Seahawks Final Regular Season Game 2012

It was all about Jesus today!

He so motivated me to proclaim His goodness, and His greatness, and His mercy.   Videos to come.

We were dropped off about 9:45 am at CenturyLink field.   We handed out bunches of tracts, and we proclaimed the good news of reconciliation to the Seahawk fanatics.

Then got to witness to a Catholic priest on the bus ride back to the Lynnwood transit center.

Here's the text of what I intended to preach.

Good morning), my name is Keith and I’m a Christian I’m here to bring the Gospel message to you as you enter the stadium. The Gospel is the good news of the salvation that God has provided. It's the good news of reconciliation with God; though you may be alienated from God; estranged from God, you can be made right with God. We’re here to lift up and proclaim the Name of the only true God and our Savior, the LORD Jesus Christ. We’re here to tell you about the Name of our Great God and Redeemer, The LORD Jesus Christ.   I’d like you to think about something as you enter the stadium today.  Contrary to what many might say, Christianity requires you to THINK about some things in order to come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ.  God would have you engage your mind.  Oh, that God would reveal the truth to your mind.  The greatest commandment, according to Jesus, is that you love God with all your heart, soul, MIND and strength.  So put your mind towards this concept.   Life is but a vapor. We’re here today and gone tomorrow.   Life is short, you may live 60, 70, 80 or even 90 years, but you aren't guaranteed even your next breath.  You’re heart could give out before I finish speaking. What will you do when you breathe your last breath, when you stand before your Maker to give an account of your life?   Will you try to bribe God and offer Him your good works?  Will you stand before your Creator in your own goodness?  Would you consider yourself to be a good person?  Let's see if you are.  Have you ever told a lie?   If so, that would make you a liar.   Have you ever taken anything that didn’t belong to you? If so, that would make you a thief.   But it goes so much deeper than that, have you always put God first in your life? The first commandment is you shall have no other gods before Me.   Has God always been top priority in your life, or does football and entertainment come before God?  If so, you’d be guilty of breaking the first commandment.   The second commandment is don’t create an idol for yourself. Don’t bow down and worship an idol.   If you believe in a god that’s ok with drunkenness then you’ve made an idol.   If you’re guilty of breaking any of these commandments, then you’re deserving of punishment.  Even if you think you’ve kept all the commandments, and yet offended in one point, you would be GUILTY.  The punishment for crimes against a Holy and Righteous, Eternal God is an awful and horrible, eternal punishment and that’s called Hell and I don’t want that for you and God certainly doesn’t want that for anyone.   But God gives us time, he gives us grace so that we would come to him in repentance.  God is not willing that any should perish, but that all would come to repentance.   It is God’s goodness that leads us to repentance.  You need to change your thinking about God and His Holiness and His Goodness.   He must punish sin because of His goodness and justice.  The guilty will by no means go unpunished. But listen, here’s the good news (the Gospel) of what God did for us guilty sinners so that we could avoid the punishment that we deserve.
The Gospel goes here...
The Seahawks may be good... This year, but they will let you down; it’s only a matter of time.  Do you let the outcome of a football game determine your emotional well being.   Do you get pumped when they win, and depressed when they lose.  All this is temporary.   All this is fleeting, but God is faithful and true, He will never let you down, and if you put your trust in Him you’ll never be ashamed.  God is 100% trustworthy.   Don’t place your Love and affection on the world, or the things that are in the world  Place your affection on God himself.

You might say, “I believe in God”, and you think that’s good enough to make you right with God.  If you think that you’re deceived, because even the devil believes in God, and trembles.   It’s more than just believing in God, but it is repenting (changing your mind about sin and turning away from it, and turning to God for mercy.)
You might think you are safe from God’s condemnation because you’ve never murdered anyone.   You might think that guy who killed 20 little kids and 6 adults in Newtown Connecticut is a murderer, but you aren’t.   But Jesus says Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and no murderer has eternal life.”  In fact, if you have ever even called someone an idiot or moron, you are in danger of judgement, according to Jesus, because you’d be guilty of ‘character assassination.   I’m here to warn you to flee the wrath to come.  Flee to the refuge of Jesus Christ.

What would God have you do? How does God want you to come to Him?   The Bible says, The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, God, will not despise.    It says, Humble yourself before God.   God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Check out what I’m saying; don’t just take what I’m saying at face value.   Test it by opening the Bible for yourself, to see if these things be so.  Dust off your Bible.   You probably have to find it first in the back of your closet, or under your bed, but find it, dust it off and read it for yourself.  It will change your life.  Start with the Gospel of Matthew or Mark or Luke or John.  The Bible is God’s love letter to you.  The word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword.   The Bible is God’s Word; It is inspired directly by God himself. Yes, men wrote it down, but the Bible is literally God breathed.   Every Word of God is pure.

God demonstrated His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

If you confess with your mouth, Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved, because with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.

You must be born again by the power of God.  Jesus said, unless you are born again, you will not see the kingdom of God.  How are you born again, you ask? When you repent and trust in Christ as your savior, God will give you a new nature with new desires.  In fact, God Himself will take up residence in your heart and life in the person of the Holy Spirit. Repent and be converted that your sins may be blotted out and times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.

Don’t wait, don’t put it off.  There’s nothing more important than your eternal salvation.   Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me will live, even though they die;

Jim and Mo Mo

Then I walked around the block, via the greenbelt trail.   I saw two youths ahead of me and went up and handed them Gospel tracts.

Jim explained he was an Atheist because the Bible was too hard to understand and he couldn't accept the thought of living, then dying and going to heaven or hell.  He was disgusted with religion. I agreed, religion has caused more wars, more pedophile priests and Jesus was harder on the religious folks than anyone else.   I explained that Christianity was not meant to be a religion, but a relationship with the eternal, infinite God.

I had the privilege of sharing the Gospel with them after running them through the Law.   Mo Mo had a Christian background, so she understood where I was leading them.

Then I explained the cross, and sin, righteousness and the judgement to come.   I gave Jim the 21 day challenge (dust off your Bible and read a chapter of the Gospel of John per day, and see who Jesus really is).

I pray for Jim, and Mo Mo, that they will turn to you, Lord Jesus.

God bless...

Fully Prepared for the Munchies

Tonight, I heard the sound of a car door closing, down the hill from my house, at the trail head.     I grabbed my jacket, my flashlight and my tracts and went down to meet them.  I went out to find two cars parked there. One empty, the other with four guys and one girl.   The girl was sitting in the middle of the back seat between two guys with a couple of pizzas on their laps, while the front passenger was in the middle of rolling some form of a medical cigarette or something.

