Kasi's Passenger Seat Motocross Chronicles - 6/1/12

Hey y'all! Kasi here...right from the front seat of the RV, headed up I-45 to Henryville, Indiana. We have packed the whole house I think lol. We will be helping with the FCA MX Camp up there. We will be gone for 10 days. This is our first big road trip with Landri Jo.  She is being a trooper so far, sleeps most of the time which makes for a nice drive. We just wanted to update everyone on what all God is doing down here in Houston MX.  He is really working through this tribe of people!

We just got back this last weekend from Wortham, TX where we spent the weekend promoting for our Texas camp this summer. The race was at Freestone MX track.  There was somewhere around 25-30,000 people there for Round 2 of the AMA pro outdoor nationals and for 2 days of Amateur races! We just got our RV and trailer wrapped with FCA MX graphics...it looks awesome! We had a guy donate the money to get it done just in time for last weekends race. It makes a huge difference having graphics! People notice that our ministry is there and it helps us to not look like everyone else. We can tell people to come see us in the pits and they know where we are.  We were able to hand out flyers and talk with families about our ministry and camp this summer.

A lot of what we are doing right now is relationship building.  We feel like this is the most important part of our ministry right now. Although sometimes it feels like we aren't getting much accomplished, we are realizing that God's timing is perfect and it takes time to build a ministry. Especially in a new town, not knowing anyone. Here lately we have been seeing the fruit from being consistent. People in the motocross world want to see consistency, someone that will show up and do what they say they are going to. We spend no less than 2 days a week or more at local tracks.  Scott rides with the kids and we are just focusing on spending time with people, getting to know them and their families. Then on the weekends we travel to wherever the races are. We have been following the local race series. They also just started the Main Event Series which we will continue to follow as well. The same people race through the whole series which allows us to spend time with the same people and build those relationships.

After we get back from Indiana, our focus will be our Texas camp. It is June 25-28th at Oak Hill MX in Decatur. We are so excited!! We have AMA pros Andrew Short, Kevin Johnson, local Houston pro Chase Spears, and Stephenville native Riley Pemberton as our instructors this year. Great godly guys that are stinkin fast on a motorcycle! It is for all age groups. They will get 4 days of awesome training not only on the motorcycle but will get Jesus everyday as well. We will have chapel services everyday. Micah Smith will be leading worship with the College Life band and Bryan Jackson with Vertical Adrenaline Ministries will be our Chaplain. Vertical Adrenaline is another great Motocross ministry that we have teamed up with to bring the Gospel. We will be grouping the kids up by age group, and skill level to form small groups called Huddles. This is a more intimate setting for them to dig more into the Gospel. Each group will have a "Huddle leader".  It is a trackside camp, so families will bring RV's or will get hotel rooms. The whole week is not just focused on the kids but on the parents as well.  We minister to the whole family, which is awesome! We get to see God change families! We would love for y'all to come check it out if y'all are available! It's a great way for you to see first hand what your support allows us to do. Our main goal for camp is for lives to be saved and changed by our Creator! We would like for all of you to join us in prayer for this camp and the families that will be coming and for those that have not yet fully decided to come. We are committed to pray everyday up until camp for these families and that God would be glorified through this camp.

Overall, we couldn't be more thankful for God calling us into this ministry! We are so thankful for your support, encouragement, and prayers! We couldn't do it without you!! Y'all are just as much apart of what God is doing here as we are! So glad to have y'all on our team!

Your Teammates in Christ,
Scott, Kasi, and Landri Jo Willingham