August 2015

Day 150807: at the Doctor

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Whenever I go to the doctor I put tracts in the magazines in the lobby. It is easy to pick up one magazine, flip a few pages, put 2015-08-07 15.27.04a tract in the binding, close it, but the magazine down, pick up the next one and repeat. I must have put five tracts into magazines while I waited for the doctor.

I gave thank you tracts to the staff who helped out. The doctor asked me about my Bezeugen “as you go” wristband. So that was a great opportunity to pause, share the Gospel with him and then hand him a Thank You tract from the August mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club as well.

Day 150806: First Thursday Prayer

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Today was the First Thursday of the month, so I went to Carrollton City Hall to pray before2015-08-06 06.49.43 going to work. I used the Patriotic Bookmark and Psalm 33 as my guide for prayer. I had several extra bookmarks and was able to give them out to some people coming to work and coming to pay bills at city hall. The bookmarks were easy to hand out. I simply said, “here is a bookmark for you… it has some scripture on the back.”

I had intended to try a new breakfast place near city hall for breakfast after my prayer time. But, when I drove over to it, they were not open. I guess adding breakfast to their menu didn’t work out! So, I drove on towards work. Yet, I realized, I’d never make it to lunch without eating breakfast. So I stopped at Einstein Bagle and picked up a bagel sandwich. I gave thank you tracts (one from the mailing) to the person who took my order and the cashier who rang me up!

 

Day 150805: at the mall

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I talked to a man at the mall two weeks ago and gave him a copy of The Truth May Impact Your Opinion. He said he would read it. When I followed up last week he was busy with a customer. Today he was not there. But, I asked about the man, and the book, to a young man who was working at that Kiosk. The young man remembered seeing the book and he located it in the drawer by the cash register. This, obviously, lead to a discussion about then book and then about the Gospel. This young man was born in Pakistan, attended a Catholic school for ten years, has studied most of the main world religions, yet believes his eternity hangs in the balance of whether he has done more good than bad in his lifetime. We talked about the Ten Commandment – and he failed the good person test with just one question. And I got to tell him who the real Jesus is. He said he also would read the book. So, now I have two people to follow up with at the same kiosk!

As I left, the young man got an Are You Ready tract from the August mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club.

Day 150804: Founders Plaza

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I had a long day of work – 12.5 hours. By the time I got off work I had missed dinner at home 787 @ Founders Plaza and my wife and son had gone to his cross country practice. So, I decided to stop at Founders Plaza on the way home and watch the planes come and go for a little while. There were a number of other people there watching planes, talking, hanging out. Mostly I kept to myself and gathered my thoughts about a long day. But I did talk briefly with one person and offered them an Are You Ready tract from the August mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club. They took it and thanked me.

Day 150803: Bookmark

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When i arrived at the church to pack the envelopes for the September mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club there was a young man (20’s) outside. Shared the gospel with him and invited him to join us for dinner but he had left by then. We had a good conversation. When my friend John arrived i was standing on a bench giving an example of earning favor with God by works.

I gave him a bookmark and a New Testament and explained how the questions would re-inforce what we had discussed.

Day 150802: Not 1, Not 2, Not 3, Not 4 but 5 Get Out of Hell Free Cards

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After church we had to run to Home Depot to pick up a few things. As I was walking in the door there were three employees standing there. They each got a Get Out of Hell Free card. When I checked out, I left a Get Out of Hell Free card on the keypad of the self checkout and then gave another one to the man overseeing the self check out line.

So I gave out not one, not two, not three, not four, but five Get Out of Hell Free cards – including one from the August mailing of the Bezeugen Tract Club.

Day 150801: Thank You

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The August tract club mailing contains the following four tracts: 2+2=, Get Out of Hell Free, Thank You (v2) and Are You Ready. Along with the tract club mailing you can also access online versions to share on social media or text messages.  In addition there are two bookmarks. During the month of August I’ll be blogging about handing out one of these tracts each day.2015-07-31 20.37.01

Today being Saturday I went with my wife to two Farmers Markets. The Thank You tract is so easy to give out. So, I gave one of the Thank You tracts from the mailing to someone at the market. I’m not sure who got it. Because I also gave out another 20 or more Thank You tracts to others that I met. Some were people we bought things from. Some went to people that I simple spoke to, got a sample from, etc.

I also gave out MyCard (coming in November to the Bezeugen Tract Club) to several people. One of them I had a nice one on one conversation with and shared the Gospel with him.

On the way home, I stopped at the gas station. I broadcast on Periscope (@bezeugen) about putting a tract in the gas pump slot. While the gas was pumping, I went inside and also gave a tract to the cashier who had helped me.

In the afternoon, I mailed several more tracts in business reply envelopes and posted that video on Periscope as well.