CROWN POINT "CORN ROAST"

Carol O'Leary & Dianne Morrison went to the Crown Point, Indiana "Corn Roast" to witness. Here is there report...

"We were only at the Corn Roast from 4:30 to 6pm.  There were not a lot of people at that time.  We tried to concentrate on putting tracts into as many hands as we could, since we knew we would have to cut it short and leave earlier than planned, because bad weather was moving in.  Walked around the court house twice and went through the corn roast area numerous times.  Would have loved to stay longer to pass out more tracts and have more time for the opportunity to actually talk to people.  I handed out the "Freedom Cash" million dollar, and Dianne passed out "Star Wars" million dollar to teens/preteens, and she asked them if they would "like to check out their 'dark side'".  They were great tracts that caught peoples attention, and every person we handed a tract to gladly took one except for one person.  We told people to be sure to read the back, and that they were a "gospel tract".  It was interesting to watch some of the people stop and take time to read the back after we walked away!  Pray that those who received tracts will read them, and their hearts and minds would be opened to God's saving grace.  It was a good first event for us "newbies" to street witnessing to pass out tracts at, after having recently completed your 9 week spring "Way Of The Master" course! "

Good Messengers Ministries went to Uncle Johns Flea Market on 5/30 and 5/31 from 5am-4pm

Those who attended were:  Zack Van Der Weide, Doug Van Der Weide, Mel Huitsing, John Dykstra, Mary Dykstra, Rose Topp, Lynn Beilfuss, Carol O'leary, Sue Raven, Carol Webb, Shelly Crannor, Lindsey Cranor, Mary, Dawn Czuba, Bill Harper, Annette Patino, Rolando Patino, Brigette Deel, Jessica Gorecki and Maxine Evans.

Pictures from this event can be found at: http://www.goodmessengers.org/prayerstation.htm

We were in a VERY dark place and I believe we let our light shine. 1st day started off very hard as Zack and I began to set up you could feel the tension around us from the other vendors. They also began to talk about us behind our backs. I guess no mater where we go we are not always going to be welcomed with open arms.  Many coversations took place on the first day and I believe just about everyone at Uncle Johns was at least offered a gospel tract...even the displaying vendors. The above staff in attendance did a fantastic job. Day 2 (Sunday 5/31) by far was the best day. All the spots in the flea market was sold out in fact they had to send vendors away. The projected attendance was around 1,500 people and they stated that they received around 2,500-2,700 people on Sunday. We were able to go through many, many, many gospel presentations using "The Good Person Test."  We also ran completely out of Mark Cahill books, and went through thousands of tracts plus a good amount of english and spanish tracts and bibles. The list of people to pray for would be too large topost all of them but some of the stories are listed below. I am very proud of the group and for their courage in witnessing at this event. This has been by far our most productive event where the gospel was presented, tracts were handed out and many, many people were being prayed for.

Please take a moment and pray for the following people... Tracy (16yrs old) possibly going to jail because she ran thru a stop light and killed someone without insurance, Jim Thornberry strugglin with Christianity and God (received a Cahill book). Rose Topp talked to an unknown man for a LONG time who is stuggling with God and that the Bible is true, Pat who is a believer but is worried about her grandkids, Amilo who lives in Mexico and is sick on dialisis (sister didn't speak english...used translator), Ken who took Good person test was very convicted (has Cahill book and Bible), Dale confused about Jesus Christ and was convicted of the Law on his heart, Jim also convicted of the law when he took Good Person test.Carol O'Leary and Sue Raven had a conversation with a vendor named Louie who does not have a personal relationship with Jesus (they gave him Cahill's book), Carol and Sue also had a long conversation with Manu who is a muslim...Manu believes we are trusting in a false book and gospel and that we are bound for hell, Jessica Gorecki had a very interesting conversation with a young man named Jesse who was abused at home...he was convicted by the law and later brought his brother back and Zack VanDer Weide shared the gospel with him as well.  Mike & Linda..mike has catholic background and doesn't believe God will send anyone to hell and that this is hell...linda (his wife) who has a baptist background wants Mike to know the Lord...mike was very hard-hearted, Bob who is struggling with addiction, Harold Web who is a retired (40yrs) evanglist pastor who has health issues, Myda & family (Catholic) believes they can earn their way to heaven, James & Richard these two men had me take them through the Good Person test come to find out they are Christians (confirmed through repentance and faith) who were playing with me...I convicted them to go out and share their faith with others, Felix young man whom the law broke and I believe may have went home to get right with the Lord...you could see the holy spirit convict him of his sins and I believe he realized that he needs Jesus for salvation, Awman & Arwa (children: Raed, Reema, Husam) who spoke Arabic and are Christians...they have a goal to reach Muslims for Christ and may be working with us to translate www.GotOurTract.com site into the Arabic language. Please also pray for Jose & Maria, Arturo, Andres, Maya, Liz, Donny & Jeremiah, Donna, Betty and LeRoy, Hazel, Larry, Jean, Calvin and Wanda, Lucy and Andrea. 

