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Thursday April 3rd, 2008
We’ve been on the road for almost a month now. Traveling through South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennesse, Virginia and Washington, DC.
And to date we have been turned down only twice!
This statistic goes against everything I thought would happen in the U.S. First you must know that on average I would guess we speak to and witness to about 30 people a day. This ranges from the mom at the coffee shop who Reid struck up a conversation with or the homeless man Hatcher witnessed to in DC to a pre-school group of 65 kids and around 20 teachers that we shared the Gospel to.
We often offer a wordless, glow-in-dark bracelet and share the meaning of the colors. Or maybe we offer a Jesus film or prayer.
How many would you guess say no? How many say no to you?
In all this time, we have had only two say no. If indeed we have spoken to an average of 30 people for 30 days or 900 people, this means that less than .3 percent are not responding. That is not 3% but 0.3 % or 3/10s of 1 percent!
Please hear this message!! Americans are hungry for God!!
This statistic goes against everything I thought would happen in the U.S. First you must know that on average I would guess we speak to and witness to about 30 people a day. This ranges from the mom at the coffee shop who Reid struck up a conversation with or the homeless man Hatcher witnessed to in DC to a pre-school group of 65 kids and around 20 teachers that we shared the Gospel to.
We often offer a wordless, glow-in-dark bracelet and share the meaning of the colors. Or maybe we offer a Jesus film or prayer.
How many would you guess say no? How many say no to you?
In all this time, we have had only two say no. If indeed we have spoken to an average of 30 people for 30 days or 900 people, this means that less than .3 percent are not responding. That is not 3% but 0.3 % or 3/10s of 1 percent!
Please hear this message!! Americans are hungry for God!!
Yes, Americans. 
When we offer to pray, almost always the response in not simply yes, but “Oh, please, please pray for me!” Harrison has gotten very good at asking, “What do you want us to pray for?” We pray and almost always they cry. I know they are crying tears of healing and trust that God is opening their hearts to Him.
Please pray for the grandmother and her grandson in Navarre, Florida who would not hear or receive and for Wayne in DC who said, “I do not believe.” Please pray for Rishad, a Russian living temporarily in the U.S. and does not know Jesus. He allowed us to share the Gospel with him and pray for him….I pray God will open his heart.
How often do you attempt to share Jesus? If you are like me, you may not share because you think they will not receive. Don’t be deceived…you have the most valuable message they will ever hear and they are hungry. Ask God to let you be a vessel for Him to speak, then open your mouth and let God work through you. What a blessing to see a seed planted in a heart…a seed that God will water and grow…a seed which God will use to produce a harvest. How can you say no?
When we offer to pray, almost always the response in not simply yes, but “Oh, please, please pray for me!” Harrison has gotten very good at asking, “What do you want us to pray for?” We pray and almost always they cry. I know they are crying tears of healing and trust that God is opening their hearts to Him.
Please pray for the grandmother and her grandson in Navarre, Florida who would not hear or receive and for Wayne in DC who said, “I do not believe.” Please pray for Rishad, a Russian living temporarily in the U.S. and does not know Jesus. He allowed us to share the Gospel with him and pray for him….I pray God will open his heart.
How often do you attempt to share Jesus? If you are like me, you may not share because you think they will not receive. Don’t be deceived…you have the most valuable message they will ever hear and they are hungry. Ask God to let you be a vessel for Him to speak, then open your mouth and let God work through you. What a blessing to see a seed planted in a heart…a seed that God will water and grow…a seed which God will use to produce a harvest. How can you say no?
