Fishing in Courtenay, BC

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 12:51 AM 35 3
Every Wed, I take my daughter to an appointment in Courtenay, BC. It is a much larger centre than my village of 1500 ppl and I've been wanting to "fish" there as there are actually people on the street, especially this time of year. I dropped my daughter off had 1.5 hours on my own.

I know it's not wise to "fish" alone so I haven't considered it but today I felt urged to get out there. I grabbed whatever I had left of my tracts and headed out the door, bent on doing a little fishing in the downtown area. I couldn't find my pocket Evidence bible so I bought a pocket bible at the Christian Bookstore downtown and then I stood on the street near the same store in view of the store owner so he could see me and hopefully help if I needed any assistance.

I started handing out MDBs saying "Did you get your Christmas million yet?". Most took them and I explained once their hand was on it that there was a gospel message on the back. I met a few Christians who questioned what church I was representing. I merely responded that I am doing this alone as an ambassador for Christ and that seemed to satisfy their curiosity. Some gave the tracts back and suggested that I save them for people who need to hear the gospel as they were already saved.

I gave a tract to an older gentleman named David. He gave it back to me and said he doesn't believe in all that "religious stuff". Then he proceeded to tell me all about the Ark of the Covenant and some history around it. I let him go on for a while about it as he was obviously excited to have someone to talk to about it. So...when he was done I said to him, "David, you are obviously very passionate about the history and it is fascinating, but I am more concerned about the future, your future in particular". I asked if he considered himself to be a good person and he says he is for the most part by his standards so after he agreed to the Good Person Test, I went through the law with him, making sure that he knew that I was guilty of breaking all these laws as well and I was not judging him. I asked him if he would be found guilty or innocent by God on Judgement Day and he admitted guilty but he believes in Jesus so he'd be ok. (He kept going back to the Ark and I gently would bring him back to the present here and now) And then he went on to say that he didn't really believe there is a hell. I told him that the bible confirms hell exists and even if he doesn't believe there is a hell, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I explained about the two things he needed to do to receive Salvation. Repent (turn from his sin) and put his FAITH in Jesus like he would a parachute (went through the analogy). He listened, but I don't know if it was sinking in. I gave him back the MDB and asked him if he would read this again tonight and think about our conversation and reminded him that 10/10 ppl die and we are never guaranteed our next breath. I suggested he read his bible every day as he said he has one "kicking around somewhere"

I thanked him for his time and he went into the CHristian bookstore to buy some greeting cards. When he came out, he saw that I was still there and came over to show me the cards he had bought. We laughed and I said..."Oh...you gotta check THIS out" and pulled out the curved illusion tracts to show him. He thought they were awesome so I gave them to him and showed him how to hold them. (He was holding them with the colour towards himself) He walked away quite delighted and turned back to say goodbye so I told him "David...I'm going to pray for you tonight...please consider what we've talked about." He smiled and waved.

Please pray for David and the 100 or so souls that received tracts today.