God's work in Portland Maine is amazing!

Hi everyone.
Once again we were given the great honor of proclaiming Jesus Christ at the abortion mill. We saw God work and we are overjoyed at His mercy! Today the officer did not come until around 10 am which is strange because they are usually there by 8:30 or 9. I have tracts that I have hand written just for police officers that are standing outside the abortion mill complicit to the murder of children. Today I gave the officer one of the tracts and he stood there reading it which is amazing in its self. In the letter I share the Gospel with them and tell them that they need to repent and trust in Christ alone for Salvation. I also tell them that they are complicit to murder, perverting justice, and neglecting their oath to protect human life.

After a while another officer showed up in a Paddy wagon which can hold up to 5 or 6 prisoners. Now for those in open air ministry that know that they may be arrested for doing this work, you may think that something is wrong as I did at first. The officer that had been there in the first place, came up to Dan Church and asked Dan to come with him. Dan went with him and we were all amazed with what happened next. The officer proceeded to pray for Dan and it seems like he repented!  He then left the abortion mill. The officer has my letter and our email address and I am hoping to hear from him. Please pray that this officer is granted true salvation by faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Join us as we praise God for His mighty works! This is the first time I have seen this happen! Praise God!

We had at least one man that may have been demon possessed and some other people may have been as well. The one man was shouting at Brian who was preaching at the time. He even went across the street and sat down yelling at us. He was asking where God if He was in the shelter and at soup kitchens. I offered him some bread that we had made for homeless people in Portland but he did not take it. Daddy said you know you are on the right side when demon possessed people avoid you. The Bible says that even the demons believe and shudder. Christ has authority over demons and they know it.

We had another man who I do not know if he was demon possessed or what but he started jumping around and growling at us which I found kind of funny. I did not get it on video but it was kind of weird. If he was not playing around it could even be considered creepy.

One lady came up and talked to Stephanie and then came over and Daddy and Brian talked to her. She told them that they can't speak about abortion because they were men, whatever that has to do with their opinion on abortion you can figure out for yourself.  She had written a book about abortion and said that we should read it. She then went across the street and brought back 2 copies of her book. She gave one to Brian and one to me saying "you're beautiful."I guess that is better than somethings that she could have said. Mommy began reading the book and I will not be reading it as it is inappropriate. We will, however, discuss the book, the story, and the Biblical response as a family.

We had a young lady who went in with a women that could have been her mother. Those who walk people to death, how great is this wickedness! People will not only do evil works themselves but give approval to those who do evil. "For although they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them." Romans 1:32.

Sadly today we were reminded that "we are number one", which is when someone gives us the middle finger. This is just a very immature way of expressing your thoughts about us but people still do it. There are also those who will blaspheme the name of God in front of us. What happened to watching your mouth around women and children? There are those things that continue to happen while people are out in the open square proclaiming truth. But let us never accept these things just because they happen so often in this fallen world. May we continue to be disgusted by the evil of this world and the sin in are our own lives which is disgusting in God's sight.

I made cookies for everyone today and while some "deathscorts" can sometimes be polite, when I went down to corner to offer the "deathscorts" that were down there some cookies they turned their backs. I said "It is just a cookie." Am I really that scary that people will not dare take a cookie from me?

We had one man who came up and had a fairly long conversation with Daddy. The man committed the logical fallacy of Appeal to the Majority, which we pointed out. One of the "deathscorts" started laughing. I do not know for sure if she was laughing at that or something else but if it was at something else it was perfect timing.

There was a food stand that opened right near the abortion mill. We had our van parked in just the right place because it was right in front of the food stand. It was also close enough that when people were cold they could go sit in the van to warm up. It was fairly cold today but by God's grace we were all able to bear it.

We are leaving on Thursday to go down to North Carolina to attend the Jeremiah Cry and NCFIC conference. On Saturday night there is 3 hours planned for street evangelism. It is later at night so Mommy and the younger ones will be heading back to the our host family's house while Daddy and I and maybe Naomi will go out on the street with the others. I would like to say thank you in advance to our host family who have opened up their house to us while we are down in North Carolina.  May they blessed for their hospitality.

On our trip we are planning on driving through Washington D.C and New York City. We will be driving our van which is pretty much a driving billboard for the Gospel. We may put new signs on the van before we leave. I will probably have plenty of stories and pictures when we get back. I hope that this trip will be encouraging to us and to others as we work together to further the kingdom of our God and King. We are hoping to meet Patte Smith while we are down there. We are disappointed that her husband Scott will be out of town while we are down there though. We do hope that we will be able to see them again in August at the Fellowship Conference New England.

Speaking of the FCNE conference, you can now register here. If you are in the area I encourage you to register to come. Jesse Barrington will be there again this year and if you have not yet heard his teaching I encourage you to listen to it. You can find it on Sermon Audio and probably Youtube as well. Don Currin from Heartcry Missionary Society will also be speaking. Come for a great time of fellowship and teaching from our brothers in the faith.

Prayer
Please be praying for this officer that we had today.

Please be praying for our family that we will be safe as we travel and that we would be able to share the Gospel with many people along our way.

Pray that God will be with the conference speakers as they deliver the Word of God.

Pray that if there are any people at the conference who are not yet saved that God would grant them repentance and faith.

Please be praying for a young telemarketer that I had a chance to talk to the other day. We talked for 18 minuets and he was asking questions such as "what do I need to do to change my religion." He was a Catholic. Pray that God would save him from his sins and grant him salvation.

Please be praying for Don Currin's granddaughter Evie. She has recently undergone open heart surgery. Please be praying for her health and for wisdom for her parents and the doctors as they consider whether to give her a pacemaker.

With love in the Lord,
Virginia.