Saturday after visitation, I had the privilege to led a young lady to the Lord. This young lady is the sister of two boys that got saved last week. So the Lord is really doing a work in their family.
One of her brothers left his bible at church so Stephen and I decided to run it by his house because we were so close. When we got to his house we were greeted at the door by a younger sister we have not met. We asked if the boy was home and when she said no we asked if her dad was there. We handed her the bible and she disappeared into the living room, so we were left on the front steps with the door wide open. It was a little awkward to say the least. We didn't know if we should go or stay she had not said anything before she walked away so we waited to see what happened. A few moments later the father appeared in the door way, it was very clear we caught him off guard. The father explained he had just got a call about his father so he was a little frazzled, we told him we would be praying for their family, said our goodbyes and away we went.
We normally would have called before ever stopping by someone's home unannounced. A lesson I learned from my mother (thanks mom). One of the girls needed a lift up that direction and we were right next door so we stopped in. We felt bad about our poor timing. So we headed home with a prayer in our hearts for this father of 5 and his dad's bad health. We really were hoping we had not put the father off with our unexpected visit.
A few minutes after getting home my mobile phone rang. It was I. the man we had just stopped by to visit, he had my number from when the kids came to the house last week. He wanted to apologize for not having us into the house and let us know we were welcome anytime, it was just a bad time when we stopped in because he thought he was going to have to leave and check on his dad. I told him we understood and not to worry in the least.
Then he said he wanted to thank us for what we are doing for his kids. He explained that they have been going through some very dark days in their family and the kids getting saved has brought a light into their home. The kids have been talking to their parents about church and how salvation makes you feel, they have also been inviting their parents down to our meetings. He then explained to me that he and his wife have been talking the last couple of days about coming round, they just are not ready yet. I told him that we would love to see them and gave a personal invitation from Stephen and myself. He said he would try to come around before we left.
We are planning on stopping by to visit this family in the next day or so calling first of course. Please be in prayer for this family as it is the Lord continues move in their hearts.
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