Tour season ends

It has been a busy yet fruitful ministry season. I am thankful for all of the opportunities God provided for us and the way He moved on our teams and through them.
Now it is time for some down time. I am glad to be able to take some vacation time. We are not going anywhere but a chance to slow down is always welcome. I do need to do support raising but other than that I will be trying to rest.
My physical pain has come back in full force so I am hoping some rest will help. It is strange that the times when I am busy my pain is most bearable. I guess when you do not have to think about your pain constantly that it is on the back burner.
Blessings!!!

A new name written down

Praise God that another young lady made a decision to follow Christ.
On Wednesday afternoon I stood in front of our local soup kitchen a saw a 23 year old, young lady crying, she was very distraught. I was able to spend some time doing some basic counseling with her as she explained her situation.
We were able to take Marie out to buy some necessities on Wednesday. We reminded her that God cared about her and she shared that she has always hoped God would help her some day. We promised to meet her yesterday (Thursday) so she could buy some new shoes as the only shoes she had were making blisters on her feet. As we drove back down the hill Marie was finally feeling hungry so we joined the rest of the team for lunch at a local church. Marie was nervous about being around so many people but she did great.
After eating we had a quick meeting with one of the pastors from the church to see if we could get Marie some food vouchers so she could get much needed groceries. During this time of filling out the forms Marie was overwhelmed by all the wonderful things that had happened during the last 24 hours. She realized God was indeed helping her.
Just a few minutes later Marie cried out to God for His forgiveness. Her prayer of forgiveness was so wonderful to hear. It was in her own words and was from her heart. She was a new person.
We later found out from talking with her that she used to go to church and VBS as a child up until the age of 12. She had made some choices that caused her to turn away from God. Now she has made the choice to run into the arms of God.
Praise God for the way He orchestrated this initial meeting. She had not planned to be downtown and I had not planned to be there either. God had ordained it. God is so good!!!

New believers

We have a mission team in that is focused on reaching the lost. We spent all day yesterday sharing the gospel. We went door to door and met people walking by on the streets. We had conversations with hundreds. All told the gospel was shared with 58 people.
Five people made a decision for Christ and another six have invited us to come back for more discussion and follow up. We have all the follow up information so the people will not be left behind as spiritual orphans. This is very exciting.
Of course whenever a person tries to reach out to people and share the gospel there will be opposition. Yesterday some doors were closed rudely on people and one lady threatended a couple of the teens.
At the end of the day as we were about to head home two police cruisers arrived on the scene. Apparently someone thought we were trying to case the neighborhood to " break into homes" and called the police. They had a few questions for us which was great. It actually was fun for the team as they were able to get pictures of the team being "interrogated". In the end the policeman thought it would be fun to play a little joke and he told me "maybe I should take them in for questioning", he said it just loud enough for them to hear.
It was a wonderful day and we are doing this again for the next three days. Pray for us today as we will be focusing on the three Indian reserves. We will be involved in prayer walks, door to door, hosting a BBQ and sharing testimonies at the native service tonight.