The driver was reluctant to roll down his window... so I shined the flashlight in his face, which probably didn't help any, but he rolled down the window.   I gave him a Gospel tract, he asked what it was, and I asked them what they were doing, and if it was illegal.  They responded "no".  I offered the back seat passengers a tract and they refused, so I dropped it in their lap.   At that time the driver began to roll up his window and turn the key to start the car.   I said, you don't have to leave, and he said, "I think we do".   And they left.

May the Lord reach these kids that are so disillusioned by life and godless purposelessness.

hmmm....

God bless...

The Proud and the Mockers at the Leavenworth Christmas Festival

Thomas, Wayne and myself had a wonderful time handing out Gospel tracts and preaching the Gospel to hundreds of people at the Leavenworth Christmas festival yesterday.

We received great encouragement by several who listened to our Gospel preaching.   There was at least one couple though, who thought it funny to mock the Gospel presentation.

I had a long conversation with Lucas, who "doesn't not believe" in God.  I explained he was only a breath away from eternity, and he needed to get right with God.  He justified himself, and was unwilling to humble himself, and call out to God for mercy.

I'll let the video's do the speaking this time...

God bless...

The LORD's Favor on Black Friday

As anyone can tell you, "timing is everything", and "location, location location", well, the LORD has impeccable timing and places us where he wills, like pieces of a Chess set.

We started at the target in Smokey Point, but were shutdown before we started.

Then we traveled to Walmart on the Tulalip Indian reservation, where God showed us favor.   We handed out a around thousand Gospel tracts.  We got into several interesting conversations.  One with a single mother, Jesse, whom I got to witness to and pray for.   Another with Joseph, the Persian. Joseph told me I was a pagan Christian, because I celebrated Christmas, but he rejected the Bible and Jesus Christ.  I had to shut the conversation down because he was speaking against Jesus.    While we were there, the store manager came out a couple times, and police were hovering around us, but they just left us alone as we handed out candy canes and Gospel tracts.

Then we drove over to Kohls, where we made a quick pass through the line and handed out 75 Gospel tracts

Finally, we went to the Outlet Mall.  We had to park way out by the Casino, and as we walked to the mall, we engaged a store employee, Julie, who was very nice. Although she had been to Sunday school as a kid, she had no understanding of the Gospel message.   She was so gracious to converse with us during the entire walk into the mall.  Thomas had the opportunity to share the Gospel with her, and she was very receptive. She said she would consider these things and we encouraged her to read her Bible.   Inside the mall, we handed Gospel tracts out amongst a sea of humanity. We went to the food court area and stood on the bench and proclaimed the Gospel in the open Air in front of Coach, and then over by Starbucks.   It was very nerve wracking because we were addressing so many people.  As we completed our second message, the security guard came up and informed us that he appreciate the message, but we couldn't do this and had to leave. We complied.

Here is the text of my message:

Good evening.  Merry Christmas to you!  My name is Keith and I'm a Christian and I'd like to share a message with you of the true meaning of Christmas. So to do that, I'd like to read the Christmas story from the Gospel of Luke.  Before I do that though, let me say, I really enjoy getting and giving Christmas presents. I love family get-togethers and all that good food.  I appreciate having a Christmas tree and decorations and Christmas lights; although I'm not such a big fan of climbing up on a ladder and putting lights on the house.   Don't get me wrong, all those things are very cool, but that's not the true meaning of Christmas. So let me read the Christmas story from the book of Luke.  One more thing though, I don't mean to burst anyone's bubble, but most assuredly Christ was not born on December 25th.  From history and clues in the text we can say that most certainly, Jesus was not born on December 25th.  That date was chosen many years later to coincide with the pagan celebration with the Winter Solstice.  So although the choice of that date makes me very uncomfortable, I am glad we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Luke 2: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

That little excerpt from Luke chapter cut right to the chase of why there is a Christmas story.  We skipped over the angel announcing that although Mary was a virgin, she would become pregnant by the Holy Spirit. We skipped over the fact that Mary was betrothed or engaged to Joseph, and that Rome had ordered everyone to return to their hometown to register for a census, so they could be taxed.   We didn't hear about the fact that when Mary and Joseph traveled to Bethlehem for the census, there was no room for them in the inn, so they stayed in a stable, where Jesus was born, and they laid him in a manger or a feed trough as a cradle. We just learned that Jesus was to be a savior which is Christ the Lord.   What is Jesus a savior from though? Well, simply sin and death, because the Bible says, “for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”, and it says, “the wages of sin is death”. Elsewhere it says, “it is appointed unto man, once to die and after this, the Judgement.”   Lastly, it says, “God has appointed a day in which He will judge the world in Righteousness.”   So we’ve all sinned, and we’re all headed for death. And after we die, we will stand before God our Maker, and give an account of our life.  And the standard by which he will judge us is Righteousness, that’s the standard Righteousness, which means God is going to judge the heart.   We can know how we’ll do on that day by looking at ourselves in the mirror (so to speak) of God’s law, the Ten Commandments, and we can see how we compare to that standard of Righteousness.  So let me ask you a few questions based on the Ten Commandments. Answer to yourself, you don’t have to answer to me, but listen to your conscience.
The Law goes here...
The Gospel goes next...

God bless...

Merry Christmas... It is Christmas, Isn't It?

I hope you had fun tonight, on this day that goes by so many names; Halloween, All Hallows Eve, Reformation Day.

Reformation Day??? You ask, well yes, it was on this day in 1517, that Martin Luther (albeit he had his theological problems), nailed his 95 theses on the church door at Wittenberg, which began the Christian reformation.

Today, October 31st also goes by the name National Evangelism Day, because kids (and adults) come to your door for candy and you can give them candy and a Gospel tract.

All the kids were very nice tonight.   We had quite a few more than I anticipated.   I ended up giving Fiber One bars to the last several kids (we care about their colon health here.)

Just to put a humorous spin on things, I donned a Santa Clause hat to answer the door tonight.   And as I would open the door I would exclaimed "Merry Christmas" to the kids.   Some were kind of confused, other just laughed and thought I was silly (which I am), other said, "it's Halloween, not Christmas."   By the time they were walking away though, almost all of the kids said Merry Christmas.

