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First Quarter Trips

  • Our ministry returned to Fiji in Feb 2025 for the third time since Covid. So far in ROUND 2, we have spoken to 50,020 students in 109 schools (approximately 75% of the high school students in the entire nation). More about this in the center section.
  • We had an opportunity to travel to Panama City, Panama to speak with to 60 youth and children’s pastors from six different countries on the importance of teaching children how well science supports the Bible. Mike Snavely (www.missionimperative.org) represented our ministry by speaking in four 90-minute teaching sessions during this event. During the third session, one attendee commented, “We have never heard this kind of information before!” and the Rich and Wanda Ferguson, who organized the conference, quipped, “We are going to steal your passports, so you have to stay and teach longer.”
  • Christian student groups invited us to speak at both Eastern Michigan University (EMU) in Ypsilanti and Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) in Traverse City where students heard evidence for a Biblical creation and were given our books. The normal attendance at the monthly NMC meetings is less than 15 but we had 50 people attend! The student-run newspaper interviewed Bruce after the hour-long lecture and had a follow-up article in the school newspaper.
  • Here is Cindy Hays’ report from the EMU event: “I was blessed by the opportunity to present the scientific evidence for creation at the first (and hopefully annual) “Faith and Science” event held at EMU. Of the three panelists, I was the only one defending a Biblical creation viewpoint. The other panelists’ presentations combined evolution and Christianity – utilizing a “God made us through evolution perspective.” It breaks my heart to know that evolution is the only viewpoint being allowed throughout American universities. Encircling a giant image of the DNA molecule in the marble floor of the main hallway at Notr Dame’s Jordon Science Building, is this quote from Theodosius Dobshansky, ‘Nothing in Biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.’ Perhaps for the first time, many students at EMU were exposed to the evidence showing how statements such as this are gross misrepresentations of the truth. I long for their hearts to be awakened to the fact that Jesus is both their Creator and Savior.”

Search for the Truth Expands

Below are brief biographies of our speakers. Contact us via our newly revised website (SearchfortheTruth.net) to book an event at your church.

Chris Lowes
is the assistant director of Search for the Truth Ministries and has been with us on the majority of our overseas mission trips. Chris is also a full-time commercial airline pilot. His aviation career includes twenty-eight years of flying. In 2017, he partnered with Bruce to fulfill God's calling on his life to be an evangelistic speaker on the topic of Creation Science. Since joining the ministry, he has spoken in Fiji, Philippines, Peru, Cook Islands, Jamaica, and across the United States. Chris has participated in Montana dinosaur digs, multiple creation conferences, and is well equipped to speak on a wide variety of creation topics about God's amazing creation.
Cindy Hays
has an MS degree in physical therapy with twenty-four years of experience.  Prior to that, she earned a BS degree in Mechanical Engineer from Notre Dame's and an MBA from the University of Michigan. She has spoken on the “The Complexity of Life” and other topics dealing with the evidence for Biblical creation at churches, conferences, and university campuses. Cindy has just published her first book, Fit by Faith, in which she uses her physical therapy knowledge, life experiences, and Biblical truth to help with food disorders and weight loss. (continued on the back)
Fred Brashear
was a business owner whom the Lord called to Fiji in 2016. He has brought the Christian discipleship program, Character Under Construction, into the public schools of Fiji. Fred's degree in manufacturing logistics makes him ideal for organizing our overseas mission trips. Not only has Fred been instrumental in organizing 8 trips to Fiji but he has also been one of our primary speakers. Fred has many firsthand stories to share as he presents the importance of a Christian Worldview and the evidence for creation in reaching the next generation.
Bruce Malone
has been the ministry’s primary speaker for the last 25 years. He has authored or co-authored 12 books on the evidence for (and importance of) Biblical creation, along with producing a 20-part video creation curriculum (The Rocks Cry Out) and almost 100 short creation video teachings (Without a Doubt series). He has extensive scientific training, worked for 27 years as a Research Leader for Dow Chemical, and has 17 patents on new products. He will have limited availability for speaking in 2025 due to a family medical emergency.

Lucy Revisited

[NOTE: In this short article, apes and chimps will be referred to as simply “primates” and people as distinctly “human”. We do not accept the secular concept that people, made in the image of God, should be lumped into the same “primate” category.]
 
For over 50 years, the bones of australopithecines (AP) have been promoted as absolute proof that mankind descended from this apelike ancestor. Even creationists believe AP bones were simply variations of primates. This has led two generations of Christian students to reject much of Biblical history because they are confronted with the overwhelming evidence that some of these bones are distinctively human in structure. Dr. Chris Rupe (B.S. Biology,   Ph.D. Geology) has both co-authored a definitive book on this subject (see our cover letter to order his phenomenal book, Contested Bones) and recently posted his compelling talk given to the Midwest Creation Fellowship in Illinois covering this important topic (go to YouTube and search: “lucy and the pygmy human hypothesis” or http://youtu.be/-UrnA8MpYK4 in your web browser). Here are the pertinent points:
 
A. There are almost a dozen bones in primates and humans which differ so significantly that they can be used to instantly and clearly differentiate whether the bones came from a primate or human. A few of the most important are:
 
  1. A bowl-shaped pelvis in humans (for totally upright posture) vs. a significantly more flattened pelvis in primates (giving them a waddling movement when walking upright.)
  2. The large toe aligned with the other four toes in humans vs. a much shorter large toe (used for gripping) in primates.
  3. A solid arch structure in the human foot (designed for upright weight support) vs. a flexible midfoot in primates (allowing it to flex toward the ankle when climbing trees.)
  4. A human’s flattened knob-like structure of the knee on the large leg bone (the femur) is flattened along the base where it joins the lower leg bone (giving a larger surface area for supporting the entire body weight when walking upright) vs. the primate’s rounded knob-like structure (which puts more pressure on the smaller surface area because primates spend little time walking upright.)
B. Individual bone fragments found in the same geologic formation as Lucy (even some of the bones found with the original Lucy specimen) have been identified as clearly exhibiting distinctively human characteristics listed above.
 