This is just a short list of all the wonderful conversations we had with people over the weekend.

Until the Nets are Full,

Doug Van Der Weide

Start thinking of creative ways to share the gospel message. One way is to put our Gospel website www.GotOurTract.com on your vehicle. You can have these decals printed out at the mall, or often can find companies that print these out inexpensively at fairs & fests. Look at it as a mobile tract. Placing these decals on the windows of your car will allow them to be removed easily without damage to your vehicle. You can also have the website address printed on a magnet that can be placed anywhere without damaging your vehicle. Again think of creative ways to get the gospel message out to the lost.

We have lots to pray about! So many needs... so many requests!
We had the opportunity to pray, share the gospel, hand out tracts, give away about 40 bibles and other books.
We also got the chance to see familiar faces and hear about how God has answered our prayers!!
 
Please pray for:
 
Glenda
Sandy & Gracie
Ted
Royce
Dwayne
Tracy
Michael
Sue
Jo
Linda
Katrina
Maria
Lucille & Andy
Michael
Marie & Michaelina
Lucy & Andrew
Shelly
Reed
Laila & Alex
 
These are just some of the names...
Thank You.
 
--Annette

My girls (Sarah and Allison) and I spent the day at Lansing's Illinois Annual Good Neighbor Day Parade. I grew up watching this parade but over the past 18yrs have been unable to attend due to work. I was able to make it this year with 2 of my 3 children. We loaded up on our Obama Tracts and headed out. My parents live on Ridge Road (the main road where the parade runs). So we traveled a couple of miles on one side of the road till we were half way through our tracts then crossed the street and headed back. We TOTALLY ran out. I brought around 600 tracts and between the three of us we handed them out in about 30 minutes. The Obama tracted worked VERY well. We approach people telling them that this was their "stimulous bill" and we had people with their hands out before we even got to them. Even the police officers were taking these tracts. We would then direct them to read the "gospel message" on the back. Please pray that the people would read the important information on the back of the tract and also would go to www.GotOurTract.com (we printed them on the tracts) for them to go and get a more detail gospel message. Pray that the Lord would open their hearts and minds to the Lords Saving Grace!

Second important information. For the first time in my life (over 40yrs) someone finally handed me a tract at this event. In fact, I received two tracts. One was from an older lady from a church (more of a church tract) that had a watered down gospel on it. But the second was a million dollar bill tract similiar to mine with a full gospel presentation on it. I was very encouraged as this lady was not doing it with anyone or for any church. She just wanted to share the gospel and was out handing out tracts. We had great conversation. I recommended her to check out our ministries website and encouraged her. It was a wonderful day and may GOD GET ALL THE GLORY!!!

