Did you know that you can be planting seeds in the middle of
a concrete jungle (the city) with no soil and with very little effort or work
involved? Yes, you can!
Have you ever thought about the fact that flyers/handbills
advertising a health expo or evangelistic meeting could be seeds? Yes, indeed –
seeds! These seeds don’t need to be planted in the soil; hence no need for
getting dirty hands! Flyers make great seeds and require much less work to “plant”!
All it takes is a willingness to use your time and smiles for God. Handing flyers
to people you meet is probably the easiest outreach there is!
So in the days leading up to the starting of our health expo
on February 12, 2014, our students found themselves planting seeds. No, not
literal seeds in the soil, but instead they were “planting” (passing out) health
expo flyers. Here are their stories:
Commenting on their experience, one student said, “I saw God’s
love in all the people that we met in the street as we handed out flyers. Some of
them gave us a smile and even an encouragement because they were happy for what
we were doing! But my partner and I experienced some discouragements. [Is
planting seeds always easy? No, of course not!] Some people refused our flyers
and threw them away. But there was an incident that inspired me to do more! We
met a woman who was looking for a few check-up. I talked to her and learned her
condition. She was so eager to attend the health expo because she couldn’t
afford to have a check-up in a clinic or a hospital.”
Another student describing her funny experience said this: “There
were lots of big houses in our area and we were afraid to knock at their doors!
Then we saw the mail box and we placed a flyer in every box and no one
questioned us! Even the guards wanted to have the flyers! Thinking of a place
that had lots of people, we went to the mall. We didn’t know that it was
forbidden to pass out flyers there and before long, we had passed out more than
half of our stack. Then the guard came to us and said, “Give me your permit and
I will let you give flyers.” We didn’t know what to do since we didn’t have one!
He said, “If you don’t have a permit, go to the overpass and give them out
there.” So we did! We even gave him a flyer too and he accepted it!”
One student had a good attitude as she said, “I never would
have seen myself passing out flyers to different people, especially for a
religious program. But then I remembered my life before when I didn’t know the
light and was still in darkness. I remembered that God used many ways to reach
me and give me hope. So I realized that giving out flyers was one way that God
was trying to reach other people with His love and I was inspired to do my
part!”
Yes, you never know who will be won to the Lord by seeing a
flyer and choosing to attend! You never know what “seed” will spring up and
bear fruit! In fact, one of our students
had an experience just like that! He was walking along the street and found a
flyer on the ground. Because it looked interesting, he picked it up and decided
to attend the meetings. At the end, he gave his life to Christ and was baptized
and now he is a student, preparing to work for others' salvation!
The experience of another student was this: “We were
supposed to pass out flyers in a new area, but were not allowed because of the
guards. And before that, we got lost and went in the totally wrong direction.
We wasted lots of time that way! Then we went to an area where there were a lot
of people to pass out flyers. One man came along and I talked to him and he
told me all the hard things that had happened in his life. I prayed with him
and he came twice to the health expo and enjoyed it a lot! Praise God!”
We praise God for the many “seeds” (flyers) that were
planted during the week leading up to the health expo! Many of them “sprung” up
and started to grow!
Watch for the next post with stories from the health expo, coming soon!
