May 7, 2023
May 7, 2023
I first met Dr. King on a highway near El Paso, TX in March of 1997. I was returning from a seeking trip by myself to Mexico, and had not yet “found” what God had for me. I was asking God to speak to me, but wasn’t hearing anything. Trying to hitchhike on Highway 25 got significantly harder after I walked past the highway signs that read, “State prison nearby, do not pick up hitchhikers.” Nevertheless Dr. King gladly picked me up (with the prison in the background) and God spoke through him that afternoon and the next morning. He shared stories from his missionary days that gave me new hope that God was real and that He loved me. Years later my teenage son and I had the privilege of visiting Dr. King and his work in Ecuador, and seeing some of the fruit of his dreams that he had so freely shared with me the first time we met.
Thank you Doc! We may never know how many lives you’ve influenced for Jesus, but mine was one of them for sure, beginning that day on Highway 25. I am forever thankful for you.
-Clark Hostetter
Thank you Doc! We may never know how many lives you’ve influenced for Jesus, but mine was one of them for sure, beginning that day on Highway 25. I am forever thankful for you.
-Clark Hostetter