Easter Sunday's trial creates soul-winning opportunities

This week I was able to put a close to most of the problems from the accident that occurred on Good Friday. The driver and I agreed that neither party was at fault. I paid him $300 to fix his motorcycle and help with time missed from work. If we had taken the case to court we would have spent a lot of time making visits to the courthouse just waiting to be heard. I have been told that unless you have some “pull” (read bribes) your case will continually remain on the bottom of the stack. You will continually be called to appear in court week after week but you will never make any progress on the case. Also, had we taken the case to court the guilty party would have been fined $150 for reckless driving but the other party would not receive any award of any sort. That made our decision to settle out of court very easy to make. Thank you for your prayers on this matter.

On Easter Sunday I ran into another small trial. After the service concluded I fellowshipped with the people for a few minutes and then made my way to my battered truck. As I turned the key nothing happened. The battery was completely dead. I had the foresight to bring a set of jumper cables so all I needed was another vehicle to help me jump-start the truck. I started to walk to the main road and about 1 mile later I passed a mini van taxi that was jammed full of people who were on their way to church. I just couldn’t ask them to take their time to help me so I continued on. Another ½ mile or so and I met 2 young men one of which offered to help me. I waited with his friend as he went to get his vehicle. During the 30 minutes he was gone I talked with the friend about salvation. He told me that he is a Muslim. We talked about his faith and what he is trusting in for salvation. It was a very good sincere conversation. I left him with some “meat” to chew on and invited him to come to church sometime as his friend pulled up in his vehicle. I hopped in and we drove back to the church. As we waited for the battery to take a charge I talked to the driver about salvation. He told me that he needed to be saved and learn more about the Bible. He wasn’t available to take the time to talk about it at that moment but invited me to come to his house on Saturday. Please pray for his salvation as I visit him this Saturday May, 7.