Heidi and Suzi at table as people come up to hear about how to be saved
All materials are free. God is using them so much! (We are asking God for an extra 200.00 per month to meet the needs of this busy ministry. They are out every Sunday after church.)
Heidi and Susan offering free materials at the table andanswering questions from people approaching
Cold weather has moved the table outreach underground in subway station
Heidi and Christine at table
Christine witnessing at table Update from Heidi (I have sent them more resources this week by mail, so more Bibles and tracts are on the way):
Shalom Dwayna, blessings and peace to you!!
This past Sunday the weather took a turn for the colder side, as winter seems to be finally rearing it's head. We decided to set up at our new location which we anticipate will be our new "home" during winter season. We set up in the subway passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square. The benefit of this location is that we have protection from the elements although it a little noisy with the trains pulling in and leaving the station.
Again, the Lord was shining His face upon us and this ministry and we are so humbled and grateful that He has placed us in a location where there are many people going to and fro. As a result, there are many opportunities to hand out items as well as engage the passersby in spiritual matters.
Once again, to our amazement, most of our Bibles, both the complete versions, the New Testaments and the Hebrew/English Old Testaments flew off the table. Many people were enamored with the Hebrew Bible as it has a wonderful look to it. We were blessed with this donation. As such, many were taken by people who either were curious about it, had Jewish friends to which they considered giving it as a gift and others wanted it as a substitute as we ran out of complete Bibles, and they wanted the Old Testament.
Pastor Recker of Heritage Baptist Church blessed us with many tracts from Ken Ham's ministry. These tracts are especially helpful as they cover a wide range of topics concerning false teachings and deceptions occuring today. We also passed out some tracts from Mike Gendron's ministry concerning defense of Biblical faith as opposed to catholicism. We ran out of the Spanish ones and have very few English ones left. Some Christians who stopped by exclaimed how joyful they were to see these tracts and many took several of each. We encouraged people to take as many as they desired and encouraged all to be ambassadors in their respective circles.
One man who came to the table appeared to be trying to come back to the Lord after having fallen off his walk. He explained that he had just recently started to attend a church in the city but also mentioned that he was familiar with my church and my pastor as he listens to the radio program on Sunday nights and has been sensing that the Lord Jesus is drawing him back to Him. We encouraged him to read the Bible daily and to seek out a Biblical church. I encouraged him to come visit my church. He said he would consider it. He is featured in one of the photos which Suzi and Christine provided.
I was able to engage with several born-again young ladies who were happy to see us there, and were grateful when I invited them to a Hanukkah party and a Messianic Congregation this coming Saturday. It seems that they were very interested in messianic believers but didn't know of a Congregation which they could visit, so I was grateful to be able to provide them information.
Many people desired to have more materials in Spanish. Also, some were requesting materials in Arabic!!! Many wanted Christian music. I was able to donate some music CDs to the table, and they are were given out. All the apologetics books concerning the New Age movement and eastern mysticism were also depleted.
Christine and Suzi were able to engage various people and while we were attending to the table, Christine and Suzi were able to write our contact e-mail on some bookmarks that I made, so that way we can follow-up with those who have additional questions or want to know more about our ministry. We hope to have some ministry cards soon.
Again, people wanted to know if we would be back every Sunday and we indicated as long as we had an open door, we would be there and also hoped to have more resources for them.
We are continuing to have much success in giving out the Good News and we hope and pray that these materials will help many who are lost, are searching, have questions, or need encouragement in their walks. We pray for salvation!!!
May His will be done!
Shalom,
Heidi
