FCFI PANTC at the 2025 York RV Show – by Michael and Karen Steele

The FCFI booth is ready to share Jesus Christ when the 2025 York RV Show doors open

Hello to all of our amazing brothers and sisters in Lord Jesus!

The 2025 York RV Show in York, PA at the York Fairgrounds is complete. The Pennsylvania Northern Tier Chapter (PANTC) of the Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International was on hand sharing the salvation message of Lord Jesus Christ using the five colors of the Wordless Bible with all those that would stop. The show was held Friday through Sunday. March 21 through 23, 2025.

We had great help from volunteers Michael and Karen Steele, Dennis Glorioso, Bill Wood, and Ernie and Martha Reese. We have had several campground owners that were maning booths at the shows ask us to come to their campgrounds occasionally throughout the camping season and run Sunday morning church services. We are blessed by the Lord by getting tremendous respect from other vendors.

We had a lot of different campers stop and tell us they will always look for campgrounds that offer Sunday morning church services. Many told us if they had the chance to go to two different campgrounds that were close, regarding the other amenities, they would always choose the one that offers Sunday morning church services. Yes, just like any other group of people, there are many different types of people that make up the camping community. But they are a tremendous group of people and we are always very honored by the Lord to be able to share the Wordless Bible with them and hear them share their loves, their hopes, and their many experiences.

Two brothers in their mid teens stopped by to get Wordless Walking Sticks and the Gospel of Lord Jesus. The older brother was so excited about the message that less than five minutes after leaving the FCFI booth he came back with his two younger sisters to hear the message and get sticks. Then towards the end of the day the oldest brother came back again.
He explained to the FCFI witness that he just realized the Bible verses on the back of the card attached to the walking stick pertain to each color. He was so excited at this finding that he had to stop back the third time explaining his excitement.

Take a look at these great moments captured from the event!

A young lady reaches for one of the Wordless Bible Crosses on the table at the FCFI booth. Her mother and sister stand in the background

Two young sisters listen to the Gospel of Lord Jesus Christ being shared by FCFI witness Martha Reese (right). Gram has a huge smile knowing the grand daughters she loves are getting the message of eternal life

This is the four brothers and sisters at the FCFI booth with FCFI witness Ernie Reese sharing the message. The two oldest boys had stopped and got the message and sticks just five minutes earlier. They enjoyed it so much they went and got their two younger siblings. Even after that, towards the end of the day, the tallest young man came back to tell us he found out the Bible verses on the card go with each color. He was really excited about that!

A man and his wife stopped to see this new ministry they had never heard of (FCFI). They are from outside of Baltimore, MD. He told us their church just opened up a Missions Support slot due to lack of contact from a supported missionary for the last five years.
This husband and wife took the literature on FCFI with them and they are going to present the PANTC chapter of FCFI to their Pastor and their board to possibly fill that open missions support position.

We took ten of what our chapter calls Classic Wordless Walking Sticks.

And we used 25″ leather bracelets so the new owners will be able to loop their hand through the leather bracelet while walking with the stick to have a better hold on the stick.
These ten old sticks were loved and they all went relatively quickly. One campground owner who had a booth at the show gave his stick to his nephew there at the show because the nephew liked it so much. But then the campground owner was disappointed because he liked the stick so much and by that point we were out of the Classic sticks. We told him we would get another Classic Wordless Walking Stick up to him at his campground. He was all excited again.

A family stopped by that had a daughter, Madison, maybe 14 or 15 years old. Mom and Dad were saved but the young lady was not. FCFI witness Michael Steele shared the Gospel message with Madison. Madison knew there was salvation but she did not really know how things worked.

She struggled receiving Jesus previously because of apprehension of what it really is. When she was explained about Jesus at the FCFI table she now understood and prayed to receive Jesus into her heart and life. Mom was really touched by what was going on and almost cried. The family had moved recently and Madison was struggling at making new friends.

Dad listens in as his son receives the Wordless Bible message from FCFI witness Karen Steele

A young lady reads the Wordless Walking Stick Owner Operator Manual as FCFI witness Bill Wood shares the message from one of the FCFI gel bracelets

We knew this young man was serious about the message when he had to hesitate to get his reading glasses out so he could clearly see the Wordless Walking Stick and the card attached bearing the Bible verses for each bead color

A view of the witnessing from the inside of the booth. Here FCFI witness Ernie Reese shares with a young man as Martha Reese watches

One of the vendors stopped by on Sunday and told us due to the show he did not make church that morning.
But he still wanted to tithe to the Lord so he asked our FCFI chapter if we have a credit card reader so he could donate directly to us.
We told him we were not able to take his tithe offering right there. We showed him the FCFI manual and the website on the back. He told us he was going to go directly to the website and donate.