I handed out Creepy Cash Gospel tracts tonight, from www.customtractsource.com.   One large group of late teenagers came up.  They were dressed ghoulishly, as so many were tonight.   I handed each one of them a Gospel tract and a piece of candy.   When I explained they were Gospel tracts, about the Bible, one kid say, "but what if I'm an Atheist?", and I said, "Well, you need it all the more then."   He accepted the tract and said thanks.   Praise the Lord!



Here is the text of the tract,

"Are you ready to be scared? Its funny how at Halloween we delight in being frightened. Many people think its fun to be scared to death! But death itself is a very scary thought. What do you think will happen after you die? The Bible says, It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment. Take this quick test to see how you'll do on Judgment Day.

Ever lied? Ever stolen? Ever used Gods name in vain? Ever looked with lust? (God considers lust the same as adultery.) If you're guilty of these, you've broken Gods moral Law, the Ten Commandments. God sees you as a liar, a thief, a blasphemer, and an adulterer at heart. The punishment for breaking His Law is death, and eternity in hell. What will you say in your defense? 

The good news is that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, took our punishment for us. He died on the cross to pay our penalty, then rose from the dead. The Bible says, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

Jesus said, "Repent and believe in the gospel.” (Mark 1:15) Repentance involves agreeing that what God says is true; He won't overlook the guilty, we are all sinners, and Christ has died for our sins.  This will lead to genuine sorrow, shame and even hatred for what we have done. It will also result in a lifestyle of turning away from sin, and trusting in Jesus alone for salvation.  Repent and believe the good news today; you may not have tomorrow. Please visit www.TheGoodPersonTest.net"

God Bless...

God Is Glorified At WWE Raw

The Comcast Arena in Everett hosted the WWE Raw event tonight.   We parked several blocks away from the arena, next to Clark Park, and immediately noticed a group of young people hanging out in the park.   Thomas and Dennis engaged the youths, and I was particularly impressed with how Dennis led the young man Jayland through the Biblical proofs of God and then told the young man how Christ died on the cross for him.   Jayland didn't quite understand how one man's death could provide forgiveness for the entire human race.   Dennis deferred to me, and I explained how God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself.  Jayland seemed to appreciate the answer.

Then we walked the several blocks to the Comcast arena. We were privileged to hand out hundreds of Gospel tracts and engage several people one-to-one.  I was so pleased to see the number of children with parents attending the event.  It gave me great comfort to think that this was more of a family event, than a rowdy adult event.

We quickly let compassion swallow our fears and stepped up on the 'box', and began to proclaim the Gospel and glorified God in Jesus Christ.   We explained the sin problem and the need for a Savior.  Then we described the birth, life, death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and pleaded for people to respond in repentance and faith.

It was very encouraging that we got a few 'Amens' while we were speaking, and I even had a guy come up after I finished, and shake my hand and tell me the name of the church he attended.

Praise the Lord for His faithfulness even when I am faithless.

God bless...

Why Are You Running Away?

I saw three young men hop out of a silver Honda, and head onto the greenbelt trail, yesterday afternoon.

I went and opened a new pack of Trillion Dollar Bill Gospel tracts, and headed around the block, to enter the trail from the other entrance.    As I walked up to the pot-pit, and headed into the thicket, the three young men tried to run away.   I said to them, 'Hey you dropped something!".   They all three got hung up in the blackberry bramble and literally turned around and came back with their tails between their legs (so to speak).   I said, "Why are you running away?   I'm not mad at you and I'm not here to get you in trouble, I just wanted to talk to you.   What are you guys doing?"

Alex, who I've spoken to before, responded, "I'm not gonna lie, you know... we were, uh..."

I could smell the smoke, and I said, "is whatever you're smoking illegal?", and he just kinda shrugged.

I cautioned them that what they were doing was shortening their life, and I had the privilege and honor of sharing the Gospel with these three young men; I only remember one other name, it was Joey.


Please reach these young men Lord.

God bless...

Never a Dull Moment

Yesterday afternoon, we met at church and we were so grateful for the prayerful sendoff by pastor Billy.   We didn't have a set plan, but one quickly came together.   We had discussed the possibility of going to the Redmond Mall and proclaiming the Gospel in a public area, where the street runs right through the mall.   So we drove the Redmond mall and found a parking spot, and spent some more time in prayer.   After a quick stop at Starbucks, we wandered through the mall and handed out Gospel tracts and engaged in several interesting and effective conversations with people from young to old.

We saw people from many other countries (Asian, Indian, Middle-Eastern, etc.), and were turned down by several as we offered them tracts.   This prompted me to begin to try to reach the people en masse.   The mall cop pulled up on his Segway and asked me to cease and desist several minutes into my presentation of the Gospel.   So we obliged him (after offering a quick conclusion to my message.)

It turned out, we found favor with the mall cop.  He followed us to the parking lot and apologized for having to eject us from the mall because he was a believer and supported what we were doing.  He was able to tell us a couple of other places where we could go and proclaim the Gospel in a public setting; Bellevue Square and Kirkland Town Center.   So we headed out to the Bellevue Square.   The first person that caught my eye as I walked up to the Bellevue Square area (near Red Robin), was a girl with the brightest pink hair I've ever seen and she and several others were wearing ping vests, and soliciting donations from passers-by.   I offered her and he companions Gospel tracts and came to understand later why none of them accepted a Gospel tract.   The words on the back of their vests read "I am a girl", and they were both males and females wearing the vests.   I inquired as to their cause, and they said, "gender equality."   I didn't delve into what that meant, but figured it out later.   Anyways they were atheists and supported their beliefs on Evolution and Science.   We had a very good conversation, and I expressed my care for them, and concern for their souls, and urged them to get right with God.   After quite a long discussion, they had to leave, which prompted our next action.

Thomas stood on the stool and made a very compelling, well thought out presentation of the Gospel.

Then I got up and read the Gospel of John chapter 3, up to verse 16, and then went through a short Gospel message.

Then we went up to the bus station and handed out Gospel tracts and engaged several very sweet Chinese girls who were Christian.   As well, we spoke with a girl from one of the Islamic Russian states, who accepted a Gospel of John as well.  Then Thomas preached a couple of times to various groups of people.

On the way back to our car, we went back by Bellevue square, and Thomas handed a Gospel tract to a prostitute who was hooking up with some guys.

Thank you Lord for your grace in my life.

God bless...

