At the end of November 2005 we decided to go public. We wanted to start the public relations machinery to let everyone know that the Lost World Museum was coming. The press was contacted and a power point presentation was planned at our sleepy country church. The day before the presentation, the local television station videoed the dusty interior of the museum as I revealed a few of the amazing fossils that would find their future home here. The newsgirl was dumbfounded with our basketball sized giant beaver skull from a 450 lbs pre-flood beaver.

November 26, 2005, the headlines read “Phoenix Antediluvian Museum Planned” Unknowingly the Post Standard was fulfilling the mission of the museum, which is to communicate fascinating Biblical facts to the general public through secular publications.

Why communicate our mission and message through the secular press? Well from my earliest exposure to the secular media, without knowing it, I was aching to hear something interesting, fresh and uplifting. As you probably know 70% of what we see or hear on the news is negative and most of all movies and TV are devoid of God. I believe there are others in a similar situation. There’s a spiritual famine in the land and that’s one reason why I’m building this museum. It’s for you. It’s for your brother, your sister, your Dad & Mom, your friend, your spouse, your neighbor – anyone who has not been exposed to the good news of Genesis and the Bible.

Now back to the sleepy church. The people assembled and filled the church to capacity as I chronicled the birth of the Lost World museum. Folks who have not set foot in a church except for funerals and weddings attended. Over all I believe it went well. The reception that followed allowed us to mingle and answer questions. And from that moment on the most frequently asked question has been, “When’s the museum opening?”

Next up: Treasure in the basement

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