lee get that off the ground. That's great. Having that second man to start with is such a blessing to work alongside of. And I have found in Uganda that the less you have the missionary face in the forefront and the more you're either working together or pushing the national in the forefront, the stronger and more stable that ministry is going to be. That's for sure. That is for sure. Absolutely. Well, Brother Porter, I have known you for a long time. Of course, we're fellow members of the Capital City Baptist Church here, and I know you could say great things about the church as I can. I'm so thankful for our home church and what they do for us and how they're involved in praying and things of this nature. As I travel around the country and see your picture and your prayer letters on Different boards, I hear things like Jeff Porter is the greatest missionary. I hear Jeff Porter is a great Christian. I hear that Jeff Porter is one of those missionaries that doesn't have a camp or anything like that. But I'm just, here's what I'm saying, all right? And I know that you would never say that. But you have a testimony of being a man of God. You have a testimony of having a walk with God. You have a testimony of being a soul winner. And my question for you, Brother Jeff, is, and again, I have looked up to you for many years and I appreciate your faithfulness to the Lord and you're just sticking to it and the ups and the downs. You are, I think you told me you're in your mid-80s, is that right? No, I'm joking. No, you're in your mid-60s. And so, you're nearing that time, I think we were talking earlier about, a time when a lot of people are thinking about retirement. And not necessarily that you just retire to do nothing, but it's definitely a change in ministry and a different idea of how to approach ministry. But my question to you, and again, this is a question that I ask everyone that I interview, is we're to always abound in the work of the Lord. And the verse there does not mention that he's talking to young people or middle-aged people or older people. He's telling every child of God to always abound in the work of the Lord. And I don't think that's necessarily talking about a physical capacity, because as we get older, we just can't do what we used to do. So my question you brother Jeff is as you look at your ministry and as you look at what God has enabled you to do What is it that drives you what motivates you? What what what is it that challenges you to keep on going and abounding in the work of the Lord? I Think it comes down to responsibility And when God saves somebody, it's for that individual to be able to be a light to others. We understand the concept of light and darkness. We were in darkness, had no concept of who Christ is. And the Word of God helped with that. So having a walk with the Lord is the only way anybody will abound and be unmovable and steadfast in his calling. And so we're glad that we've got the Word of God. It's just that it's got to take time. I think as a young Christian, I did not spend time in the Word of God. I think even as in ministry and starting out on the mission field, sometimes it's not, doesn't have the priority. And you learn a lot of things later in life. You don't want to hit yourself on the head at the same thing. But I thank God for his word. I thank you. Thank Him for the time that He allows His people, if they get up early enough, to spend that time with Him. And seeking His direction and His filling on a daily basis. And it doesn't matter where we go, South Africa, Zimbabwe, or America. people are open, and you gotta have God direct you to the man, the individual that he wants you to speak to, and that's my greatest joy. I look at going back into a country that's extremely open to the gospel, but I could never say America's closed to the gospel because I've witnessed many times since we've been back individuals who are truly seeking, and there's people out that are seeking, But if you're not walking with the Lord, he's not gonna put you in their pathway. And the problem I think a lot of times is that people don't have time. If you don't take time to talk to people, it's never gonna happen. The track given to someone is gonna be thrown down or discarded. They don't understand what you gave them. And so the most important thing is to take that time. and at least express some things. When we came back, I had a track made up through Brother Scott Hanks' church there in Lawrence, Mercy and Truth, and it was a track entitled How to Get to Heaven from Zimbabwe. Beautiful picture of Victoria Falls on the cover and giving someone a track like that and letting them know I've been there for many, many years. I said, but you don't have to go there to know how to get to heaven. But you gotta know how. And I'll take time, as much as that individual will let me. And God's got to do the work on their heart, otherwise it's not going to be, there's never a forced issue. And I thank the Lord no one forced anything on me as a young believer, but I've learned a lot of things now that I did not really have instilled. It wasn't a steadfast time where I could, walk with the Lord like that. So a lot of that comes right down to your personal walk, Brother Keith. Amen. Amen. Well, Brother Jeff, thank you for you and your wife, Cindy, and the many years of service to the Lord. And again, I'm serious when I say this, you are a great example to many people and your faithfulness and your desire for souls. And I just want to say thank you for your walk with God and thank you for your ministry. And I make a personal commitment to you that I do my level best to pray for you every single day. And of course, whenever I pray for you, I always pray for the missionaries I know around you. And so praying for the Cadenheads and the Riches and Brother Mustard and all that. But thank you for your work for the Lord. Thank you so much, brother. Thank you for your steadfastness, Brother Keith. Well, amen. Amen. Well, again, I want to thank all of you out there for listening to this podcast, the Always Abounding podcast. And don't forget, if you have not done so already, I want to encourage you to reach out and just hit that subscribe button and just say, hey, you know what? I want to listen to this podcast each and every week. And every Friday we upload a new podcast. to encourage you to always abound in the work of the Lord and do our level best to bring in people on this podcast who are living that and who are showing others that it is possible, no matter who you are, no matter where you are, it is possible to always abound in the work of the Lord. And one of the greatest promises in scripture is that your labor is not in vain. And so I wanna challenge you to subscribe to this podcast. Just simply go to your favorite podcast platform and look up Always Abounding or my name, Keith Stensis, and hit that subscribe button. If you would like to receive our prayer letter, if you'd like to receive a notification each week concerning the podcast, just simply go to kstensisfamily.com. kstensesfamily.com and you can go in there, you can subscribe to the prayer alert, you can send me a message and letting us know who you are and that you would like to receive updates on the podcast. Well, thank you so much again for joining with us. It's been a pleasure to have Brother Jeff Porter with us. And like I said, please continue to pray for us as we finish up. I know that Brother Jeff is getting ready to go back here soon, going back to Zimbabwe and continue to work there. So be praying for him and his family and pray that God will protect him, provide for him, give him the health that he needs as he goes back. And then as well, pray for our family. Again, we're leaving behind one more child this time, Brother Skyler. Our last son is staying behind here at Capital City and going to be attending the Bible College here. And so be praying for him as this will be the first time that he's away from his family. As far as parents, I've thanked the Lord. He's got brothers and sisters here that will be able to help him through this, but pray for him. Pray for my wife and I in Savannah as we get packed up and get things ready to go back. And Lord willing, we'll be flying out of Houston, Texas on the 19th of March. And so your prayers would be greatly, greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for that. Well, the Bible says in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 and verse number 58, therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. God bless you so much. Thank you for listening. Remember, today might be the day the Lord comes back. So let's keep looking up. We want to thank you for listening today. We trust that this podcast was an encouragement to you to always abound in the work of the Lord. For more information about your host or simply contact us, visit kstensisfamily.com.