Just wanted to give a quick praise. From ONE encounter much fruit may be seen. One day I saw a lady holding a hungry sign up on the highway exit. I asked her if she would like me to bring her food and she said anything would be great. I went and got her a box meal from Taco Bell and quickly dug through my console for a piece of literature (this happened a couple months ago). I found Project Sunlight, a book, for those who don’t know, that appeals very well to seeking women in particular because it is a novel framed with dialogue like a play going through the life of a woman that wasn’t Christian as she discovers God slowly with friends in Bible study and wrestles with God’s truths. This book goes over all of the topics she studied in the story and gives the verses and all! It is like a Bible study in a story! It covers state of the dead, hell, the Sabbath, everything. It even has a love story aspect for our romantic sides. Anyways I wrote my phone number in it quickly and that she could call me for absolutely any help she needed. I quickly handed her the food and  book and she said thanks so much and I went on my way. No less than two months later I get a phone call and she tells me that she really wanted to tell me thank you, that day she was VERY hungry and it was such a blessing. And that she wanted to be friends. This made my whole day. This was about 2 weeks ago. Well today I was watching a Revelation seminar by John Bradshaw that our lovely friends gave us and for some reason was impressed with a whole idea for ministry within a minute…I know it didn’t come from me. I thought I could reach out to the people in the various homeless camps in Columbia (they sleep in tents) and three days a week provide a hot dinner for them and some fellowship as we go through this series I was given. It is about 21 parts and could make a big difference in people’s lives!!! I called the lady today to check on her and assure her she could call me for anything. Then I ran my idea by her…she said it was a great idea and she was sure a lot of people would go for it. She said she would talk to the people at her camp site and see if there was an interest. And would also ask if they needed anything such as materials or literature and Bible’s and that I would help them out. She said she would get back to me. AWESOME! Then I asked if she ever read the book I gave her. SHE READ THE WHOLE THING! AND REALLY LIKED IT!!!! I was surprised. I always half expect people to throw literature away as unimportant. I also invited her to church and said I would drive her and her boyfriend with us and she should consider coming next week. She sounded like she would very much enjoy that even though she has recently been attending a Sunday church. I told her great she can come to both! She was really happy! Now she will possibly be networking for me with this new ministry idea! I just had to write quickly that I am so pleased. Little do we know how much handing one person some food and a book can affect lives. Between the book and the food $10 was my greatest investment. Yet come to find out a full two months later that her, her boyfriend, and the unnumbered people she helps me reach in the homeless community can be potentially won to God’s kingdom. One gesture…potentially unending fruit!! How much cooler does it get than that? Pray for her and the other people as well. If God blesses this plan it can be huge. An outreach idea for all of my friends. Keep $20 in ones in your car along with 10 pieces of literature at all times. ANY time you see someone  on the side of the road with a sign. Give them no less than 2 bucks and a book. If God is impressing you to reach out with a phone number or a place to crash for a night, maybe a motel room for a night (paid a couple nights for someone once and it blessed them profoundly) then do it! Money isn’t a God problem. He never leaves us high and dry when we help others. We even gave McDonalds gift cards to someone once! You should have seen his face! We can make a difference one window roll down at a time. This is just yet another way to meet people where they are, in daily life while we are going about our business, help them with a current need, and in turn open their hearts up for life saving truth. How wonderful to bring people from the despair of a world without hope…with such a minimal investment. We truly have no excuse. *Doing mental jig over the fact that she may start coming to our church!!*