Wow

It will be difficult to describe what we went through last night. We spent 6-7 hours distibuting Bible and waiting to distribute Bibles last night. The Chinese tourists come by in waves every hour and a half. So we franticlly get the boxes of Bibles and packets lined up and give them out as quickly as they walk by. All in all we gave out over 650 Bibles and packets. God used us to plant the seed of His word with over 650 people last night. We are told that each one will share it with 10 people on average. It is amazing to imagine that a 7 hour period has an opportunity to impact 6500 people with the Word of God. We witnessed the power of the tour guide in a positive way last night. As one guide ordered his tour to take the Bibles and packets, they all quickly ran over to take them. There were still some tours that were clearly influenced to not take them, but the power of the Lord to overcome was evident. We had a young man who was speaking in English to Bill for awhile. Turns out he is from a Christian family in China. After a brief discussion, he asked if he could help pass out Bibles also. He stayed for a few minutes before he had to rejoin his group. For a few minutes he was able to openly share the Word of God with his countrymen in a way that he probably couldn't at home and in ways that we don't in our home. It was a cool thing. The missions team said they have Chinese Christians talk to them, but these two had not seen someone want to pass out Bibles also. God is clearly at work in the hearts of the Chinese people. We left the pier around 12:30 am. Got to bed around 1:30am after winding down. Like I started with it is difficult to describe this and my efforts do not do justice to what God has done.
Today we are off to minister with a Thai pastor in the slums and then another late night giving away Bibles. This is an opportunity to help a pastor with his ongoing ministry here. Thank you for your prayers. God is answering them.