Sunday, June 3, 2012
Guest Speaker - Andrew Eastmond
Andrew Eastmond was born and raised in Christchurch, New Zealand until nineteen years of age. He then left his homeland headed for England and Europe for two years. He was Traveling to see the world and to find out what life was all about. As a nightclub musician and motorcycle rider, he experienced many different types of people in different countries and cultures.
After coming to the USA and travelling extensively on a motorcycle all over the country, he settled in New Orleans, LA for the winter of 1978, and spent 10 months playing music on Bourbon Street, A girl he had met during that time came into the club he was playing in and asked him to go to church with her. He went and heard the gospel, then surrendered to Jesus Christ and turned from sin to embrace the will of God.
The Lord began to give him songs from the bible and opportunities began to open up in churches and coffee houses in and around New Orleans. Andrew was very involved in church at First Assembly of God in New Orleans for four years. He was leading worship in home group meetings and in the church. While traveling to one of the many churches that invited him to do ministry he met Kathy, and they married the following year. Their homebase is in Saline, Louisiana with their son, John since 1986. Their home church is "The Gospel" in Ruston, Louisiana, pastored by Robert and Margaret Daulton.
Andrew, Kathy and John travel full-time: nine months a year doing ministry all over the United States and Canada, and the remaining three months a year they are busy in ministry within driving distance of their home. They have been active in New Zealand also as God has opened opportunity.
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