Until the Nets are Full,

Doug, Sarah & Allison

Brett Burbage, Annette & Rolando Patino, Mary Dykstra, Mike Matiscik (and daughter), and Doug Van Der Weide set-up one of our ministries "Prayer Station" at the Flea-Market at the Highland Lincoln Center on Saturday, March 21st. It was an Amazing day with many, many conversations, prayer requests and witnessing opportunities. The list would be too long to post, but these are just a few of the names to help us pray for:

Ruben Vargas
Craig and Jenny
Janine and ED
Chris
Jenny and Anna
Elaine and John
Linda
Mary
Jimmy
Martha Anita
Hank and Jean
Deb
Tiffany and Charlie
LC and Rudy
Pamela
Makayla
Jazmine and Juanita
 

   GMM's New "What If" tract that matches website.
Please pray for:

Samuel Blume - He knew ALL of the 10 commandments and in order. He believed he was a good person and admitted to knowing a lot from the bible. He then admitted to being an atheist and believed that once we die we just rot in the ground and nothing else happens. We asked him why and how he came to believe these things and he said that it happened when he was a child. When Samuel found out that Santa was not real he became so upset that he stopped believing that God existed at that moment also. Ever since, he only believes in what he can see. He talked a lot with fancy scientific words and would only let us get a few things in and in reality he wasn't saying much. We asked him to "suppose" and so he did. He supposed that if there was a God, that indeed we must place faith in His Son Jesus Christ for Salvation. He supposed that if the bible was true then we must warn others. There are so many things we could have said and or should have said but that was what God provided for us to say. We offered him a One heartbeat away book and he wouldn't accept it. He did accept our tracts and said that he'd visit the www.gotourtract.com site and he gave us his website www.saiu.org
 
Will and Alexis - These best friends took the good person test and failed. They said that therefore, they would end up in purgatory for awhile. After sharing the truth, they became concerned and wanted to know more. After sharing the Gospel and personal testimony, their faces changed because there was hope for them! They both have bibles at home and said that they would read the book of John. They thanked us for talking with them and they accepted our tracts.
 
Emily, JayGee, and Craig - These 3 were very sweet and enjoyed their time taking our survey. They knew 3 of the 10 and said that although they have sinned,  they would still go heaven because God forgives everybody. We went into the courtroom scene and that helped them understand. We shared some verses with them and pleaded with them to take into consideration what we have talked about. They were very thankful for the information and accepted our tracts.
 

--Annette

Adella, Mary, and I met @ the mall today to share Jesus Christ and are excited to share our witnessing stories but more so, we need your prayers... please handle these names with much care!

Please pray for:
Paul, Chase, & Ryan - 3 guys who belong to a christian church and knew about repentance and say  Jesus Christ is their Savior. They had all the right answers. They admitted to not spending time in the Word but knew they should. We gave them WOTM flyers telling them about the training class @ Bethel and said that they would consider it.
 
Chelsea & Neil - Chelsea wasn't familiar with the 10 commandments and admitted not knowing much about God. Neil knew 8 of the 10 and belonged to a Lutheran Church. Neil said that although he broke God's Laws, he would still go to heaven because he was baptized. As we were sharing the true Gospel and how good works do not get us in...Neil started to figit and looked very nervous. This was all new to Chelsea. We shared about repentance and placing their faith alone in Jesus Christ for salvation. They accepted our tracts and thanked us.
 
Lakia - We began our conversation with the "Good Card" which says to place your left thumb on the gold square and leave it there for 8 seconds. If you are a good person then the gold square will turn green. Well, it did not turn green for Lakia and we apologized and told her that she is just like the rest of us. Lakia knew all of the right answers and belongs to a church where she learns about repentance. When we asked her if she was born again she admitted to not being. We asked if there was something keeping her from repenting and placing faith in Christ Alone and she said that she hasn't been ready to give something up which she knows is sin. She wants to, but hasn't been strong enough to do so... she became emotional and said that we were there speaking with her for a reason and we pleaded with her to repent since we don't know when our last day is. She agreed and was very thankful. We gave her a One Heartbeat Away book, some tracts, and told her of some websites. She asked for our phone numbers and we exchanged as well as email. We prayed together and took a pic together also! The photo attached is the one from today and she is the one wearing the navy blue jacket. We are looking forward in getting to know her.
 
Brett & Jake - 2 guys who were having fun naming 10 of things, once we started to talk about spiritual things Brett was looking @ us very strange. Brett said that 2 weeks ago @ that very spot in front of the Picture People Studio a man was having the same exact conversation with him. He was sure that God was doing this to him. We pleaded with him to obey and to start reading His Word. They said that they would start in the book of John. They accepted our tracts and we prayed together.
 
Thank you, God Bless.