sales on tracts, and trying out new fishing spots

Dear friends, prayer partners and fellow soul-winners,

Greetings in the Name of our Lord! Our lives stay so busy with work and a wide variety of experiences. I (Steven) got a new computer and it has taken a couple of weeks to get it set up like my last computer, including the email addresses. : )

Thank you so much to our prayer partners, we have prayed for God’s blessing on you several times again recently, because we are so grateful. We know we have valuable prayer partners and we especially notice your support when we are doing ministry. Thank you so much for your prayers.

Last weekend we went on a mini retreat as a small Bible study group, for Bible studies and prayers for our country. Our concern was for so many Americans focused on their pride and freedom to pursue their fleshly interests and forgetting to honor God first and to please Him. We as a nation have forgotten the meaning of humility, and Him who gave our Constitution with the freedom to worship Him and serve Him with all of our heart. We felt so close to God while praying for our brethren and our nation and studying His Word – it was a refreshing, blessed time! And Lord-willing, we expect it to be a new annual tradition worth keeping. And we are planning to do that many more times this year! ~: )

Some ministry news, and then some soul-winning stories ~ : ).
In case you hadn’t heard, Living Waters (Way of the Master’s publishing company) has discounted some of their tracts. So, if you’re looking for some good ideas on sale, check out: http://www.livingwaters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=tractsDISCT. (It is our assumption that they are working on some new lines of tracts to come out soon, but we don’t know that for sure…) Way of the Master also has a very interesting announcement/teaser note on Living Waters… something to be announced on July 16th… should be interesting! : )

Also, Living Waters has a very good deal on their intermediate course on evangelism – a package bundle for just $39, and you can find that at: http://www.livingwaters.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=720&Category_Code=WOTM-BTC.

Custom Tracts is also having a sale - on their dollar bill tracts. (I wouldn’t personally use the creepy cash or the Santa one because I believe both of them can lean someone toward distraction, I just put that out there as food for thought.) Just to clarify, our family considers it such a blessing to have the variety of tract suppliers! And www.customtractsource.com is one of our 3 favorite tract suppliers. If you didn’t already know – Custom Tract Source will also help you design and print your own tracts too, for a reasonable price. : ) Here’s the link to their sale on the variety of dollar bill tracts: https://customtractsource.3dcartstores.com/Money-Tracts_c_32.html.

Also, while doing a quick search, I came across another tract site that my family has appreciated for years: Chick tracts - http://www.chick.com/catalog/tractlist.asp. They have colorful, helpful little gospel booklets on quite a range of issues and religions. People enjoy getting these because it’s like a little story. Hope those ideas are a blessing to you all.

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(Steven’s update)
Well, now for a brief catch-up! : ) The downtown Orlando crowd continues to be interesting! Three weeks ago, I had the opportunity of starting to learn how to preach more effectively to a quick-moving audience. I preached one sermon and got some good thoughtful reactions. It was a good start on something new for me. Then two weeks ago, I had the opportunity of giving 4 different street-sermons! That was pretty cool, but pretty exhausting! Ray Comfort says that street-preaching uses the energy of several regular hours of manual labor in like 5- 15 minutes ~ : ). I think he is right… : ) The interesting thing was that I was nervous up until I started, then God gave me the strength and boldness to preach to and plead with the people passing by to think about who they were following: themselves or Christ. I preached from Matthew 7 & 13 – (broad way/narrow way – rebellious soil/fruitful soil); John 3:16-21 – (God sent Jesus, the Light came, men loved darkness); John 10/Luke 14:26-33 – (2 families, 2 shepherds; those who want to follow Him must forsake all and follow Him), and Matthew 19:16-26 – (Jesus’ very interesting conversation with the rich, young ruler).

What was also interesting is how that this had seemed to be so hard to me for weeks, but after I preached Jesus’ message as best as I could, one-on-one conversations were easier for me again. It was a new and exciting experience for me and I believe God used these to start me learning more about Him in a new category. I look forward to seeing where all that road goes ~ : )!

This past week, while on our mini-retreat, we also got to share the gospel at 2 new locations for us: a flea market and a mall. God blessed us with some great conversations at both places! We passed out quite a few tracts at the flea market and almost everyone was glad to get one and friendly – it was pretty cool. Dad and mom talked with a guy at the flea market who was really thinking about how he needed to get his life right with God and get back with his wife. This guy was also wanting to find some training material so he could share the gospel with his co-worker – it was a pretty cool conversation! At the mall, we talked with quite a variety of walks of life: from 2 ladies who seemed to be in an odd relationship together, to a retired police officer, to several young people who were just hanging around at the mall, and more. The best spot we found for talking with people and sharing the good news of Jesus was the food court! But, the best part was afterward going to all the cars in the mall parking lot putting gospel tracts on the window of the vehicles, right above the door handles. It must have looked pretty funny the 5 of us swarming the mall parking lot! ~ : ) We live in such a crazy world where very few people even know what Jesus said, His truth and His message, but the neat thing we keep seeing is that there is still quite a hunger for the truth.

Again, to our prayer partners thank you! And to those of you who share the gospel of Jesus with everyone you can – thank you! We pray for God’s blessing on you.

Our team is planning to do something a little different this week. We are planning to share the gospel at Flea World in Sanford on Saturday morning around 10 AM and then planning to go soul-winning again Saturday evening. Should be busy and interesting ~ : )! The last time we were at this Flea Market, we had great brief conversations and we are looking forward to going back ~ : ).

Your fellow prayer partners and laborers in the harvest,
David, Barbara, Steven and Paul
~ The Henry Family ~
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Friends of Israel,
servants of Christ,
The Henry Family ~ David, Barbara, Steven and Paul