Today we had our first distribution at Gavilan College, a community college in Gilroy, which is about 15-20 minutes from Morgan Hill. The labor on the campus began recently and a club is in the process of being formed. With two tables, we handed out 50 RcV Bibles with Basic Elements of the Christian Life; sixteen of these were interested in further contact.

Many of those whom we contacted were willing and very interested in reading key footnotes with us! We also contacted fifteen others, and one student called on the Lord with us. Hallelujah!

We were also able to meet some students with whom the saints have regular contact—a couple that was contacted last year during the GTCA gospel trip, including one sister who shared her testimony of meeting the saints with us. Overall, we all were impressed with the openness of the students!

Please pray:

• That there would be proper follow-up with the positive contacts so that they would either have a second appointment with us or would come to one of our Bible studies on Wednesday and Thursday
• That the Lord would bring more open, seeking students to the table tomorrow.

On Wednesday, as a team we traveled to the DC area. We were joined by many local saints and some college students for a Bible and literature distribution. We set up two distribution locations. One was at the Brookland Metro station near a Catholic University, where there was much traffic of people from the community, as well as students. The second distribution location was on the outskirts of Howard University right outside the school’s Barnes and Noble Bookstore. We passed out Bibles, tracts and were able to have many meaningful conversations with many individuals and with many wanting further contact. This was the first time that anything had been done close to these campuses and we found that students and even ones from the community are very open.

At Howard University we distributed 60 English New Testament Recovery Versions and 4 Spanish Versions. At the Metro station we distributed 105 English New Testament Recovery Versions.

A highlight for our team we feel was being able to speak and have conversations with the Bible recipients. Having the opportunity to have conversations with so many different people in all different stages. We were touched and encouraged that the Lord’s Word will not return void, and His Word is able to meet every man’s case.

At the end of our day, we joined the prayer meeting of the church in DC. We we had some strong prayer for all the contact information that we received and all the recipients of the Bibles. Please pray that the Lord would really strengthen the saints here to continue going out into the community and to look to the Lord as to how to take care of all the positive contacts.

Prayer Burdens:

• Please pray that the saints would be encouraged and strengthened to keep going out in a regular way to allow the Lord to flow in the District of Columbia.
• Please pray that the Lord would brood until there is life over all the ones contacted and that there would be a way practically to release the care and shepherding needed to bring the called out ones into enjoyment of Christ.

Thank you for all your prayers!

Yesterday, as a team we had a chance to go to NOVA (Northern Virginia Community College), the Manassas campus, for two hours in the morning to pass out the Recovery Version New Testament with footnotes. Upon receiving contact information for follow-up, many students were grateful to receive a New Testament with footnotes. The students were so open at this campus and willing to get connected. We contacted 35 students and were able to give out 35 Bibles during our time there.

In the afternoon, we again went to the Metro station in the afternoon early evening to outreach to the community. We were joined by many local saints throughout the area who were so burdened to get the Bibles and literature into the hands of the many people who were bustling in and out of the metro station. We contacted 38 people and were able to pass out 40 Bibles as well as many tracts.

In the evening as a team we joined a home meeting and had such a sweet time of blending with the saints. Everyone at the meeting shared a one minute testimony which was really a testimony of how the Lord is really drawing men to Himself, He is after something in this universe.

Today, January 30, we had a sweet time of fellowship coordination in the morning with the full-time team serving in the area and then we went to the Manassas Mall-Plaza to outreach to the community. We were able to distribute 12 Bibles. Then later in the afternoon we went back to NOVA to connect with students and pass out more New Testament Recovery Versions. We were able to distribute 31 Bibles during our time at the campus. We have found that the students on this campus are willing and open to receive Bibles and would like further contact. The harvest is surely ripe! Please pray that the Lord would really thrust out the workers into the harvest.

Prayer Burdens:

• Please pray that the recipients of the Bibles would read the Bible, be open for further contact, as well as be connected with the saints in the area.
• Please pray that the Lord would release the way to labor at NOVA, to meet the need of all the encouraging and positive students wanting further contact and fellowship.

In the morning we came together for coordination. Then in the afternoon we went door-knocking with the local saints. There were four teams that went door knocking. We were able to give away some tracts and a few Bible. After going door-knocking, we went to visit a family who lives in the country. They are a new family in the church life who moved here from Bolivia.

Highlights: Our highlight was spending time with the new family in their home. This gave us the opportunity to blend with other saints and spend time with their children. We were able to have a singing time with around 10 children ages 4 to 14.

Prayer Burdens:

• Pray for our neighborhood children’s meeting this Thursday (February 1), that the parents would be encouraged to start having neighborhood children’s meetings, and that the saints’ children’s friends would want to come.
• Pray for the Bible distribution tomorrow (January 31) at the University of Lethbridge.
• Pray for the saints, that they would be encouraged to enter into the practice of the God-ordained Way.

Hello, saints! Thank you all for your faithful prayers. The Lord has been very sweet to us and in our experience. As we mentioned last week, after passing out thousands of tracts on campus, we held two Bible study sessions and met many open, seeking students. So far, we have personally met over 200 students, a minimum of 55 people have prayed with us to receive the Lord, and one baptism.

This week, we’re planning to have two more Bible study sessions on campus, and praying for four more people to be baptized.

Please pray with us:

• The Lord would bring many more seeking ones to these last two Bible study sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
• The Lord would arrange for three contacts to be saved before we leave.
• There would be a definite final connection between some key students and local saints.