Church Kids Hanging Out

The green-belt trail was abounding with teenagers this afternoon.  James and Caleb were leaving as I got there (they had left their ford ranger running.)  When I got to the pot-pit and handed out Gospel tracts, a number of kids (six guys and one girl, all around 17 years old) quickly affirmed themselves as church goers, or God believers, but there was one agnostic among them; his name was Ian.

Another young man Dexter quickly engaged me.  As I spoke with him, I began to feel him to be somewhat self righteous.   He touted his church going and his living a good life was going to get him to heaven.   He had a little bit of an attitude.   He wasn't overly snarky though.   I spoke to the group about the Gospel and pleaded with them to humble themselves and get right with God, and to trust in Jesus as their savior.

I spent quite a while 'preaching' to the group.   The agnostic was the only one really engaged, and kept coming up with objections and questions, but I appreciated the dialog.    Ian was really ready for me to leave, and shook my hand; basically saying, 'you can leave now'.   I spent some more time speaking with them, back and forth between Dexter, Ian and Shelby the girl.   Finally, I said all that I could say and I parted with a handshake to Ian and to Dexter.

Dear Lord, please speak to these kids, who need you, and are so valuable in your sight.

God bless...

Beautiful Feet

This afternoon I had the pleasure of ministering the Gospel to tens of young people out at the Evergreen State Fair, from within the God Mobile trailer.

It was a wonderful time not only ministering, but being ministered to, as Christians would come by and encourage us.

I have to just continue to give props to Randi Ms. Evangelist and her brother Todd, who spend countless hours out at the fairs and festivals of western Washington.

I really felt we were fulfilling Romans 10:15 "...How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!"




God bless...

Ash Way Park And Ride 2.1

This morning, we ventured to the Ash Way Park and Ride for the second time.   We had an absolutely wonderful experience handing out Gospel tracts and proclaiming the Gospel out loud (so to speak.)

Thomas and I had the opportunity to present the Gospel open-air, three or four times each.

We had one heckler, who told us to leave, but Thomas held his ground (The battle belongs to the Lord).

Praise God for His awesome goodness and grace to give a sinner like me the opportunity to present His Gospel to about twenty people at a time.

God bless...

Here's the text of my presentation...

Good morning, my name is Keith and I'm a Christian and I'd like to share a few thoughts with you.   Day in and day out, we get up, we get ready, we eat breakfast, and we head out the door for work. You're here this morning to catch a bus into the city to go to work.  I’ll be heading to work myself.   When you arrive at your destination, normally you’d be thinking about the day ahead of you, what tasks you need to accomplish today. But I want to plant this thought in your head, today when step off the bus, think of this.  Think about how someday you'll step off of planet earth and into eternity.  I'm talking about the ultimate statistic here.   Ten out of ten people die. Our lives are so precious to us. I urge you to consider your will to live, yet the jaws of death will swallow each of us someday. The Bible says that its appointed unto man once to die, and then comes the judgement and it says that God has appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness. So we all have an appointment with death, and after that we’ll stand before our Maker to give an account of our lives.  And the standard by which we’ll be judged is Righteousness.  That’s the standard, Righteousness, which means God is going to judge the heart.  So how can we know how we’ll measure up to that standard of Righteousness.  Well we can look at ourselves in the mirror (so to speak) of God’s Law, the Ten Commandments, and we can compare ourselves against that standard, and we will know how we will fare on the day of judgement.

The Law was presented here...

The Gospel was presented here...

I closed by pleading with each audience to repent and trust Christ and praying for them out loud...

A Busy Weekend at a Taste of Edmonds

The city of Edmonds is indeed a quiet, quaint little town, with a ferry dock, churches and lots of local pubs and eateries.   So the "Taste of Edmonds" festival fits in well with the mindset and mentality of citizens of Edmonds.   Also, Edmonds participates in Sister-City relationship with Hekinan Japan, so there were a number of Japanese high school students running around the streets.

Last evening and today became a battle to overcome fear, to step up on the box and proclaim the Gospel. Thankfully God spurred us on to the challenge.  Stepping up on the box felt like climbing mount Everest.  But it forced me to some intense prayer and reliance upon God for his strength and courage.

We handed Gospel tracts to a couple of girls and it turned out they were Christians, and we asked them to pray for us.  We open air preached two times last evening at the roundabout at the main intersection in Edmonds.   We had a couple of drive-by hecklers, but all in all it was a wonderful experience.

Then this morning, we open air preached once at the roundabout, at the main intersection in Edmonds.  We had one man come up and oppose our preaching the Gospel (saying he agreed with the message, but asked us to stop because we were too loud).   He asked that we stop so people could drink their coffee in peace and quite at the sidewalk cafe.   We told him that we were almost finished, but we weren't going to stop preaching the Gospel.   He left in a minor huff.

Then we capped it off with an open air message to the festival goers entering the front gate of the festival.   See my message here...

I feel very humbled to have the opportunity and privilege from God to proclaim the Gospel.   I have a long way to grow in my Gospel presentation, so hopefully the message will reach peoples hearts, even though the messenger is very weak.

We were very encouraged by multiple one-2-one conversations.   After we open-aired, we were approached by a couple of girls who attended Westgate Chapel.  One of the girls said she was a YWAM missionary to China.   They were very interested in what we were doing and how we were  preaching the Gospel in the open air.

God bless...

Disappointed with 'Churchianity'

Thursday evening movies at Willis Tucker park provided a prime opportunity to preach the Gospel this evening.   I was glad and overjoyed to be privileged to share the Gospel with over 15 teens this evening, before the movie started.   I handed out Seven Dollar Bill Gospel tracts, and I was very encouraged to be able to proclaim the message of everlasting life to the teens.   I was disappointed though, in one serious aspect of these encounters.   Knowing that I was among church-going youths, I handed them a Gospel tract and then tried to elicit the Gospel from them.   No one; not one single young person I spoke with could explain what I needed to do to receive eternal life from God.   Don't get me wrong, these were very nice young people.   During each encounter, when I could see them searching for words to explain the Gospel, and coming up blank, I would ask if I could explain it to them and they all graciously listened to the story of salvation.   I also explained how to be "Born Again", through faith in Jesus Christ and repentance toward God.   And I would finally thank them for listening and move on.

