Bible quizing and 1 salvation

This week proved to be an exciting week and it ended with some icing on the cake. I told you about my soul-winning efforts in a local market that upset a few Muslims on Thursday. So, I will skip to Sunday's events.

In Sunday school last week I told everyone to read the first 10 chapters in the book of Luke. I told them that instead of Bible drills that we would do a Bible quiz. If they got a correct answer they would get a piece of candy. They enjoyed the quiz I think, and several adults walked away with a fist full of candy. In our lesson I taught on the prophesy and birth of Jesus. With only 46 days till Christmas I thought the timing was adequate.

That's right only 46 days til Christmas. Believe it or not, we have all our Christmas shopping done already. It takes about 4 weeks for packages to arrive here from the states so we started shopping at the end of October. I do 99% of our purchases at Amazon.com and then have them shipped to family in Michigan. They then repackage them and mail them to us. So, obviously, time is a major factor. But I digress.

During our morning service, Bro Greg preached on the Baptist distinctives. He emphasized the fact that it is our main goal as Baptists to follow the Bible and not add to or take away from its teaching. It was a great opportunity to preach on what the Bible says a person needs to do go to heaven. The answer is as simple as it is mind boggling: Acts 16:31 "...Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..."

During the invitation time I had the opportunity to show Janet how to be saved! I got a little hung up when we came to the sinners prayer. Fortunately, we have a prayer that is written in the tract portion of the Romans booklets so I showed her the prayer. I explained that the words in the prayer are not magic words and that she would be saved by faith in what Jesus did when He died on the cross for our sins.

As I handed the booklet for her to look at she said, "let's kneel." Cathy and I knelt in the rocky dust as Janet knelt and sincerely read the sinners prayer! Afterward, as church dismissed we announced to the church that Janet received Christ as her Savior. What a way to end the service!

Please pray:
Holiday times are always tough on the mission field emotionally- pray for our spirits that we would not be discouraged and too homesick for the next 2 months.
Money to purchase a good truck. We will be saving up for the next 6 months.
Money to purchase land for a new church plant.