Encounters

This past Thursday night, we had the privilege to meet a man named Sean. Sean is a 40 year old construction worker from Connecticut who is down here working after the Spring storms hit. While Ed and I were sitting on the bench in the mall talking and preparing to share the Gospel, Sean “just happened” to sit down on a bench across from us. He heard us talking about the Gospel, and then asked us if he could borrow a cell phone, because he didn’t have the ten dollars to reactivate the one in his hand. He told us he just got out of jail this past Monday and needed to get in touch with his boss to get paid. Ed and I did not have the ten dollars, but we gave him what we had. We spent the next part of the night trying to find him some money and driving him to get his phone turned on. The night did not turn out the way Sean planned. We could not get his phone turned on, but during all of our running around he agreed to listen to the Gospel. At the end of the night, standing in the parking lot of the mall, we had the privilege to tell Sean the Gospel. He listened, but with no response. He did tell us more than once how he was so impressed that two strangers would go out of their way and do so much to minister to his needs. Please pray that God would grant Sean saving grace.

Newsletter

This past Saturday, as you know, we went to the Sugarlands Visitor Center to share the Gospel. We had a great turn out and were able to give out 1,500-1,700 tracts. What a great day it was to sow the seeds of the Gospel! Please pray that God would grant His saving grace to the people who received the tracts. While we were there, I also had an answer to a prayer. I had been praying that God would send more people to get involved with us in local evangelism. I met a lady there who does just that. Her daughter operates a ministry very similar to what we do, only on a larger scale. We will be working together in the future to reach even more people in this area. You can visit their website here www.lightingthewayworldwide.org  Please continue to pray for Words of Life as we try to reach the lost in our own backyard.

Encounters

This past Thursday night at the mall, we met a few guys, which some of the names we were able to get and some not.  One of the guys that we met was named Ashley. He was a young man who said he was saved but was out of church, do to the fact he worked in retail and on Sundays. We spoke for a while, and he said “ he knows that he needs to get back in church.” He also thanked us for talking to him. We also met two young men named Angus and Brendan. They both said that they were saved, but after further questioning they began to see themselves as lost. They heard the Gospel and went away thinking about their standing before a Holy God. Please pray for all of the encounters we had at the mall, and that the Holy Spirit will reveal His truth to the young men we spoke with.