Tonight started even before I headed down to Willis Tucker park though.   I saw a black Ford Explorer parked down by the trail head, so I grabbed tracts and went down there.   I got to share the Law and the Gospel with Colin and Blake.   Colin was very engaged.  Blake said he went to Cedar Park Church, but he couldn't tell me what I need to do to be saved.   Here again, I pleaded with these young men, who were just getting ready to toke some legal non-marijuana stuff, to get right with God.  Colin kept saying something like I respect what you're saying, but I'm not religious.  I told him I wasn't religious either, and I wasn't trying to get him religious.   I was trying to urge him to consider his own mortality and his fate before a holy and righteous, eternal God.

Finally, this evening I saw a car parked down by the trail head, so I grabbed a Gospel tract, and had a nice conversation with Jeff who had spent ten years in Catholic school, but didn't know if there was a God.  He felt he didn't have enough experience in life yet to make that decision.  I encouraged him to believe in the Creator to whom we all have to give an account.  Jeff shook my hand when I left.

So the consistent theme from this evening is that the 'church', is not fulfilling its duty to preach the Gospel and to bring up children in the nurture and admonition of the LORD.

God bless...

I Finally Feel Like I Connected With Someone

This evening, I went outside to wash my filthy car.   I looked down the hill, and saw two cars parked by the trail head.   I grabbed a handful of Seven (7) Dollar Bill Gospel tracts, and headed down to the trail, praying for protection.  I felt like I was headed into a Lion's Den, and I prayed for the same protection that Daniel had when he was actually inside the Lion's Den.

As I headed in the green-belt trail, the group of young men were headed out from the 'Pot-Pit' as I call it.  I handed them each a Seven Dollar Bill Gospel tract as they walked by, and when I gave the last young man a Gospel tract, he asked what it was.   I told him it was a Gospel tract, about what happens after you die.  He said, "I go to church".   Even though he said those words, that so often indicate arrogance, and pride, I sensed humility in this young man, so as we walked toward the street, I told him that I smelled smoke and asked if he'd been smoking.   He said "no".   I asked him if He wanted to get right with God, and although he was mostly silent at this point, he seemed to respond in the affirmative.  I asked him if he was in High School or College, he said High School.  I just began to quietly, and even tenderly, plead with him to get right with God.   I asked him his name, and told him mine (I told him he could give me just his first name, since he hesitated.) He said his name was Alex. I told him, no one knows the day of their death, and even though he was young, there are a lot of young people that end up dead.  I said "did you drive here... they put seat belts in cars for a reason, because their are accidents", and he responded, "yeah people drive stupid."

I asked him if he had a Bible, he said he did.  I encouraged him to read the Gospel of John, and by this time his friends had started the car, and were waiting for him.  I told him I cared about He looked at me and said, "Thanks for being different, and not judging".  We shook hands, and he went and got in the car with his friends and left.

It isn't very often I feel like I really connect with someone.

Please pray for Alex.

God bless...

Aqua Fest, Crowds and Trivia

Every year, some 30,000 people attend Aqua Fest.   There's a parade down Main street, and lots of booths with various wares and foods.   Fun and entertainment for young and old alike.

All that makes for a truly fantastic opportunity for the Gospel.  Thomas and I handed out over 1500 Gospel tracts, and had numerous one-2-one/one-2-many conversations.   We were also blessed to be able to gather a crowd six separate times for Trivia questions and a Gospel presentation.

There were so many stand-out conversations and encounters, that I can't even begin to recount them.   I did have the opportunity to hand Hans Dunshee a Round TUIT tract though.  Very encouraging!

     You have pacified your conscience by saying that you would find peace with God one day . . . when you get a round Tuit. Well, now you have one. This is why you shouldn't wait any longer: If you have told one lie, you are a liar. If you have stolen anything (irrespective of value), you are a thief. If you have looked with lust, you have committed adultery in your heart. If you hate someone, you've committed murder in your heart. Your sin has angered God. The Bible teaches that you are His enemy. On Judgment Day, you will end up in Hell. But there's good news: "God commended His love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." Jesus Christ took your punishment, then He rose from the dead and defeated the grave. If you repent and trust Him, God will grant you everlasting life. Read your Bible daily and obey it. God will never let you down.

God bless...

A Fantastic Afternoon

What a fantastic afternoon, spent with Thomas and Whitney Sapp and their kids Conner, Chloe and Jacob.

Whitney is a tract distributing machine.   It was tough keeping up with her.   Everyone loved receiving Celebrity Million Dollar bills from her and Thomas.


Then, it was absolutely fabulous to be able to see Randi and Todd again, at the God Mobile.   Those are faithful servants of God!

And, we did an on-camera interview with Mary about her beliefs regarding the after-life, while her two friends watched off-camera.

Then, I had the privilege of being able to share the Law and the Gospel with Vicki, a young pagan woman.   She explained how she was raised in a Seventh Day Adventist church, and how she had been baptized in a Baptist church, but now she liked the Medieval festival stuff.   She was turned off from Christianity by the hypocrites that her parents were. She was very gracious and kind to allow me the chance to have a conversation with her.

Then I met up with Thomas as he spoke with Sierra and Casey.   Sierra was a "Christian", turned Satanist, turned Atheist.   Well, needless to say, it was a very interesting conversation.

And we open aired (not to a huge crowd), but we overcame our fear and stood up and proclaimed the Gospel. Here's Thomas on a street corner, preaching across the street to the beer garden attendees.

God bless...

Tens of Billions

We handed out tens of Billion dollar bill Gospel tracts this morning.


Only one was dropped (I picked it back up and handed it to someone else.)

Ash Way Park And Ride was a little too scary to open-air this morning.   The people line up inside of a plexaglass tunnel, but it was tough to work up enough courage to stand outside the tunnel and preach to those standing inside.   The commuters were sleepy, grumpy and the tunnel seemed like it was hot and muggy inside of it, so we thought better of open-airing this morning.   Maybe at noon.

God bless...

Just Getting Ready To Start

Tonight, silver dodge Durango stopped by the trail head.    I heard the doors slam, and I knew, it was time to grab some tracts and go.   I arrived at the pot pit to four guys just getting ready to get started.

I handed them million dollar bill Gospel tracts and witnessed to them.   The listened as I shared the Law and the Gospel (the long version) and were polite.  I spent a long time with them, finally I said, you can go ahead and pack up whatever it is you have.  I'm not going to look, or say anything, but its time to leave.   And you probably won't come back to this spot, will you?   No they responded.

I urged them to choose life.

God bless...