C. Soon after finding Lucy and hundreds of other fossils, Dr. Donald Johanson repeatedly stated the obvious – that his team had found a fossil bed containing the bones of two distinctly different creatures – human beings and apelike creatures.
 
D. Johanson was eventually convinced by others that Lucy could not be the ancestor to all other humans if fully human bones were found buried in nearly equivalent strata layers as their supposed ancestors. Thus, whenever fully human bones (or fully human footprints) are found in the wrong strata layers, they are always assumed to belong to “less evolved” primates rather than humans. This is true no matter how identical the bones are to modern humans alive today.
 
E. Adult female pygmies (in the past some have been documented as short as 3’ 6”) still live in six African countries and Indonesia. Bones of a pygmy found in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia (the Hobbit) was initially considered to be a separate human species but later acknowledged to be fully human. Remarkably, bones from the pelvis of Lucy are essentially identical to those of this fully human individual.
 
Lucy, and other bone fragments that are immediately identifiable as belonging to an upright walking human are simply human pygmies who lived in East Africa after the Flood. They could possibly exhibit smaller brain and body structures because of inbreeding, malnutrition, and other pathological or environmental deformities. If found in “younger” rock stratum, they would immediately be acknowledged as fully human. Multiple avenues of evidence support that fully human individuals have been found in the same rock strata with AP primates. Therefore, australopithecines (primate variations) cannot be our ancestors since fully human pygmies lived at the same time. Ape to human evolution is a falsified belief system, not science.

March Fiji Trip Update

Our ministry feels absolutely blessed to return for the ninth time to Fiji spreading the truth about science and salvation. During this two-week trip we were able to speak in 29 schools reaching 9,700 students and teachers, visit a boy’s home, and preach at Solid Rock Baptist Church in Rakiraki. Each talk included a clear presentation of salvation. One of our team members reminded us that it can take a dozen times hearing the gospel before someone accepts Jesus as the Savior.

Several schools remembered us from prior years and had their students’ taking notes during our presentation. It was so exciting to see the students so actively engaged. Below are some of the comments that were heard:

  • “We appreciate that highly educated people could bring the message in a simple way.”
  • “Evolution goes against science; I can’t believe that it still has to be taught in schools.”
  • “You have cleared up a lot of information that was confusing in science.”
  • “Thank you for bringing God into our school today.”
  • “Our year 13 students heard your presentation when they were in year 9. Those students have connected science and God and have a better understanding for how the two work together.”

We would like to share a God story with you. Chris and Tracy Lowes shared a two-bedroom flat with Fred Brashear. After breakfast there was a conversation about where to hide the one key, or who should take it since each team was heading to different schools. Fred decided he should take the key because his team should finish first that day. However, Team Chris finished first, so they headed to Team Fred’s location to pick up the key. When Chris arrived, they found Fred’s team rushing through their presentation in the small school library because they only had 50 minutes before school ended and there was another 100 students waiting for the science assembly downstairs. Because Chris’ team did not have a key, and they had come to the school to pick it up, Team Chris was able to slow down and finish the presentation in the school library while Team Fred was able to bring the full assembly to the other 100 students. Isn’t it amazing that God used something as small as a shared key to do His work.

Search for the Truth would like to send a special thank you to our guest speakers who came with us this year: Tim Chaffey from AIG, Brian & Michele Thomas from ICR, and Michael & Michelle Calcagno from Rocky Mountain Creation Fellowship. Without servants like this, our mission trips would not be possible.

With this trip we have completed the entire island of Viti Levu and will be moving to Vanua Levu in 2026.

Week 1 Team
Students Excitedly Reading their New Books
Students Excitedly Reading their New Books
Students Intently Listening to Creation Science Assembly.
Students Intently Listening to Creation Science Assembly.

Current 2025 Schedule

Apr. 10 – NECCG – Fort Morgan, CO
Apr. 11 – RMCF – Brush, CO
Apr. 29-May 2 – FIGI – multiple Boise, ID talks
May 3-4 – Christ Comm. Church – Idaho Falls, ID
May 11 – Trinity EVF Church – Stanton, MI
May 17 – DSA – Portland, OR
June 8-11 – Creation Expo – Stevensville, MI
June 26-28 – Grace Conference – Lake Zurick, IL
July 25-29 – CCC kids camp – Clare, MI
Aug 1-4 –  CSM talk – Glen Rose, TX
Aug 16-20 – Creation Expo – Muncie, IN

Prayer Points

  • Praise for 30 teachers trained in January to lead the Fiji school discipleship program.
  • Prayer as we support our daughter-in-law Kyja, Michael, & family as they battle colon cancer
  • Prayer for preparation for the 2-week September mission trip to the Peru public schools
“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.”
– Oswald Chambers