This week has been a great time of seeing God work.  Every day, I have had at least one person stop by the church to visit with me.  Some were looking for prayer, others are just trying to figure out who…or what we are.

Today was joyous, as we were getting ready to begin, I saw a woman pushing a stroller coming across the street towards the church.  I recognized this woman as someone we had met at the bus transfer station a few weeks back as we were handing out water.  During that first interaction, Mike had spoken with this woman for nearly 20 minutes.

She entered the door with her 3 year old daughter and we began to interact and I learned that her name was Nellie.  Nellie has been watching us to see if we were going to stay put.  She decided that today was the day she would come to see what we are all about.  Nellie is a hodge podge of religious thought.  She has been influenced by a Pentecostal grandfather, Jehovah’s Witness friend and a myriad of other voices that have generated a great deal of fogginess in her mind about things pertaining to God.  Nellie asked one question that stood out:  “Why is Jesus called the Lamb of God?”  This allowed me to to talk about the perfect sacrifice that was made for all mankind when Jesus gave up His life on the cross.   When I was done explaining this to her, she was so excited, because “she could finally understand.”  Before the morning was over, I gave her a Bible.  She told me this was the first Bible she had ever owned, with the exception of a small Precious Moments Bible she had once had as a little girl.

As we were finishing up today, a man walked in, burdened by some things that were causing him to question whether he was truly ready when this life is over.  This man carries a piece of baggage with him that has weighed him down for 50 years.  Mike shared the message of salvation and forgiveness that is found in Jesus.  This man declared, “that’s too easy!”  Sadly, he could not accept that God would extend grace so freely.   We are praying that God will show Him grace in a powerful and unmistakable way.

I am currently about $300 short of having my India airfare with one week to go.