Henry Family March Evangelism Schedule ~ It looks like much fun! ~ : ) and stories!

Hey team,

It’s already the first week of March and this month is looking pretty exciting! Just a brief recap for those who haven’t heard and for our prayer partners:

March 8th ~ (this Friday) part of our team is planning to go to Eustis to talk to people at a folk concert festival, and some others are planning to go to Daytona Beach to talk with spring-break students and bikers (Bike Week). This weekend is the crossover week for spring breakers from local colleges.
March 9th ~ (this Saturday) some of the team are planning to head back out to Daytona Beach to talk with more bikers and spring breakers! Please pray for God to give all of us wisdom and to help us as we are still getting details together with other teams. Thank you!
March 14th ~ as of right now, we aren’t planning to hit the streets of Orlando, because we are planning to be ready to leave early in the morning the next day ~ Saturday, the 15th.
March 15th ~ Planning to leave Rich’s place before 6:45 AM and head toward Ft. Myers, stop on the way to sing some hymns at a nursing home, and then head to the 'Transformed Conference, and then we’re planning to find some good ‘fishing spots’ and evangelize into the evening! : ) Doesn’t that sound fun?! Some of our team is planning to head back Saturday evening and some are planning to stay for the Sunday morning services with Ray Comfort.
March 22nd ~ Planning to go to the Grahams house and then hit the streets of Orlando again! : ) Same time, same place. : )
March 29th ~ Planning to be in Downtown Orlando again. : )
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April 4th - 6th is ‘Black College Reunion’ week and some the local teams are planning to head down there for some interesting conversations!

Last week, we forgot to send out Scott’s update from his team’s adventures at Cranes Roost (a newer ‘fishing spot’ for some of us ~ J), so we pasted his adventures below for those who didn’t get to hear those stories! J Seeds were planted and we look forward to seeing how God opens more doors on that front!

We would really like to hear about your experiences too! It really means a lot to everyone to hear how God is using each of you and us! So, even though it takes a little work, we are hoping more of you will be sending out your stories! : )

Well, this past week, our family went camping with David’s side of the family and it was a lot of fun! I (Steven) also got to talk to some of the campers and hand out some gospel tracts ~ some great conversations, which was pretty cool too! Paul got to talk to several college guys in the early hours of the morning…

(Paul’s update)
This last weekend was our Henry family camping trip to Fort Desoto Park to entertain all the raccoons. (The raccoons are really quite entertaining themselves!) There were thirteen of us there Saturday and Sunday morning. I had thought beforehand that since it was a family gathering and camping and all that I wouldn't really get to talk with anyone. But then it seemed like God told me that he would give me a conversation with someone and that some of my family would get to see it. God has a strange way of planning some things. So I'm asleep Saturday night after a tiring day of playing chess and a lot of soccer and just hanging out with family. And then all of a sudden, I'm wide awake at 2:30AM Sunday morning! And I'm thinking, "This is strange". I hear a couple of college guys talking at the camping site behind us, sitting around the campfire like they were when I went to sleep. And God gave me an idea of how to join their conversation, so I got out of the tent and went over through the woods to where they were. And they invited me to come grab a seat and join them. They were a bit drunk and just talking about nothing in particular. Anyway, so I talked to especially Daniel and Steve for about an hour and a half until the fire was going out and they were going to bed. I've never gotten drunk before, so I'm not sure how much their brain was able to take in when they were like that, but we talked about a lot of foundational concepts about God and things from God's Word. I trust that somehow the Holy Spirit can hold some of those truths in there somewhere that can be of use to bring them to their Lord! They were very friendly later that morning when I went back over to say goodbye. So that's my story!

Thank you to our prayer partners! We are praying and expecting God to surprise you with special opportunities to serve Him too!

Your friends, prayer partners, and fellow laborers in the harvest,
David, Barbara, Steven and Paul

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(Scott’s Update)
Greetings, I just wanted to let you know what God did last night while we were proclaiming the gospel in Crane's Roost. To those who prayed for us, thank you so much. I hope this encourages you and builds your faith as you pray. God did many things that evening. So here's my story:
First off, I was quite blessed to have six people join me in proclaiming the gospel. After some time in prayer, we split off into groups. Hannah and I went walking along the docks, and we began a conversation with Ali, Muslim gentlemen. We began talking about the fundamental difference between our two religions. It became evident that he didn’t know whether he actually believed what he said he did, specifically when he said that he was a Muslim because he was born into a Muslim family and because his friends growing up were Muslims. He had the same argument to explain why we were Christians. He began contradicting himself in many of his statements, but was unwilling to recognize it. After thirty minutes or so, we moved on and ran into Taylor, Julia, and Jenn. We walked over to the fountain to see if people would be there for the little fountain show that was being put on shortly from that time. As the ladies watched the show, Taylor and I began talking with a young man and his girlfriend. This young man’s name was Jordan. He knew the gospel, but seemed to be resisting having any discussion about it. When the fountain show began, he began resisting even more, and offered to talk after the show. So Taylor and I waited and watched the show with him, and after it was over, he clearly seemed disappointed to see that we had not left. I left him with a challenge to re-evaluate the way he lives his life; to look at it closely and see if he was bearing fruit for the kingdom of God (Matthew 10:43). A look of conviction came over his face after hearing what was said, and then he left us. After roaming around and getting into short conversations for the next little while, I suggested that we go to the food court to find some more people. Taylor was apparently telling me that the mall security guards frown upon evangelism within the building, but I was oblivious to his warnings. So the four of us went on in and started looking for people to talk to. I had a ten minute conversation with a young man, Kyle, in the food court where we walked through the gospel. He was very receptive to everything that I had to say. I gave him the good person test and the gospel of John as I left him, and saw him begin reading the gospel of John immediately. I then proceeded to catch up to Taylor, Julia, and Brittany, only to find that they were already deep into a conversation with a homeless gentleman, Sean. We talked to him for a little while, and were able to present the gospel in light of the things he told us he had been through. Sean was very receptive, and itching to talk to us. That’s when the security guard came up to us. This man was very rude to us. He told us that he knew what we were doing, and that we should get out of his mall. When I asked for more clarification on what we were doing that was wrong, he told us that we were trying to sell Sean something. He said that solicitation was trying to sell anything, whether it be a product, idea, religion, whatever. When Sean came to our defense (I was surprised to hear him speak up on our behalf) saying that we were just having a conversation, and were not soliciting, the security guard began to talk down to Sean. He started yelling, asking Sean if he studied law in school (the tone of his voice very extremely condescending, which had me fighting against anger). I told the security guard to be respectful to Sean, for he had no idea of what Sean had done or been through. The guard acted as if I hadn’t said a thing and told us to get out of his mall. I apologized for the inconvenience we caused him, and put my hand out to shake hands with him. He looked right at me and said that he wouldn’t shake hands with me. He said that he was the only person in Florida without the flu, and then started describing us to someone on his walkie-talkie. That abruptly ended our conversation with Sean, and by that time, it was getting late, so we went and met up with Alex and Rachel, prayed, and then dispersed. All in all, God was very kind to us this evening. He set up divine appointments and gave us the words to say in our hour to proclaim the gospel.

Scott Anderson