Hi everyone.
First things first, Mike Stockwell, Mike Overd, Don Carns, and Adrian Clark were 4 men who were arrested in England back in July. These men were arrested because they were preaching the Gospel of Christ. They will be presenting their pleads in Bristol on December 8. They were arrested under the Public Order Acts. Pray that these men will receive comfort and peace. Pray that the judges will rule justly and that these men will not be punished wrongfully. Mike Stockwell and Don are the only 2 of these men that I have been able to meet, but I love each and every one of these men. These men are my brothers and I greatly enjoy the time I get to spend with them. May we all see the example of these men and may it spur us on to serve Christ with all we have.
A little bit of what is going on in our lives: Last Saturday was the parade of lights in Rockland. From our guesses there were probably over 1,000 people there! For those of you from big cities, 1,000 people in Rockland is a BIG deal.We passed out tracts and Daddy tried to preach for a little while but people came and stood around us and Daddy did not want to be yelling in peoples ears so he stopped. We then passed out more tracts later, may God use the tracts to draw people to Himself if it be in His will.
We just ordered 5,000 more tracts and they were delivered yesterday. The tracts are written by Paul Washer. I would like to say thank you to HeartCry missionary society for putting our contact information on the tract and for letting us print them. To see the tract look at the page, The Good News.
This week was our week to go to the abortion mill! This week was my first week to see a male "deathscort" out in Portland. We did not see officer Keller, which I am sad about. I wish I had a way to see him that did not involve the abortion mill. I still pray that officer Keller would be granted repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. Please join me in praying for this man!
We also had one man who professed to be a Christian. He said that he felt uncomfortable walking past us because we were shoving stuff at him, (otherwise known as offering him a tract). He then said that if the cop was not standing there he would have punched Daddy! He then started using vulgar language.Where have we come to that professing Christians would threaten to punch Daddy and use vulgar language because he disagreed with us and because we made him uncomfortable by offering him the truth. This is craziness people! May God grant repentance to this nation, a nation that is full of wickedness!
On Friday a school group walked past us on the street yelling about pollution. There were probably 200 or more people, they even had 2 police cruisers to drive in the front and the back. After the protest at least some of the group walked past us so people were passing them tracts. At least one of the teachers then took the tracts away from the kids! Brian noted that it was communism at its best. The teachers know that we are giving the kids the truth and so they are willing to steal the truth from them!
I knew I missed something when after the protesters had left I saw Brian almost on the ground because he was laughing so hard! When I asked what had happened I understand why he found it so funny. Someone had come up to Matt who was preaching and told him that he did not have a uterus so he had to shut up. Matt then responded with the very very comical response of "Did you just assume my gender?" To see videos from Matt check out his youtube channel here. Shout out to Matty Mac!
Matt and Marguerite got to have a long talk with one man. It seemed like it went well. I was not listening to most of it though, as it was in Spanish and I don't speak Spanish. Another man came up to us and said thank you to the people in our group for preaching the Gospel in love to those who treat us unkindly. He then came back a little bit later and told us that he had a few minutes and so he stood with us for a while and talked! Thank you God for this encouragement!
Prayer
Please continue to pray for the men in England. Pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who are imprisoned around the world. Pray for our family in Christ who are being persecuted for their faith people such as Mike, Mike, Adrian, and Don. Pray for all those involved in abortion outreach around the country. Pray that God would bless their work pray that he would save the lives of these precious babies who are created in his image! Pray that God would be glorified in their work!
With love in the Lord,
Virginia.
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