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We got to Nathan & Mary's house Thursday at midnight. We had thought about driving straight through to DC and just sleeping in the car, but Jimmey canceled, which made room for us in the Magnusen car. Praise the Lord! After about four hours of sleep, we were on the road again to join about 20 other seedsowers on the streets of Washington, DC. We met with them at the hotel and had a time of prayer. Once in front of the Washington Monument, it was a really slow start. Not many people were out and about. We walked what seemed like forever to the Union Station and stayed there for the remainder of the day. People were constantly coming and going, which makes for a great place to share the gospel, and that we did. Tony & I also took a little stroll through DC to see the Supreme Court Building. Only after we walked back all the way to the Union Station, did we realize that we were at the back of the Supreme Court Building,which means we didn't get a picture of Moses with the 10 Commandments. Oh well. :) But I did find this beautiful leaf on the way back. Such a reminder of how glorious the Creator is!
Saturday morning we left the house at about 7:30am to meet up with the Richmond team for their Christmas Parade. There were LOTS of people lined up along the streets and most all of them recieved a gospel tract or heard the gospel being preached. Praise the Lord! Tony & I walked the whole distance of the parade, plus some. We walked for We were very tired and grateful to be able to sit on some bank steps and relax as the parade finished. We then ate some lunch at Arbys, stopped by the house for 20 minutes, then met up with some of the Terry family at the VA Beach Parade. It was so nice to meet Jessica face to face. :) It was very cold and windy by the waterfront. We finished up the night at a Mexican restaurant - in celebration of Jessica's 22nd birthday.
Sunday we went to church with Nathan & Mary. It was a really good message about the importance of church membership - taken from Mark Dever's "Nine Marks of a Healthy Church". That evening we went to the Grand Illumination Ceremony at Williamsburg. There were thousands and thousands of people crowded in the historical village waiting to watch a 20 minute firework display. It was really neat. Tony stood up on the stool and began to lift his voice. When he did, everyone got silent. You could hear a pin drop. They were all listening. But when they realized that he was preaching the gospel, many of them started shouting "Shut-Up" and all the voices started talking again, trying to ignore the message. Several people rejected gospel tracts and mocked at the preaching. There was one lady that rejected a gospel tract and said "I'm a Christian and I don't want to have anything to do with what you guys are doing." It is so sad when professing Christians reject the gospel. But God sent several encouragers our way. They were like a bright light in the darkness. There was a 14 year old boy, Andrew, that came up to me and said "may I have some more gospel tracts? I passed all mine out." He and two of his friends had talked with Nathan earlier and he apparently gave them some tracts to pass out. So I gave them each a stack and they said they were going to save them to pass out to their friends at school. :) Praise God! Andrew went on to tell me that when they walked by earlier, his mom gathered the family together and prayed for us. The encounter was such a blessing! And then there were those that stopped and listened intently to the unadulterated gospel being preached. And some stayed and listened as we tried to reason with them about sin, righteousness, judgment, and God's amazing grace. May God open their eyes to the Truth they heard. We got home last night at 2am and got about four hours of sleep before we woke up for work. So needless to say, we are both very sleepy, but it is always worth it! :)
Saturday morning we left the house at about 7:30am to meet up with the Richmond team for their Christmas Parade. There were LOTS of people lined up along the streets and most all of them recieved a gospel tract or heard the gospel being preached. Praise the Lord! Tony & I walked the whole distance of the parade, plus some. We walked for We were very tired and grateful to be able to sit on some bank steps and relax as the parade finished. We then ate some lunch at Arbys, stopped by the house for 20 minutes, then met up with some of the Terry family at the VA Beach Parade. It was so nice to meet Jessica face to face. :) It was very cold and windy by the waterfront. We finished up the night at a Mexican restaurant - in celebration of Jessica's 22nd birthday.
Sunday we went to church with Nathan & Mary. It was a really good message about the importance of church membership - taken from Mark Dever's "Nine Marks of a Healthy Church". That evening we went to the Grand Illumination Ceremony at Williamsburg. There were thousands and thousands of people crowded in the historical village waiting to watch a 20 minute firework display. It was really neat. Tony stood up on the stool and began to lift his voice. When he did, everyone got silent. You could hear a pin drop. They were all listening. But when they realized that he was preaching the gospel, many of them started shouting "Shut-Up" and all the voices started talking again, trying to ignore the message. Several people rejected gospel tracts and mocked at the preaching. There was one lady that rejected a gospel tract and said "I'm a Christian and I don't want to have anything to do with what you guys are doing." It is so sad when professing Christians reject the gospel. But God sent several encouragers our way. They were like a bright light in the darkness. There was a 14 year old boy, Andrew, that came up to me and said "may I have some more gospel tracts? I passed all mine out." He and two of his friends had talked with Nathan earlier and he apparently gave them some tracts to pass out. So I gave them each a stack and they said they were going to save them to pass out to their friends at school. :) Praise God! Andrew went on to tell me that when they walked by earlier, his mom gathered the family together and prayed for us. The encounter was such a blessing! And then there were those that stopped and listened intently to the unadulterated gospel being preached. And some stayed and listened as we tried to reason with them about sin, righteousness, judgment, and God's amazing grace. May God open their eyes to the Truth they heard. We got home last night at 2am and got about four hours of sleep before we woke up for work. So needless to say, we are both very sleepy, but it is always worth it! :)
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