Our FCFI chapter was blessed to be able to pray with three people to receive Lord Jesus Christ into their hearts and lives.
We gave out approximately 150 Wordless walking Sticks,

Our chapter gives out small Christian coloring books with a small box of crayons for the kids. Each book and box of crayons are in a nice plastic sleeve and have 1″ round stickers on them the colors of the Wordless Bible. We can give the children something they can enjoy either at home or when they are out camping. We gave coloring books to two young ladies.
The older girl got hers but we then had to get more out onto the table. We pulled another out and handed it to the younger girl, maybe two or three years old. She looked at the cover and started yelling real loud “I got Jesus! I got Jesus!” Yes, Jesus was on the front of her coloring book.

One vendor (Greg) stopped by and asked if we had one of the small Gideon style Bibles. He said he would like to have one to read while it was slow over at his booth. He said he travels all over the US and wanted a smaller one making travel easier. FCFI witnesses Ernie and Martha Reese happened to have one in their car. Ernie went out and brought it to the young man. When someone, especially a young man, wants a Bible to read we make every effort to take care of this need. Thank you Ernie and Martha for taking care of this young man.

One of our witnesses was looking for a young lady that left her Prayer Paper at the FCFI booth and Greg saw her and asked if he could help.
She showed him the FCFI Prayer Paper and the Facts of Life! paper that has special Bible verses for someone new to Jesus.
She ended up bringing a Prayer Paper and a Facts of Life! paper back to Greg because he looked quickly over the ones for the young lady and he showed tremendous interest in those papers.

This husband and wife were excited at the sharing of Jesus Christ at an RV show. They had never heard of the Wordless Walking Stick and were happy to both take walking sticks for their next camping adventure

Holding his Wordless Walking Stick is our FCFI brother in Lord Jesus Sam Norman. He is sharing the message with his co-worker, Kirby. They work for RV Value Mart. Each morning all RV Value Mart employees would gather for a quick employee meeting. They would always start off the meeting with prayer. It was awesome to see those approximately 30 employees with their heads down in reverence and prayer to our Lord and God. Thank you RV Value Mart for being a strong Christian company and showing your faith

We tried something new for this event. We have always tied 18″ Wordless Bile Bracelets on the Wordless Walking Sticks. These are really nice but too small if a person wants to loop their hand through it for stability when holding the stick. At this event we tied 25″ bracelets on allowing the extra room for the hand to loop through to hold the stick better. This was a hit at the RV show. After all, RV people are walking and hiking people!

This young lady stopped to see what the booth was about with everything having the five colors attached to them. FCFI witness Dennis Glorioso shares Jesus’ salvation message with her

There are some really fun times while sharing Jesus’ Gospel with the people. FCFI witness Ernie Reese shared the message with a little boy of maybe four years old. When he handed him his new walking stick the little boy gave out a very excited squeal! That young man was excited to get his very own Wordless Walking stick!

A husband and wife stopped by pulling their young grandson in a wagon. The small boy was maybe five or six years old. FCFI witness Karen Steele gave him a small cross with the Wordless Bible beads on the front and a small magnet on the back. You could see the small boy had never heard of Jesus and the message was totally new to him. Gram had to turn away for a moment.She was tearing up. They just recently lost their daughter and are now taking care of raising their grandson. Gram was very touched by having her grandson getting his first introduction to his Savior while still hurting from her loss.

In addition to the walking sticks given out we also gave out approximately 30 gel bracelets, 25 leather bracelets, 20 children’s coloring books, 30 crosses with magnets on the backs of them, 40 Wordless Bible zipper pulls, 15 FCFI pot holders, and 6 special red bead necklaces.

Three young brothers show off their new walking sticks! And they received the salvation message of Lord Jesus Christ

This man is looking down at his new Wordless Walking Stick. He appreciated how clean and smooth it is. FCFI witness Michael Steele (left) shares the message with him

This husband and wife really enjoyed the ministry. They had never heard of FCFI. They took the literature of the FCFI ministry with them. They are going to present the ministry to their Pastor and church board. He said they have an open slot in their monthly missions donations. FCFI witness Dennis Glorioso (behind the table) talks with them

Here is the volunteer staff that manned the booth for the weekend. From left: Michael Steele, Karen Steele, Dennis Glorioso, Martha Reese, Ernie Reese. Missing from the photo is Bill Wood who was a big help on Friday

We had a fun time sharing Lord Jesus Christ with the event attendees and the vendors around us. We are so thankful the Holy Spirit is moving and touching hearts and lives around us. We do not change a single person! Only Jesus and the Holy Spirit can change a person’s life and provide an eternity in heaven.
Thank you Lord Jesus!

God bless and thank you all for your prayers for our ministry and with the various ways you donate and are part of this amazing outreach.

Kirby from RV Value Mart that was across from us at the York RV Show told us about the Hershey RV Show coming up in September. We looked it up and Saturday evening we sent a request to be part of the 2025 Hershey RV Show. This is billed as the largest outdoor RV show in the United States. It said they have over 1000 campers and motorcoaches on hand every year.

The displays take up approximately 30 football fields (100 yards x 160 feet wide). We did receive a response right away saying the 2025 is filled and we would be put on the waiting list.
Pray the Lord bypasses the waiting list and gets FCFI in as soon as possible. This is people’s eternal salvations we are talking about!
https://www.largestrvshow.com/

God bless and thank you very much!