A young man out of the Navy for three years had loved the Bible
Answers with Doug Batchelor on Armed Services Radio when in the Navy.
He had not been able to find this Doug anywhere until he saw him on our
TV monitor. He asked, "Isn't that Doug Batchelor?" After expressing his
joy at finding Amazing Facts again he then went on to take STC and BR and
sign up for the AF Bible course. He said he is sure God's blessing led
him to connect with this ministry because of the clear Bible teaching he
had experienced when listening in; the past. He had confidence that
these were the people where he needed to find the truth. God loves to
network with His children through us.

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Near the end of a Sunday afternoon we had cleaned and prepared to
close the booth a half hour before closing time but were impressed to
pray that the Lord would bring just one more hungry soul by, so we
waited. Just about five minutes before closing, a young clean cut man
showed up and came right over to the booth and said; "so this is why I
was supposed to come to the Flea Market today, I never go to Flea
Markets." He selected BR,GC, and STC. He thanked us and gave a generous
donation and immediately the lights blinked and the announcement of the
closing market came over the speaker. We need to be where God can us,
waiting patiently at our mission post.

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Late one Sunday afternoon a finely dressed middle aged lady and her
adult daughter came over and interestedly looked over the books. She
seemed quite impressed while admiring the books but refused to take any,
stating that she was a Sunday school teacher and had many religious books
at home. We told her that the book Steps to Christ were very inexpensive
and she could pass them out to her teen aged students. She looked at the
book and ordered a case of them. God has His servants everywhere, willing
to do His will. Have we passed these treasures out to all our children?

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On Thursday. last week I was 500 miles away, at the location of a couple
of publishers from whom we needed books. I was there for another reason
but thought it would be good to save the shipping cost by buying several
cases now and bringing them home with me. I had not planned this and so
put the cost of over four hundred dollars on my credit card. The very
next week-end before the card bill came due, a young man, who was a
total stranger but who was very impressed with us giving the gospel in
the market for free, came to me in the market and just handed me a roll
of -you won't believe it-five one hundred dollar bills. These are the
unseen hand of God that we see by faith in this Ministry on a regular
basis, but not usually so large a gift.
God wants this Ministry to succeed, and He is willing to fund it. Praise
God!

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A young couple with two young children approached the books with the
wife showing special interest in the Steps to Christ, saying she had been
raised by a Christian Grandmother who had this book and the book Great
Controversy, and Desire of Ages in hard back. She had not been to her
G randmother's church in over ten years. She quickly took these books
and her husband, who said he was of the Baptist faith, stated that he
had been listening to /Doug Batchelor on local TV for a long time, so he
took some of the Amazing Facts sermon booklets. At this point the wife
said that she knew now why they had come to the Market today, and stated
how thankful she was that we were here. They stayed for quite a while
and enjoyed watching us give Free Gospel Books. It is the Spirit of God
that makes the connections.

 

 

 

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