2025 Virginia Touch-A-Truck event in Sterling, VA – by Michael and Karen Steele

The FCFI staff has the table set up and are ready to share Jesus Christ. From left to right: Ernie Reese, Martha Reese, Karen Steele, and Michael Steele.

Hello to all of our family with the Fellowship of Christian Farmer, International!

The Pennsylvania Northern Tier Chapter attended the Virginia Touch-A-Truck event held Saturday May 10, 2025 in Sterling, VA.
This was FCFI’s first time attending this event. It is an event where Joshua’s Hands Ministry encourages everyone throughout the area (especially parents and their families) to come and get close up with various styles of huge trucks.

We want to thank Joyce Gutherie from Joshua’s Hands for inviting us to be part of the 2025 event. We did not give away the Wordless Walking Sticks due to everyone climbing up into all these various big trucks.
Given out were FCFI construction hats (red, yellow, and blue), new leather bracelets with cord lock closures, the original leather bracelets, zipper pulls, and children’s Christian coloring books.

We were blessed to pray with one young man to ask Jesus Christ into his heart and life!

The day started out cold and very windy. It ended warm and very windy!

Dad listens in as FCFI witness Ernie Reese (right) shares the Gospel of Lord Jesus to his daughter.

This young man received an orange safety vest from a vendor and stopped for an official FCFI construction hat to complete the ensemble. FCFI witness Karen Steele is kneeling down sharing the salvation message with son and Dad.

There were many times when there would be a lot of people stopping at the FCFI table. We were a new ministry to the area and the people stopped to see who we were.

Look at these two beautiful sisters listening to the Gospel of Lord Jesus Christ as shared using the Wordless Bible beads.

There were maybe twenty to thirty vendors on hand selling items and introducing people to their business. Many focused on the children.

FCFI also attends the Virginia Farm Show held in January in Fishersville, VA and in June FCFI attends the Virginia FFA State Convention held at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, VA.

Several people over the last couple of years have approached FCFI about starting a chapter in Virginia but we haven’t found a good solid base to run a chapter yet.

Pray the Lord to bring some people to FCFI from the state of Virgina that will share Jesus Christ with this wonderful area.

Two young men look over the supplies on the FCFI table and get the Gospel of Lord Jesus taught to them by FCFI witness Michael Steele.

Mom reads the manual out loud to her son about the meaning of the Wordless Bible colored stickers on the back of his new construction hat.

A sister and brother listen in to the salvation message presented by FCFI witness Ernie Reese.

Dad holds the lid open on the FCFI Jesus Box as son looks in to see “Who Jesus Died For!”

FCFI had a fantastic time sharing Jesus Christ with the community and look forward to coming back to this region and this event. Again, thank you Joyce Gutherie and Joshua’s Hands Ministry for allowing us to be part of your special event.

God bless and thank you everyone that prays for us and supports us in our ministry of sharing Jesus Christ with the world around us!