Milwaukee!!!!!

Busy day on the track.... one day practice and qualifications for both series! We had many little things to take care of today..... Chapel flyers, drivers meetings, food pickup coordiantion, etc. Bob picked up a nail in one of the trailer tires coming up here, so I took that to be repaiered today.... Hey, it's all for the Lord. Amen?

Talked with a lot of the team guys today as well.. Stanton Barrett crashed in practice, and they could not repair the car. So they are on they way home. I talked to a few of the guys to tell them I was sorry for what they are going through..... I pray that may help in some way.

Two chapels tomorrow - 9:00 & 10:30.... I am singing the special music tomorrow - they couldn't find anybody else ; ). So pray that the services are Holy Spirit led and that God would move mightily.

We are driving back directly after the race, so please pray for safety there as well... Thank you all for your support!!!!!

Do you have Faith? - Indy 500 Chapel Message & Pics!

We had 4 Chapels and 2 masses on race day! All were very well attended and Bob's message was concise. Do you have faith? Looking at Moses and how God sent him to tell the Israelites that I AM is who sent me! Moses said who am I that you would send me and he told God he was that he was not well spoken. God said go anyway and I will be with you! What is your excuse? Do you have enough faith to go and do what God wants you to do? Are you doing it now? Whatever is in your way, God can help you through that obstacle. God will be with you. Have faith. GO. DO. God is I AM.

Indy Lights Race on Carb Day

We had a great time of prayer before the Indy Lights Race on Carb Day. We also held a Chapel service for the Indy Lights the morning of the race!

BAPTISM!! - The Angels were Rejoicing on Saturday, 5/23!!!

One of the crew members from Vision Racing, Dan Rushing, was baptized on Saturday, 5/23 in Eagle Creek Reservoir! We had discussed baptism in one of our studies a few weeks ago, and Dan made the decision to submit to God and profess and demonstrate his faith by being baptized! He said "he wanted to do it in someplace like a creek", so Eagle Creek it was! It was witnessed by his wife, children, and his parents!

Pray for Dan as he lives out his Christian faith by the power of the Holy Spirit! Praise God. Give Him ALL the glory!

It's the little ways that God moves...

A few of us from the Hemelgarn team attended Chapel on bump day. After the service we went directly to the pits to set up to run that day. as we were moving tires and laying out air hoses, one of the guys came up to me and pulled me aside. As he starting to weep, he thanked me for inviting him to Chapel that day. He said he "really needed that".

Friends, it can be as simple as an invitation to Chapel that will allow God to work and move in some one's life. Do not hesitate. Reach out. Allow God to work through you!

Indy Practice/Qual Pics

Below are some pics from the practice and qualifications for Buddy Lazier!

Thank God Indy is not our Final Destination

Well, after a very long day on Sunday, Buddy Lazier in the #91 Hemelagrn entry did not make it into the 2009 Indianapolis 500. It wasn't due to the lack of effort. The entire team worked very hard from Thursday to Sunday to get the car up to speed. We went through 22 sets of tires in 4 days!!! Our top speed was just over 220 mph, but we could never get that for a consistent 4 lap qualification run. Technically, we did qualify on Saturday, but by the end of the day, we were bumped out of the field.

Thanks to Dennis, Lee and Gary for giving me the opportunity to work on the team. It was lots of hard work, but it is lots of fun running an Indy car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway! Also, thanks to Dr. Riina from OrthoIndy, for putting my back together and Andrea from Body One Physical Therapy for training me. The back held up great!

The Indy 500 is a great event, but it does not even come close to the race we will win through faith in Jesus Christ when we reach our final destination with Him in glory!! Jesus said, " you will have trouble in this world, but take heart, I have overcome the world."

Trust Him - nothing else.

We need you back on our side......

While working on the Buddy Lazier car, one of our safety guys came up to me during practice and said, "be careful out here, we need you back on our side (with the IRL Ministry)". I thanked him for the neat comment and prayed with him there for his safety and protection..... Neat stuff....

First Practice, Chapel, & Bible Study ...

We have our first practice on the track tomorrow (weather permitting) with car #91, Buddy Lazier! I will be helping with the tire & pit set up. We have been working since last week getting everything in order! It has been fun and tiring all at the same time. My back is holding up well. There is some aching at night, but it seems to recover well....

We had the first Chapels of the year at Indy last Sunday. It was well attended in both services. I pray that God will continue to speak to those people's hearts.....

We had the Vision Racing bible study today at 7:00 in the morning! We held it in their hospitality tent at the track. We also had a couple of the Hemelgarn Racing guys attend! We had great conversation and I felt like God was honored by our study. Pray that we all learn from what we heard and we act on it!

Thanks for your continued prayers and support!

May is here - with Hemelgarn Racing!

WOW…. OK, so I get a call on Thursday afternoon from the team manager at Vision racing. He said he was told (that day) that he could not add any more personnel and that he has to “make due” with the people they have on staff for the 500…… (he had signed me three weeks ago) that means… I’m out at Vision (for the month of May)!

So, obviously, God did not need me there this month! (I will still be doing the Bible study with them at the track throughout the month) I prayed and made a few phone calls….. Hemelgarn called me back and said that people there had been “praying” that I would work for them! Wow.. I had a meeting with their team manager on Saturday and they hired me that day. I start on Tuesday!

So…. God is always more that faithful….. Pray that I will be an effective witness to those guys!

Root for Buddy Lazier #91 on 5/24!!!!!! Thanks for your support and prayers!