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| "Tie your shoes and pray for the Hughes" |
Utilizing the religious survey
door to door has allowed us to ease into conversations and has helped keep
people from immediately turning us away.
After a number of good initial discussions, we have several potential
follow-up visits. It did not surprise me
when people answered that to go to heaven, a person must do good
works/pray/obey commands/try not to sin.
I was surprised by the number of people who have admitted to us that they
haven’t been a good enough person in order to go to heaven. They have an awareness of their sinfulness,
but no answer to the problem. We are
hoping many will allow us to share how Jesus’ death and resurrection gives a
solution! For the apartments with no one
home, we plan to leave a link to an online survey to see if that will generate
any contacts.
We do not yet
have an answer about renting a booth in the open air markets. All of our materials are ready to present to
the mayor, but the two times we have stopped by, he has been out of the
office. We plan to try again this week. To the right is an example of one of the
posters David designed to advertise home Bible studies.
“J” is a lady that
has been meeting with us. She was saved
several years ago but has never been baptized.
After she expressed that desire to us, we met to discuss the Scriptural
truths concerning baptism. She seems to
have a good grasp of the true nature of baptism and thus we are planning a
special baptismal service the first Sunday of April.
In His service,
Jacob and Viola Hughes
For Prayer:
1. Permission to
set up a booth in or near the open air markets
2. Continued
surveying and follow-up visits
3. Ladies Bible
study that Viola is leading
For Praise:
1. Conversations that the
surveying has yielded
2. “J” wanting to follow the
Lord in baptism
3. New acquaintances and seed
sown
