JER AND JEWEL’S

HIGHWAY HARMONY NEWS!!!!!!

To our faithful friends and partners:

IS IT HOT OR IS IT JUST ME? :)

What’s Been Going On?

Just Doing Our Thing: After a quiet month in April (regarding our singing that is—Jer is always busy visiting Pastors and setting up concerts/men’s meetings, etc.), we got busier in May with several opportunities to sing and getting ready to head once again to Ohio. We left for Ohio June 6^th and stayed until July 1^st. We had a great time visiting with Jer’s family, his life-long friends, Gale & Lori Gilbert, and of course our ever extending church family as we held concerts and fellowshipped with the local churches that have us minister to them when we are in town. We will be posting pictures (I will try not to post too many of the family J). We had a Lusher family reunion while we were there and it was so good to see everybody doing well and living for the LORD. We truly have so much to be thankful for. Just for your amusement, while we were staying with Jer’s mom and dad, Jer was learning a new song, “I’ve Had a Wonderful Life”, that he wanted to sing for his dad (& mom) on Father’s Day. The only problem we had was that there was no place for him to practice in the house where his dad would not hear it—sooooo,  he ended up practicing the song sitting in his sister’s PT Cruiser in the garage. Because the song is in a higher key that he is used to, he really had to push it and he sang really loud. I couldn’t resist teasing him saying he must feel like a teenager again, belting out songs in the garage, LOL!

What’s coming up?

FGMA Convention 2010! We are busy getting ready for this year’s Florida Gospel Music Association Convention to be held as usual on Labor Day weekend. It’s a Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of great music, preaching, and fellowship. If you can, come and camp with us on the convention center grounds and make sure to invite your friends. There are also other RV parks and hotels in the area. This is our fourth year to sing at the convention and each year gets better than the one before, so come out and help us celebrate our LORD through Southern Gospel Music, fellowship, and the inspiring preaching of Randy Perry on Saturday and Sunday mornings.

We hope to have some t-shirts, hats, tote bags, etc., on our table at the FGMA that feature Jer’s artwork. On the shirts will be pictures of his chalks of both old and new style trains, plane paintings, and maybe even some Star Trek pictures. They will have Christian sayings under the paintings. I will post a picture of one of the hats just to give you an idea of what they will be like. We have just gotten started with this line (it has a really cool name, but we want to make sure and copyright it before we advertise it), so it will grow and expand to what GOD would have it become. GOD has told all of us to use our gifts and talents to bring honor and glory to HIM, so I am thankful HE has shown us a way to use both Jer’s paintings and chalks and my gift of writing together.

More NEW News! Well, our busy time begins in August, starting with a long overdue trip to New Brunswick, Canada, Aug 20^th to the 27^th. Moncton, New Brunswick, is my (Jewel’s) home town and I have not been back there for well over 20 years (wow—time sure does go by fast)!! I am looking forward to visiting my brother and spending time with my two nieces that I have never even seen yet. My daughter, Sheri, her husband, Joel, and my precious granddaughter, Jasmine, from Montreal, Canada, will be meeting us there. It will be a fabulous time but all too short for a first-time grandma!

Planning Ahead!! We are getting that familiar feeling again concerning our next traveling home. We believe it is a matter of weeks or even days before the new bus we have been praying for will be given to us so we can stay even longer on the road for JESUS through the ministry of TMI. With that in mind, we are making plans for “Big Blue,” the miracle bus GOD blessed us with over six years ago. We had always intended to give the bus away but as I was in prayer thanking GOD and asking HIM to reveal HIS plan for us to get out of debt, HE reminded me of the Christian joke that has gone around several times about the man stranded on his roof in a flood who turned down rescue from a big wheel truck, a boat, and finally a helicopter, claiming GOD would rescue him—only to perish in the flood. When he asked GOD why HE did not rescue him, the LORD responded, “I did try to rescue you! I sent you a truck, a boat, and a helicopter!” The LORD reminded me that the bus was given to us with no strings attached and that it could be the vehicle to finally get us out of debt. We will be putting it up for sale as soon as our next bus arrives.  We believe GOD has given us a price but we will be praying more about it and will post the price when we have total peace. We are praying for enough not only to get out of debt, but also afford some much-needed musical equipment and replace some broken equipment. We will be getting in touch with some of our TMI Chaplains’ pastors to see if they want to sponsor those TMI Chaplains that are called to travel in the ministry by purchasing the bus for them. We are confident the bus will go where the LORD wills, just as it came to us and has been a huge blessing to us while on the road. For pictures, just click on the “The Bus” button on the web site. There will be updated pictures coming as we will be making some more small improvements to the bus over the next few weeks. For additional info on the bus, just give Jer a call at 727-366-9957 or email us at JerandJewelMinistries@juno.com. I would ask our friends to keep the sale of our bus in prayer, thanking GOD for HIS provision in getting us out of debt and meeting our ministry needs. We thank GOD for those HE has given to stand with us in prayer and support, believing in what HE has called us to do.

Our Web Site!

Read – Look – Listen!! Please go to our web site, www.highwayharmony.com, to see our updated schedule, listen to CD clips, and check out new additions to the site. We will be putting some song clips from our new CD, “Highway Harmony Now & Then” on the site soon. You can purchase either CD directly from the web site using PayPal for $15.00 each or 2 for $25.00 or e-mail us at JerandJewelMinistries@juno.com and we will make arrangements to receive payment and get the CDs shipped out to you. You can also check out pictures of our current bus plus other ministry links.

Till Next Time! Remember, we love you all very much and appreciate the love and prayers you send our way. We pray GOD’s abundant blessings on all those who partner with us financially, and pray for us. We pray that we will always stay humble in HIS service sharing the good news (actually “great news”) of HIS incredible salvation and amazing grace to the lost and dying. But for now, keep looking up; HE is coming soon. Let’s all be ready! So, until next time, as they say in Southern Gospel, “WE’LL SEE YOU AT THE HOUSE!!”

As Always, You’re Servants in CHRIST

Jer & Jewel

Highway Harmony

“Singing To Serve”

PS: If you have a prayer request please call 727-366-9957(Jer) or 727-365-1878(Jewel) or e-mail – JerandJewelMinistries@juno.com, and we will stand in faith with you.

Note: If you would like a donation receipt for your financial gift for tax purposes, please make your check or money order out to TMI with a sticky note attached stating it is for Jer and Jewel Ministries and send it to Truckstop Ministries Inc, PO Box 80, Jackson GA 30233. If you do not require a receipt you can make it out to Jer and Jewel Ministries LLC and send it to us at 1901-17 West Bay Dr., PMB 196, Largo FL 33770. Thank you, and may GOD greatly bless your effort to reach the lost for JESUS through our ministry.