A Surprised Guerrilla

The following E-vangie Tale is by a brand new student who showed up the third week of our 6-week class. On the third week, I surprise the students by taking them out unexpectedly to share their faith. And boy, was she surprised—and touched. 

By Mia McName

I started the Evangelism (without fear) class two weeks late and Steve decided to take us all to mall to hand out tracts – WHOA! what an introduction! I have never given out a tract in my life, so I was a little more than nervous.
null However, with supportive sister by my side and cute baby in arms – and the memories of inspirational video in my mind – off we went.

In the mall parking lot, my sister Minnie and I each gave out a Million dollar bill to two women exiting the mall and they so cheerfully accepted, I figured, Hey! this really IS easy. Then we entered the mall and it was a bit different. I felt a bit like a covert operations team, pulling tracts out of the baby bag and dodging the security. It was exciting, but I didn’t feel as if I was making any connections with the folks I was handing the tracts to.

Then Minnie and I went in to Macy’s, looking for the bathroom. On the way, I saw a woman browsing through the clothing. I offered her a tract and she coldly declined. When we started off again, she called us back and asked us why we chose her to speak to. “Did you think I’m stupid?” she asked.

4 Questions

Here are four questions from a radio sermon by Dr. Charles Stanley concerning whether everyone should preach the Gospel. Ask yourself: What can you do? What should you do? What is God telling you to do? What am I willing to do?

Sudden Death: Soapbox Racer!

A 22-year-old man died Sunday after the homemade soapbox car he was racing down a street spun out of control and crashed into a sports utility vehicle, police said. Michael Garcia sustained serious injuries and was pronounced dead at Tarzana Medical Center. He was one of 36 contestants racing in an event held by the