the world's about to change.

4.14.10

+my lab got out early this day and I hadn't given out a tract yet, so before the rock I wandered around the student center. I found a girl on a couch and handed her a tract.

4.15.10

+I stopped at brueggers bagels and handed my tract to Mark as I went through the drive-thru.

4.16.10

+handed a tract to a girl in front of building M in maverick village.

4.17.10

+I was working the desk all day, as usual, and two campus security guards came in. I tried to find some information for them, help them out, etc. they stayed for a little while and we chatted (about church actually!) but before they left I handed them both tracts.

4.18.10

+handed a tract to a girl walking down to the UV valley.

4.19.10

+while I was waiting for my friend, I gave a girl sitting on a bench near me a tract.

+gave a tract to a girl named Nickie after we shared the gospel with her. after me and my friend talked to her, we ended up finding out she is the cousin of one of our really good friends in our church! we know she has heard the truth before. I pray one day it clicks.

+I also made a stop at hy-vee to get some food for my program. I handed Tim a tract as I left with all my junk food that the university paid for! woohoo!

4.20.10

+handed a tract to a guy walking into building A while I was on my rounds.

4.21.10

+I got the opportunity to hand a tract to a classmate named Alex. he is in several of my classes and was one that I have been praying for the opportunity to share with him. God answered.

4.22.10

+after work I stopped at zorinsky lake to kill some time. a random lady stopped her car to ask me directions. I don't really know the lake that well so I don't think I really helped her, but I felt this was a divine appointment to give her a tract! she said she would read it.

4.23.10

+my friends and I participated in relay for life this weekend. it was very tiring, but a blast! at the beginning we were helping some people set up their tent. here I met Taylor, and we talked for awhile. I ran into her/saw her several times throughout the night, and just kept praying that she would be the one I get to share with or at least give a tract to. God opened the door! she was so kind and just very willing to talk and listen. it was a good conversation and I am so thankful I got to know her. she said she would read the tract later, when she wasn't so tired! I pray Taylor comes to know Christ personally.

4.24.10

+stopped by taco-bell and handed a tract to the lady working drive-thru.

4.25.10

+handed a tract to a man as he was getting on his motorcycle.

4.26.10

+went to hy-vee to get some ice cream with my roommates! I handed a tract to Shirley.

4.27.10

+I made a late night stop to hy-vee on a mission for poster board. hy-vee was out. so. I drove over to bakers! God was obviously taking me there instead! as I grabbed my piece of (cheaper!) white poster board, I headed over to my lane. there was only one open, and the people ahead of me had a lot of stuff. the man in front of me told me to go to self check-out. "but then I don't get to give a tract!" I thought in my mind. I stubbornly told him I was going to stay in line. he then insisted that I go ahead of him since all I had was poster board. I said, no, it's okay, I can wait! he told me I must be a very patient person... I then told him I like to give something to cashiers when I go through the lind. he said "well, we all have our reasons." (??) he then went on to talk about his 4 teenage boys and how they made him come to the store. we small talked and then all the sudden I was asking him if I could give him what I give the cashiers. he said sure! and that he was excited to read it. my cashier, Margaret saw obama's face and said she wanted some obama money-this was before I even had asked her! then! the bagger lady, Pam, said that she wanted one too! I have never had anyone ask me for one so excitedly as these ladies did. Margaret even told me to come back, that she works all the time, and that I should ask her what she thinks. guess you know where I'll be getting my groceries soon!

4.28.10

+I handed a tract to a man walking down the stairs in the student center.

may it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ears.

4.5.10

+ate lunch at red robin and I left a tract on our table for our server.

+made a trip to the dmv...I'm turning 21 in two weeks! I left a tract with Jennifer, who took my picture.

+stopped by no frills to pick up a box of brownies, and I gave one to Ashley, my cashier.

4.6.10

+I needed to return my two books to the library so before I left, I stuck three tracts in my pocket. I handed one to a girl walking out, and then I got the idea to slide the other two tracts inside my books! I hope someone finds them someday!

4.7.10

+made a stop at trusty old wal-mart and left a tract with Lori.

4.8.10

+I was walking by the library again, and handed a man a tract. he was hesitant to take it, asking if I had one for myself. I told him I had lots and that that one was just for him!

4.9.10

+wal-mart gained my business once again and I left a tract with Cassandra. I also tried to give one to my sacker, but she said she already had one and had read it. she didn't seem to happy about it. I prayed for both of them.

