Last week, Elizabeth taught the Bible Lesson. It was about witnessing. She challenged the children to go and witness to three people. This was something that both she and I were struggling with, so we decided that in order to be a good example to the children and grow ourselves, we were going to take the challenge too. On Friday, we heard that we were going to a baseball game and were excited because we thought that this would be a great time to ‘open-air witness.’ We listened to a message about five questions that we can ask when we witness and prayed for God’s courage. Elizabeth prayed for six people to talk with and out we went.
When we got to the stadium, we found out that the game was cancelled, and we were really disappointed, but then we went to Sonic. At Sonic, there were a whole bunch of people just sitting around enjoying the evening, and Elizabeth and I thought that it would be a great time to witness. We started out with a couple, and when we asked them the starting question, “What do you think happens after you die?”, we found out that they were born-again believers. In fact, we were able to get their church’s information, because after we explained what we were doing and what In the Gap is, they were really interested in doing a Bible Club with us and their church. The next person we talked to was a teenage girl. She was closed to answering our questions, but we gave her a tract. Then her friend came up and wanted to know what we were doing. Elizabeth was then able to share the Gospel with her. The next two people we talked to believed in good works, and we got to share a couple verses with them about salvation by grace and left a tract. The last family that we talked with that evening were [another religion]. It was interesting to hear what they believe and see their point of view. We tried to share the true Gospel with them, but they were not receptive to receiving additional information. By the end of the night, we had spoken to ten people—four more than we had prayed for.
The next day, we went to Wal-Mart and started to do the same thing. We talked with an elderly man. He was unsure where he was going after he died and was absolutely closed to talking about it. We left a tract with him and prayed for him. Later, as we passed by him again, we saw that he was reading the tract. The next person that we talked with was a young boy. I was able to share the Wordless Book with him. Even though he did not ask Jesus for forgiveness, I am so glad that God blessed me with the opportunity to be able to share with him and be a seed planter. It was so neat to see how God worked. He gave great courage to Elizabeth and I. It was only by His power, courage, and faithfulness that we were able to share as we did. God was so good and blessed us so much. Great is His faithfulness. Praise the Lord! ~Hanna