I want to update you on the table ministry here in NYC. As I wrote earlier in the week, last Sunday we were rained out, so Suzi and I ended up handing out tracts and booklets ( the Which Way to God? Is There Anybody Out There? Can We Be Good Without God? Where Is God When Things Go Wrong? booklets). That was a great experience! We had a lot of receptive people who stuck out their hands and took the booklets and tracts. So a lot of seeds were planted that day, praise God!Today was a beautiful sunny day, low 70's. I set up the table...and stayed out there until around 4:30 P.M., maybe a little bit later, up until the Redeemer congregation started arriving for their 5:00 service. A lot of people came up to the table today, and praise God, the Bibles were all taken (one woman in particular came up and asked "This is free?! This is an answer to prayer I cannot believe it! Can I take this? And another one as well for my friend right here?" (She waved her friend over)...She was extremely happy to receive the Bibles and as I asked her name she said "Katelyn". I said that she and her friend would be in my prayers. She said "Yes, thank you! Please pray for us." They were in a rush to get somewhere, so they didn't stick around but that exchange was a blessing.
Suzi engaged in a real interesting conversation with a man who admitted he pretty much has tried every type of spirituality out there. He sounded very knowledgeable and was open to seeking Jesus and learning more about Him. He had a good understanding of the Jewish faith as well as Christianity, but he was missing the link as well as a belief that Jesus is our Lord and Savior. But he was open and took a CD (Dear Rabbi, Tell Me About Jesus [I think that is the title]), Warren Smith's, The Light that was Dark, the pages explaining Old Testament prophecies fulfilled by Christ, and I think something else...
The pictures of the table were right after set up. You have to know that by the end of the time outside, the first entire row of books were gone, the 3 books of the Tanakah and the 4 Bibles. A few people took books and materials on Catholicism-- The Road to Rome and Truth Set Us Free (I think that is the title of the account of Nuns leaving Catholicism) and Preparing Catholics for Eternity. Also we had a very engaging conversation with Pastor Carpenter from First Baptist, who came back to the table later on with his wife and his darling little baby! His wife also has a beautiful voice that she graced us with during the service after communion.
It was an amazing day and all glory and praise to God and to Jesus our most precious Lord and Savior! We would have stayed out longer but we had to pack up before the evening service at Redeemer Pres. that night.
God bless,
Christine and Suzi
P.S.-- Oops, have to amend that the "entire" row of books were not taken, the Hebrew New Testaments were still around afterwards! And a few of the booklets, After Death, Then What? ;)