Bree and Sean

There were a steady stream of cars pulling up to the trail-head this evening.   When a little silver sedan pulled up and the driver turned off the engine, I had an opportunity to grab some million dollar bills and walk down to engage the occupants.   I could tell that Sean was definitely loaded, by the way he kept drifting off, but Bree seemed to be completely sober.

Bree hadn't ever received a million dollar bill before, but Sean had.   They graciously allowed me to 'preach' the Law and the Gospel to them.   I asked them to consider the availability of eternal salvation and they said they would.   They seemed to at least grasp the gravity of their situation before a Holy and Righteous and Eternal God.

God bless...

Kids, Fireworks and Marijuana Talk

Last night, I heard a group of seven kids (4 boys and three girls) outside lighting off fireworks and goofing around so I went out to see what was going on.   I didn't have my glasses on, so I couldn't see much, but thankfully, I can still hear pretty well.   And I heard them talking something about, "... the first time I smoked marijuana...".

So I went and grabbed a handful of million dollar bill Gospel tracts.   As I walked toward the group, I said "Hi", and I fanned out the bills so they could see them, and they all gasped, "woe...what the...".

I handed them out, and while I did I told them "it isn't real money, you can't spend it".  They were a little disappointed, but they all still accepted them, and I told them, "They are Gospel tracts, they explain how to go to heaven when you die.".

Then I asked them as a group, "Who here doesn't believe in God?"    A couple guys raised their hands, Dante and August.  August said, "I don't believe in God, but I go to Archbishop Murphy High School."   I asked August if he played football, since he had a 'Butch" haircut, he said he did indeed.

Then I ask the two who didn't believe in God, what brought them to that conclusion, and I said, "Okay, let me prove to you that God exists in about 30 seconds", and I gave them the "Building - Builder" and "Painting - Painter" analogies.   They weren't buying it, so I proposed to them, that it wasn't because there wasn't proof of God, that they didn't believe in Him, it was because they loved their sin.

I stepped through reminding them of their own mortality, gave them the "Good Person Test", and was able to explain the Gospel.   At that point Dante became pretty agitated, and I said I had to go, and asked him if I could shake his hand; he refused.   I shook August's hand and walked away.   Dante continued to rant, "I don't believe in God", and he threw down the Gospel tracts and began to stamp on them.

I went to my front porch, and Dante was still ranting, "I don't believe in God", although he did pick up the tracts.   As the group walked down the hill, one of them said "Bye" or "See you later" or something, I said "God bless you guys".   One of the young men turned back and motioned to me, "I pray and believe in God".

That was encouraging.

God bless...

Mayor Ray Stephanson Accepts a Round TUIT

Today Thomas and I handed out about six hundred Gospel tracts between the two of us.   We had several good conversations with young and old.

We handed out tracts to people as they finished the 5/10K run.

I had a good (albeit difficult to get a word in edgewise) conversation with Mordecai, an Israeli man who believed in the Bible, insomuch as it described aliens and space technology.  I think I got the Gospel in edgewise.

I love it when you hand a Gospel tract to someone (in this case, a woman), and she begins to read it out loud.

I ran out and handed Mayor Ray Stephanson a Round TUIT as he came by in the parade.   Very encouraging.

God bless

The Gospel Presented at Lynnwood Transit Center (with Challenges)

The Lynnwood Transit Center presented challenges this morning, as you'll see from the following video clips.

God bless...

God's Presence at the Lynnwood Transit Center

Yesterday morning, Thomas and I ventured to the Lynnwood Transit Center, to share the message of the Gospel with commuters as they waited for their buses.

We had a great time and I was able to capture a few video snippets and a couple of pictures.

The Gospel went out, although there was some resistance.  One man groused, "keep it in church". The message of the Gospel can be offensive, although it isn't our aim to offend.

Lastly, here's a picture of a lady sitting on the bench reading a tract

God bless...

Thoughts for Today: (From Pocket Testament League)

Day 561: Aware of the Law -- Do You Know What it Says?

Romans 3:19-20

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Yesterday my older daughter Krissy and her husband Ariel brought a new dog they are considering adopting over to our house to get our opinion. "Biscuit" is a very cute French Bulldog who is around 2 years old, loving, yet completely untrained. He doesn't know how to walk on a leash or any other basic commands including sit, stay, down, etc. Perhaps worst of all he is not potty trained. The former housekeeper said this of Biscuit: "He is a very bad doggy. He makes lot's of work for me -- he goes potty everywhere."

At this point most of you are probably thinking: "Send him back," but then you don't know my daughter -- she loves animals -- especially those in need. She asked me to see if I could get him to obey some commands. I put him on a leash and within a very short time I realized he couldn't hear -- he was deaf. I started giving him visual commands. Within minutes he was walking obediently under the leash and sitting upon request. It wasn't that Biscuit was a "bad doggy", he just didn't understand the rules -- once he knew what was expected of him, he was more than happy to comply.

If only mankind was as compliant to God's law. In our passage today Paul explains, the Law was given "so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God." In other words, if we (like Biscuit) were unaware of the Law, then how could we be considered Law breakers? However, we have been given the Law and choose to break it regardless. Therefore we have no excuse and are held responsible for our transgressions by God.

All the more, this tells me, we ought to use the Law in evangelism, otherwise how will people know they need to be saved.   The world tells people, either they are a good person, or they have the power within themselves to change.   The law is a mirror to show us the exceeding sinfulness of sin, and our utter helplessness to change ourselves.

God bless...

Great Encouragement

This morning, the Lord provided opportunity once again, for us to lift up our voices like a trumpet.   But as wonderful as that was, there was some resistance to the Gospel being proclaimed.   Resistance came not in the form of heckling, but in the form of people telling us that we shouldn't be doing what we're doing, and complaining while we were preaching.   But again, we also had encouraging thumbs ups from several people.

We had a very touching, even heart rending moment as we witnessed to Adrian and Kia, who told us they were being hindered from being with their children because of their addiction.   They both had a Christian upbringing, and were very open to our sharing compassionately with them.  They accepted prayer from us, and broke down crying as we prayed for them.   Please keep them in your prayers.

