The testimony

“Divine Connections”

How it all got started…

If you know the story of how we received our tent to start doing Tent Revivals… then you might have a clue on how the bus came about in the first place.

We started doing Tent Revivals smack dab in the middle of the COVID pandemic.  Many people thought we were crazy, but we were just following what the Spirit of God told us to do, and kept busy doing what we were supposed to do!  We traveled throughout the State and hosted 5 Tent Revivals in various cities…

The Connections

One of the places the LORD took us for one of the Tent Revivals was in the Upper Peninsula, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.  While witnessing to people on the street about Jesus, we met Pastor Scout Hester.  He asked, “What are you doing up here all the way up here and you’re from Saginaw?”  We told him we were just sharing the love of Christ and planting seeds in their community.  Scout, being a former traveling Evangelist, knew it was an instant Kingdom Connection.  He said “Man, I like you!”  The rest is history – Pastor Scout is still mentoring me to this day.

The next part of the story is where it gets pretty wild… 

A friend calls me and says “Justin, The LORD just spoke to me and told me there’s a Pastor in Snover, Michigan who has a bus out front in his church and that’s your bus!”  I thought it was pretty strange statement, but after prayer, I figured I would at least call the guy and talk to him.

I called the Pastor, Mike Smith, and shared my heart with him.  I shared my testimony and talked about the Tent Revivals.  I explained that we’ve been to 5 different cities hosting these Revivals and as I went over each city… he stopped me after I said “Sault Ste. Marie”.  He says “Did you work with any churches in The Soo when you did your tent revival?”  I said yes, actually I ran into one Pastor up there, His name was Pastor Scout Hester.  A very long awkward pause… I said “Hello?”  He says “Ya, Ya, I heard you… so you know Pastor Scout then?”  I said “Yes!  I love Pastor Scout, when I met him, we hit it off and knew right away that it was a Kingdom connection.”  Pastor Mike says “This has got to be God” I said what do you mean?  He says Scout Hester is my best friend.  He’s on the board of my church!  I’ve known him since I was a young!”

I never mentioned a word about the bus.  We were so excited that we knew the Lord was calling us together for something, he thought I was asking him to do a Tent Revival with his church!  We ended up hanging up the phone and I just started ballin’ like a baby…  I knew God was in this and He was up to something.  I just started crying tears of joy and told Candace what happened and our jaws dropped.  I called Pastor Scout on the phone and explained everything to him and he was like  “WOW!!  Sounds like the Kingdom to me!”  I just sat in awe for a few days…

It was a week later…

Pastor Mike was holding an “Ignite The Thumb Praise Rally” at his church – Lifesong, in “The Thumb” region of Michigan.  I heard from the Lord that I needed to be there.  So the family and I went, sat in the back and was taking part in their worship service.  All of a sudden, a leader of the Rally stands up and asks if anyone needs healing in their body.  A lady in front of me raises her hands, so I went to pray for her.  Instantly all the pain leaves her body!  Praise God!  Afterwards she hands me a note and says “I need you to give this note to Pastor Mike”.  I said “Me? Really?  Why me?”  Her response, “YOU NEED TO GIVE THIS TO PASTOR MIKE!”  I said “OK!” took the note and sat down…

 As I’m sitting down, I’m just in a daze… Candace says “What’s going on?  What’s that in your hand?”  I told her what happened and said “I think the Lord just opened the door for us to approach Pastor Mike.”

After the service, I go find Pastor Mike and start to talk with him.  I start out by introducing myself and he looks at me with the “I’m really not sure who you are” look.  I mention that I’m the guy who does the Tent Revivals and mentioned Scout and he immediately says “Ooooohhh!! JUSTIN!!”  We give each other a hug and I hand him the note the lady gave me.  Afterward, I mentioned about the bus and immediately, he says, “It’s yours!  You can have it!”  I said “Really?”  He says “Yes, you can have it for free!”

He then explains that he tried to donate the bus to the local Rescue Mission, but for two weeks, they were avoiding his phone calls and wouldn’t return any voicemails and he just couldn’t figure out why they weren’t calling him back.  Then after I asked him about the bus, he instantly knew why.  God was moving things together to fulfill his plans and purpose!

A few days later…

We visited LifeSong Church.  Pastor Mike gets in front of his congregation and asks our family to stand up.  He then prophesies over our life “This family is going to be traveling missionaries.  We are going to be donating the bus out front to the Fahrenbruch Family for the cause of advancing the Kingdom on earth!”  After service, he signed over all the paperwork, signed over the title, gave us the keys and we started to drive the bus back to Saginaw…

GOD IS FAITHFUL…

You see, God showed Candace and I way back in January 2019 that we would be traveling and preaching the Gospel.  Many people thought (and still think) we were crazy, but we continue to hold on to that vision that He gave us.  We had no idea how or what would happen, we just knew what God told us.

We just wanted to share a little peak into our lives and how real He is to us.  As we continue to share stories and testimonies, our prayer is that they will encourage you, strengthen you and build your faith in Jesus and follow His plan for your life. 

Thank you for following us on our journey of faith.