You definitely run into some interesting characters when you’re out witnessing, but most of the time, you run into regular people. You don’t have to go to the ends of the earth to witness; you can be a missionary in your own town, even at a tanning salon!
Brenda was just handing out a few tracts at a tanning salon, and it not only led to a few interesting conversations, but eventually to giving out a few books and booklets.
Hi, Mark,
I had an interesting encounter last week after walking into a tanning salon. I began talking to Libby behind the counter, and when I handed her a tract and told her I was a Christian, she lit up. Apparently, she’s seeing a guy who’s an ex-polygamist. I’m here in Salt Lake City and know that the teenage boys in polygamist communities are pretty much forced out. Her boyfriend doesn’t believe in Mormonism anymore, and Libby is questioning the LDS faith, too.
But just as I was just handing Libby a Second Greatest Lie booklet, a guy came into the tanning salon wanting a spray tan. She wanted to continue the conversation, so I took a seat. Then two more guys came in! Three guys in line at a tanning salon? Strange. So I handed the guys in line a tract.
The second guy in line looked over his tract, while the third guy in line politely took one and went back to looking at his phone. He looked like he had just come in from the beach with his tank top, sun-bleached hair, and already scorched skin. But he must have heard the second guy in line talking to me.
I didn’t get the name of that middle guy, but he said he had walked away from Christianity. He had attended both a Christian and Catholic high school and didn’t believe the Bible anymore. I asked why. He said, “You believe the book of Job?” I answered, “You don’t?” Then he told me he had a degree in psychology. I said I had a degree in geology.
So we went back and forth a bit. It was like skipping stones across water as we briefly hit on one thing after the other. He didn’t let me say too much. That’s when Libby assigned him a tanning bed. But he headed to the bathroom at the back of the facility first, so I got a One Heartbeat Away book. I waited by the front desk so I could hand it to him as he passed by to go to his room. When he came around the corner, I greeted him with the book.
Libby and I finished our conversation. As I was leaving, I said, “I haven’t seen you here before. Are you new here?” She answered, “No, I’m just filling in tonight from another location.” God’s timing is perfect!
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Matthew 13:4-9
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Pray for that man to return to the Lord and to the faith. And pray for Libby that she and her boyfriend believe the real gospel and get saved.
Until the nets are full,
P.S. Just like Libby, there are all kinds of people out there who want to know the truth. They might be struggling to figure out which religion is true, and this booklet is a quick and clear way for them to sort that out. Doug wrote in about The Second Greatest Lie and said the following:
The Second Greatest Lie is still discounted by 20%. Be ready for handing these out during your holiday witnessing. You can pick them up at the link below.
https://markcahill.org/product-category/specials/
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