Here is some video of Thomas, on the box:

Here is the message I presented...
Hi Folks, I’m usually the kind of guy that flies under the radar.  It isn’t my goal in life to be noticed.   But I have something to say that is so important, I'm willing to stand up here and look like a fool.  I would so appreciate your patience and attention for a brief moment.  Now what I have to say starts off with a some bad news, so this might be a little uncomfortable, but track with me because it only gets better.  The sad fact is that we’re all going to die someday.  It is a proven statistic, that 10 out of 10 people die. The Bible says, it is appointed unto man, once to die and then comes the judgement. The Bible also says, God has appointed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness;  that's the standard, 'righteousness' means he's going judge the heart.   We can see how we’re doing compared to that standard, by looking at ourselves in the mirror of God’s law the Ten Commandments.  If you would, for a moment, listen to your conscience.   Think of your conscience like the smoke detector in your house.  You want it to ring out if there is smoke or fire.   So here goes...   Have you lied?   Have you stolen?   Have you used God’s name in vain?  Have you always honored your parents?   Have you always put God first in your life?   Have you ever hated?  Did the fire alarm go off in your mind? It should have.  This should greatly concern you, it's so serious and it leaves us ALL in big trouble on judgement day.   We want to avoid hell, so trust in the Savior.   The Good News is that Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, and rose from the dead on the third day.   He commands everyone to repent and trust in Him as savior. That’s the Good News, Jesus took the punishment we deserved. If you will repent and trust Him today God will give you the gift of eternal life.


God bless...

Gospel Proclamation at the Everett Train Station

This morning, God gave us the opportunity to enjoy about an hour and a half of beautiful, sunny weather at the Everett Train Station.    I'm surprised that I haven't spent more 'fishing' time there, because as I recall now, the Everett Train Station has been a consistently favorable place to share the Gospel with people.

Three of us (Dennis, Thomas and myself) met at 6:00am in front of the Everett Station, and spent some time in prayer and the Lord was very good to us.   After that we spent a little time in watchfulness to figure out a good location to 'lift up our voices', as it says in Isaiah 58.

We walked out to the island where buses drop off and pick up commuters.   While people wait for their buses, they queue up, in quite an orderly fashion.   We waited for the line to accumulate eight or ten commuters, and we prayerfully stepped up on the box and 'broke the sound barrier'.

Each turn we had on the box, we really only had enough time for one Gospel message to be spoken, before the next bus arrived and the commuters boarded.   It was kind of humorous, that I was interrupted a couple of times by the sound of train bells and buses arriving.   I was blessed though by how gracious the commuters were and how intently they listened.   There were no hecklers, but there was one man who threw down the Gospel tract he was given and grunted loudly as the Gospel was being proclaimed.

It turned out to be an ideal morning and as well as open air preach, we got to talk one-to-one with several people.   I was blessed by a commuter giving me the thumbs up as I explained what it meant to be 'born again', and at another time by a commuter filming me and then giving me the thumbs up as he boarded the bus.   Here's what I had planned to say this morning.   It was tough to say it all because as I got to the Good News portion of my message the bus had arrived and the people were boarding the bus...

As I'm sure, many of you know, on Saturday, May 12th, Everett City Council Member Drew Nielsen died in a rafting accident on the Green River. This past Sunday hundreds of people gathered right here at the Everett Station to honor his life.   I would just pray for comfort and healing for the family and loved ones left behind by his tragic, untimely passing.

This ought to serve to remind us all of our own mortality and that we need to make sure we're ready to meet our Maker at any time.   We all have an appointment with death and after that, comes the judgement.    The Bible says, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God”, and it says “the wages of sin is death.”  That’s probably offensive to you and I understand that, so let me rephrase it and put it another way and see what you think.   God created you in His image.  You are a special and valuable creation of God.  As such, since He created you in His image, in some small way you represent Him.   And if you’ve ever lied, you misrepresent Him as a liar.    If you’ve ever stolen anything, you misrepresent Him as a thief.   But it goes even deeper than that, If you’ve used God’s name in vain, you would be a blasphemer, because when you say OMG or GD or use Jesus name to express disgust, you’ve made the name of God who gave you your life and everything that’s good, worthless by dragging His name through the mud... .  Finally, Jesus said you’ve heard it said of old that you shall not commit adultery.  We know adultery is when you cheat on your spouse, and as bad as that is, Jesus said, if you even look at another person, to lust after them, that you have committed adultery already with that person in your heart.   You probably picked up on it, but these were four of the Ten Commandments, and if you admitted to breaking any of them, when you stand before the Judge of the Universe, you’d be guilty, just like the rest of us.  And because you’d be guilty of crimes against a holy and righteous, eternal God, the punishment is an awful and horrible, eternal punishment.   And that’s called Hell and I don’t want that for you, and God certainly doesn’t want that for anyone.

That was the “Bad News”, now I want to sum up the the Gospel, or the Good News of what God did for us guilty sinners, so we wouldn’t have to suffer the punishment for our sins.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4: Jesus Christ died for our sins fulfilling what had been written about Him in the Scriptures.   He was buried in a tomb, but he was raised from the dead on the third day fulfilling what had been written beforehand.

Romans 6:23b  "...But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

Romans 5:8,  "God demonstrated His love for us, in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us!"

Romans 10:13  "Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved!"

Romans 10:9,10  "...If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart one believes, unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

John 3:16: For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever would believe (trust, rely upon) on Him, will not perish, but have everlasting life.


God bless...

A Bunch of Round TUITs

This morning, we went, really early to Snohomish High School and handed out tracts.    It was a really wonderful time of being able to encourage, joke with and hand tracts to the high school students.

They were all very nice and respectful.   Too bad they grow out of that.

God bless...

164th Street Artesian Well Open Air

The water from this well is brought to you courtesy of the Alderwood Water District.  This well goes by a couple of different names; it is called Well No. 5 or the 164th Street Artesian Well.   The well itself reaches to a depth 400 feet and is encased to approximately 120 feet.  The water flows out of the pipe at a rate of about 10 gallons per minute, and its source is an underground aquifer, which is a water-bearing layer of permeable rock, sand and gravel, which filters and purifies the water.

By way of trivia, we humans can survive only around three (maybe a max of five) days without water (and that’s in the best of conditions).    The Mayo Clinic says you need about 10 cups of water a day, but if you were marooned on a desert island or stranded in the blistering heat of a desert without water, within a day or two you’d become delirious, extremely ill, and within another day you’d fall into a coma and die.

