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Evangelism in Edinburgh
31/07/2012 14:54It was a lovely day to get down into the city. We've had very few warm days like this. Believe it or not, our temperature currently is 63 degrees. Until now most of our days have been in the 50's. We've had more sunshine in the past week than we've had in the previous month and a half. We are loving the change in weather. (May it continue....amen and amen.)
The Lord directed me today. I was going to get off the bus in a different place than where I did. However, I felt like He wanted me to get out at another stop. 30 seconds after getting off, I was witnessing to Matt. He is an atheist. (Most of my time today was spent with atheists.) We talked for about 20 minutes and then he had to head to work.
Ewan is working on a law degree. He said that he had started to read the Bible but stopped. He had started at the beginning. I encouraged him to start again in the Gospels. I was able to share the Gospel with him.
Emma was the most interesting opportunity. She is an atheist who is working on a master's degree in "Biblical (something...I can't remember exactly what.)" She had just finished a paper on Revelation. Unfortunately after 15 minutes she had to get back to work. Please pray that she will visit our church and that God would bring her to faith in Him. She had a sincere question that I hope was partially answered before her departure.
Although it was a beautiful day and I enjoy getting out, it can be disheartening to see the spiritual darkness. Please pray for God's power to awaken men's hearts.
Sunday
29/07/2012 20:50
The Lord gave us a good Sunday. We had good attendance in all of our services. (17 this morning and this evening. 18 in total.) This morning I preached on "Being a Good Evangelist" from Philip's trip to the desert. Our topical study tonight was on, "Growing in Grace." We also observed the Lord's Supper in the evening service. Praise the Lord for a good day.
Please keep praying for Michael. The Lord allowed me to bump into him yesterday. He's doing well but has been very busy.
Day #5 HBT
27/07/2012 19:59God gave us another great day. The spirit has been wonderful all week long and the kids have faithfully attended. We had one first time visitor today and a total of 24 kids who attended at some point this week.
The Lord gave us good helpers this week with our church folks and other Christian friends from other ministries in Scotland. Thank you for praying for this week. God's hand has been evident and we thank Him for His goodness.
Day #4 of HBT
26/07/2012 15:01Today we had our first visitors from our HBT flyer. John brought his two grandchildren to participate. We were glad to see them. He had told Katie that he was going to bring the kids today when Katie met him last week. John told me the funny story of getting the flyer. His front door is glass but it was locked. Logan had approached his door outside just as John went to the door inside. Logan was using a F.D.T. (Many of you know about our cutting boards (Flyer Distribution Tools.) We use them to push our flyer in neatly past the bristles in the mail slot.) Anyway, John took the F.D.T and flyers from Logan. So, there they stood, Logan with a look of shock on his face and John without a key to open the door. He did go and get the key to give Logan back his tool. But, he said Logan's look was priceless.
It was another good day with very good weather. God is giving us a great week.
Day #3 of HBT
25/07/2012 21:22The Lord gave us another great day. We had a good group (19 kids) with great weather. We are having a lot of fun! (That is an answer to prayer.) Thanks for praying.
Day #2 of HBT
24/07/2012 15:52The Lord gave us another good day. Yesterday the children proved their "nationality" and played games in the rain without seeming to mind. Thankfully the weather was a bit better today. Although it's been an overcast day, it has not been raining. So, game time was dry and fun.
The Bible time went very well. Katie is teaching the story with power point that she has worked hard to put together. The centre has a very nice "tele" mounted on the wall. So, the slides are very clear. The kids are paying good attention.
We had 15 children today as one family was unable to attend. Lord willing, they will be back for the rest of the week as they've planned.
Skye approached Katie after HBT and asked about salvation. She prayed with Katie and was beaming afterwards. She wanted Katie to go with her to tell her mum. Please pray for God's continued work in her little heart. She's been attending our church for close to 2 years.
So, praise the Lord. We are enjoying the ministry that He has given to us and seeing Him answer your prayers. Thanks for participating in our ministry.
The Beginning of the Games!!!
23/07/2012 13:27We had an "Olympic" start to our HBT with 19 kids present and 5 adults. We also had the Weaver family helping us today which was a real blessing. Everything went very well. We appreciate your prayers and we are trusting the Lord for a great week.
Last night our church family enjoyed a sweet prayer time and set up time. I'll put some pictures below of our decor.
We all went to church!
22/07/2012 13:20Praise the Lord we were all able to attend church this morning. And after returning, we were glad that we did because the kids appear to be better. Thanks for praying. God is good.
We had good attendance today. Adele and the Hikins were present for Sunday School. Alec and Connie joined us for the morning service. I preached on "Going for Gold" from I Corinthians 9:24-27. Our HBT will carry a similar theme.
Thanks for your prayers!
Prayer Requests
21/07/2012 15:45We have had a bit of illness this week. Katie and Logan have already had it. Nelson and Kay Lee are currently running significant fevers. Please pray for wisdom, grace and healing. We start tomorrow and don't stop (kind of) until next Friday. We'd really like to have no need to have anyone stay at home. So, do pray please.
We also viewed a home today that would work very well. We are interested if the Lord works out all of the details. We appreciate your prayers.
The Lord gave me a divine appointment this morning as I fueled up at ASDA (Walmart.) The attendant stood and chatted with me as I was filling up. It is a gorgeous day *(PRAISE THE LORD) and that started our conversation. Please pray that God will do a good work in Mark's heart.
(Below is a photo of the home that we are currently considering and praying about. Thanks for your prayers.)
HBT is coming quickly....
19/07/2012 22:14Well we are getting close to the beginning of our HBT. The Lord gave us a lovely day today and our family put out flyers all morning. The kids did a great job and most of Loanhead has received the flyer. I had one very good witnessing opportunity. Please pray that Bill will visit the church. He asked good questions and shows a sincere desire for truth.
The Hikins, Christine and her boys, and our family were present for church this evening. We studied Psalm 28 in the adult class and the kids studied the 10 commandments.
We are having a bit of illness again. Please pray that everyone is better by HBT time.