Kellie, Mrs. Davis, and I went out for three hours yesterday putting Bible club flyers in mailboxes and on doorknobs. Praise the Lord, with the help of several church members, we have handed out almost twelve hundred of these flyers in the last three weeks (that is about a third of the town)! Please pray that many children and parents come to hear the gospel. We have no idea how many are coming, so pray also that God would provide the snacks and prizes we will need.
While we were handing out flyers, Kellie pointed me to an older man who was taking a break while mowing his lawn. It was about eighty degrees outside, a real scorcher for western Alberta. She figured that he might not mind if I finished the small lawn for him. Well, I didn't get to help with that, but I ended up talking to him for about half an hour. His name was Larry and he was ninety-two years old (yes, he was mowing his own lawn). He told me that the heat normally would not bother him, but he just got over pneumonia so he was a little weak! I eventually found out that he came to Hinton over seventy years ago in a covered wagon when the town was no more than a trading post for the miners who lived around. He was a fascinating man! Please pray for him though; obviously there were no churches out here when he grew up, and he told me that he did not really hold to any religion other than to do good to those around him. I was not able to share the gospel with him right there, but I am hoping to visit him again with Bro. Davis and possibly start a friendship that will allow us to witness to him.
Oh, by the way, for those Canadians following the blog, we had our first Timmy's after finishing with the door-knocking (Tim Horton's is the national coffee stop). The Ice Capps and Canadian Maple Creme-filled doughnuts were fantastic... I see now why everyone loves this place!
Anyway, please pray for the Bible clubs tomorrow and the next day from six to seven in the evening (that is Mountain Time Zone). We look forward to telling you great things that the Lord has done!
Will pray for Larry, and for the Bible clubs! Thanks for the update. Oh by the way, in my neck of the woods there are Tim Horton's. The closest one is a mile up the road. So I know what you are talking about. However, since we are moving, we are leaving Tim Horton's territory. I'll miss it. Glad that you get to enjoy it! Blessings, and I'm praying for you all.
ReplyDeleteMay Larry become a believer at 92. Will be praying. (I'll be trying to figure out how you can get a couple of those maple cream filled donuts back to B'ham.) ;)
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