I’d like to draw a parallel between our vital need for water to live, and our need of forgiveness from God to have eternal life.  It is true, we’re all going to die someday.  On that day, we’ll stand before our Maker and give an account of our lives.  And if you’ve ever lied, or stolen or used God’s name in vain, or broken any of the Ten Commandments, you would stand before the Judge of the Universe guilty.   And because you’d be guilty of crimes against a holy and righteous, eternal God, the punishment is an awful and horrible, eternal punishment, and that’s called Hell and I don’t want that for anyone, and God certainly doesn’t want that for you.  But some would say, if my good deeds outweigh my bad, then I’ll make it to heaven.  Or, I’ve heard others say, “I ask God for forgiveness”.   Try either of those in a court of law, say “judge, it is true I’m guilty as charged, but I’ve done a lot of good deeds, and I’m really sorry”.   Will you drop all the charges against me?  The judge, if he’s an honest and good judge will say, “I’m glad you’re sorry, you should be and it is a noble thing that you’ve done those good deeds, but that doesn’t influence me or have any bearing on the verdict.   He would be bound by the law to execute justice.   The same goes with God, (in fact to a higher degree).    But God, the Judge Himself, has satisfied justice for us, so that we won’t have to suffer the punishment for our sins...

The Gospel goes here...

I’d like to just leave you with the words of Jesus. He said, "Everyone who drinks this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a well of water springing up to eternal life."

Fellowship with a Fellow Evangelist

This afternoon, Thomas and I were blessed to have the opportunity to spend some time with pastor Andrew of Faith Baptist Church Everett.   We sat out on the sidewalk cafe of Starbucks in Everett, and had a wonderful time encouraging each other and sharing stories.   Then we prayed for each other and Thomas and I went over to the Everett Train Station.

We had a wonderful time handing out 'Round TUIT' tracts and sharing the Gospel message with people.

Please remember Smiley in your prayers... He is a homeless guy, who is getting married tomorrow.

We actually had a number of wonderful conversations.   I spoke with 19 year old Brad.   He is a very athletic, tall young man.  He is a product of the world today, believing anything and nothing at the same time.   We had a good conversation and I had the privilege of sharing the Law and the Gospel with him.   He wouldn't accept a Gospel of John though, which was a little disappointing.   We parted with a handshake and warm 'good by and thanks for talking with me.'

I have much gratitude toward God who not only has saved me (suffice it to say, God reached way down to lift me up.), but He has also used me to share the Gospel message with those who would hear it.

God bless...

An Evangelistic Miracle

Yesterday, the LORD provided many opportunities to share the Gospel.   From 1:00pm till about 3:00, I headed out with the Calvary Everett Street Team.   Normally, we have church fliers (kinda like invitations) that we hand out door-to-door, in a local neighborhood.   Yesterday, we didn't have any fliers, but we did have our  Gospel tracts, so we decided to go to a neighborhood almost directly east of the church, toward the river. We also decided, to use the following approach as we went door to door; "Hello, may we share the Gospel message with you?", as residents opened their door to us.   We did get the opportunity to hand out quite a few tracts that way, but for the most part, people said, "no thanks" or "not interested".   We were encouraged by a Christian gal who opened her door, while restraining a very large Doberman Pincer, by the neck.

Then we transitioned from a very new tract of attached homes, to an older neighborhood, and we saw some women saying good bye to some other women getting into their car.   Thomas, having his 'go for it' attitude, approached them and started giving the women in the group Gospel tracts.   Well, come to find out the women had just had a bridal shower, and one lady (who was an Assembly of God ministerette) asked us to pray for the soon-to-be grandson-in-law, and for several members of her family who were straying from the LORD.   It was very encouraging to pray for this lady out in the middle of the street.

Then, we talked to Chip who was out mowing his front lawn.   As Thomas approached the man, and the conversation started, a little deceivingly, I thought were talking to someone who was interested in hearing the Gospel message.   It turned out, Chip was atheist/agnostic, but supposedly had believed in God earlier in life (he was 54 now), but he had asked the 'hard questions' and had done some thinking and investigation on this issue and now he wasn't convinced there was a God, and he certainly didn't accept the Bible as true.   Encouragingly, though, we had a very good, extended conversation with Chip, and Thomas had the opportunity to present things for Chip to consider.   We parted warmly, with a hand shake and continued on.

Then we went to a multi-level apartment complex, and again, went door-to-door handing out Gospel tracts and talking with people.  We even met a pagan, guy who was helping another guy move into the apartment complex.   I got to give him a Gospel of John, and encourage him to come to know the one true God.

I haven't even gotten to the miracle yet...

Later in the evening, after going in to the prison with our prison ministry team...

We went to downtown Everett, to the Comcast arena, hoping to catch the crowd exiting after the Roller Derby event.   But our timing was off, so we did some street witnessing to people coming out of a high school prom that was being held at the arena.   Then we walked up the street, hesitantly, toward the area where all the bars and clubs are located.   We changed our minds about delving into a mass of Cinco De Mayo drunks, so we crossed the street and made a U turn, and encountered quite a few people walking down the sidewalk or waiting, or just hanging out.   We got to pray for Ruth and Peto (James), and pray for their freedom from alcohol addiction.

We spoke to three early twenties girls who were dressed very nicely, while they were apparently waiting outside for a club to open.   They had some knowledge of the Gospel but were gearing up for what looked to be a night of partying.   That made me sad.

Then, as we continued on, I got into a very long conversation with Miranda, who was a young woman. She also had some knowledge of the Bible from her youth and upbringing, but she like so many others in our world today, had questioned and come to the point of rejecting God, and dis-believing in Him.   I had the opportunity to give her some things to think about, and challenge her worldview.   I was able to speak to her conscience using the Ten Commandments, and then was able to convey the good news of forgiveness in Christ.   Finally, I just expressed how valuable she was to God, that he became a man in Jesus and died on the cross for her.   She said, she appreciated us doing what we were doing, and she hoped that someone else turned to God and believed, but she didn't.   We parted warmly, with a handshake and went our respective ways.

Here's the miracle...

Then we went for a late night (about 9:30 or 10:00 pm) meal at Denny's in Everett.   While we were eating, we saw masses of people streaming from the Holiday Inn, across the street, into the Denny's, and also to a Chinese restaurant across the street.    There happened to be a convention of Zumiez store managers (all of the people were young and had the 'skater' look about them.)   We handed out many tracts and Thomas had a great conversation with Tony, who had read much from many different religions, and although he was not accepting what Thomas was saying to him, was willing to dialog, for quite a while.   We were encouraged by the conversation, and we hope and pray that Tony will come to the knowledge of the truth.   [But my conclusion/opinion is that Biblical Christianity is too 'restrictive' for Tony's lifestyle.]   It is too bad that people don't see the freedom that comes in Christ.

God bless...