LTW Update: Rio Grande Valley Table Ministry /November Report

Update from Curt and Janie Rolf:

With winter jackets on for early morning, we saw our young friend, Leo, waiting for us to get our table set up. Shortly thereafter, we had a nice chat about Harry Potter and what God says about sorcery and witchcraft in the Bible. Leo has many table materials, and we read Day 6 of Keys For Kids. He also took the November/December issue of the devotional. His mom (a vendor) came looking for him and said, “I knew where I could find him." We do so enjoy our visits with Leo and continue to pray for God’s saving grace for him and his family.

The Winter-Texans are arriving. Curt had a nice visit with Vernon from Northern Minnesota and later met his wife who had a booth today. More than once this week we were reminded of the importance of lifestyle evangelism and developing relationships; realizing that in God’s time He will present the opportunities to minister from Scripture.

Janie also had the opportunity to briefly visit with local vendor, Frederick, and will keep him in prayer for his hip surgery in December as well as dealing with the ‘why me’ questions as for God’s will in his life.

A dear friend dealing with cancer stopped by and welcomed the encouraging words from “The Way of the Shepherd” as well as “The Most Important Story Ever Told” for her grandchildren.

We stand in awe as our “Keys for Kids” banner attracts Grandma’s….conversations which lead into some very interesting opportunities for Biblical apologetics.

Young Dante came back. His mom and dad have a little soda shop here on Jackson St. I asked if he would read “The Most Important Story Ever Told” and let me know what he thinks about it. He agreed. Could we have another “Leo” developing here? This colorful little 30 page booklet is a remarkable condensed version of the Bible.. What a great booklet for a young person’s first-introduction to the Bible!

I was so glad we had a number of materials in Spanish. A sweet grandma took several items for herself and a few items for her grandchildren.

Alex, an interesting man, took many pieces of literature for adults and kids. I'm not really sure what his intentions were as he took everything from the toddlers version of Would You Like to Know Jesus? to The Occult.

Another fellow, with white hair and flowing white beard, approached the table promoting Santa Claus's appearances and photo-ops. As he gave us his card, he did a double-take and took Mormon and Jehovah's Witness materials. All of a sudden we had several people approach the table at once. One was looking for something for her four year old girl. Someone had given us just the thing “Children’s Bible Stories” (a toddler’s version). Another was relaying a desire for materials for grandkids ages 4-15. We were pleased to have something for all ages, including The Most Important Story Ever Told and Knowing Aslan. She was delighted, and she, too, will report next month on her thoughts about the materials.

In that bunch of kids that stopped by, Curt couldn’t resist getting a picture of the mini-Darth Vader. (We suspect it was a Halloween mask leftover).

We had the opportunity to give out all of our coloring page packets (26) with crayons. This time they were about God’s 6^th day, creating all land animals. A young lady stopped by with her grandma, and we gave her coloring pages along with the CBH tract “Who Can Make a Bird?" Grandma was interested in materials on “Life After Death” and several True Way tracts. She said she often came to Market Days, and I asked her to let us know her thoughts on the materials she took. She very willingly agreed.

By 10:00 A.M. we were back to normal Texas temps. and grateful for our canopy.

It was a fun day!!!!!

Relying on Him as “He directs our paths.” (Prov. 16:9)

Curt and Janie

Curt and Janie Rolf - Rio Grande Valley

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