+I also tried to give one to a girl a noodles & company, but she gave it back because she said she was a christian and wanted me to give the Message to someone who still needed to hear it. cool!

4.10.10

+I handed a tract to an older man that was walking into hper.

+there is a new card-slider worker at hper (secretly, my dream job...) so I left a tract with him as well.

4.11.10

+I handed a track to a student walking back to his dorm.

4.12.10

+stopped by my favorite grocery store, bakers and left a tract with my cashier.

+later, me & some friends went to coldstone (the best!!) and left tracts with the two cashier guys. it was cool because they were almost closed and so they were really busy getting receipts together, closing the drawer, ect., but when I handed them the tracts, the stopped what they were doing and started to read them.

4.13.10

+at work today, I was leaving and I asked my nurse co-worker if there was anything else I could do for her before I left. Vicki sarcastically said "yeah, you could give me a million dollars." I immediately reached down and pulled out a million dollar tract and said, "actually, I do have that!" I asked her to read the back, she smiled & laughed and said she would. I have been praying for this woman who desperately needs a savior. I've been praying that God would give me these "tract" opportunities at work. He is so faithful!

april.

3.31.10

+this day I got a little creative. I stopped at the bank to cash a check and as I grabbed my money, I left a "do you know for certain?" tract in the little circle container, you know, at the teller window. (what are those called?) now, I'm not certain if the teller will get it, or the person who came after me, but I trust God allowed someone to see it.

4.1.10

+with that cash, I stopped at bucky's on my way to a visit home, and paid Connie. I also left her with a million dollar tract.

4.2.10

+on my lunch break from work I was craving a salty snack. I stopped in at shopko and looked around for a bit. I decided to just purchase some cheese ritz bits and leave Carol a tract.

4.3.10

+it was a late nighter, (man--I am so thankful for a college campus where someone is always awake!) and I was wondering around, praying, and ended up giving a tract to a guy walking quickly by. I asked if he would read it and he responded with a "heck yeah!"

4.4.10

+for some odd reason, after stuffing my face all day with grandma's noodles this easter sunday, I was still hungry and craving some ice cream. so late tonight, I unusually left my dorm, and drove down to wendy's for a chocolate frosty. mmm. I left my tract with April. It's weird because normally once I'm in for the night-I'm in. but I left on a little adventure. I prayed for her and the other workers at wendy's.

Isaiah 32:20

The Lord will bless His people. Wherever they plant seed, bountiful crops will spring up.

"whatsoever He saith unto you, do it"

3.23.10

+I handed a tract to a girl walking out of the fine arts building this night.

3.24.10

+had a coupon for bath & body works, so I gave a tract to my cashier, Diane.

+my GA for my p&a lab did not show up this day for class, but some of us waited for awhile anyway. I ended up walking out with a girl named Alison. I actually had my very first college class ever with this girl, intro to comp, 3 years ago! I had remembered her and have been praying for an opportunity. here it was! as we parted ways I handed her the tract. again, it's so funny who God will bring back into your life. man have I learned so much from Him since then.

3.25.10

+had to stop and get some necessities at baker's. I gave a tract to my kind cashier, Caya.

3.26.10

+walking out of hper after class, I ended up by another fellow classmate. we talked about nothiningness (class, test scores, boring world stuff...) and as he started to walk away I handed him a tract. Rick also lifeguards with Brian (a guy I had given a tract to awhile ago) during my swimming class so I see them often. maybe they will talk about it. maybe they will turn to Christ.

+my college friends all ate at arby's this day as well. I was one of the last to order and my cashier asked what we were a part of. I explained and asked if anyone had given him a tract yet. he said no, so I handed him one. I prayed for him.

3.27.10

+after church we all ate out at taco bell. I hadn't given out my tract yet, so I selfishly went first in line, so I could give my tract to Ron. he asked what it was about and I said, Jesus. he kind of just smiled and shook his head, while he set it to the side. but I still think he'll read it.

+another cool story, these random high schoolers walked in and one guy asked us if we were all together, and what group we were a part of. we all started scrambling for tracts & literature-my sister handed him info and some of our brothers went over to him and shared the gospel. how crazy he just--asked us who we were! I pray he gets saved and would come to church or the rock sometime.

3.28.10

+walking back to the dorm from the parking garage, I knew I still hadn't given out a tract. I prayed, and then there was one girl just sitting at a picnic table. thank you God for nice weather, picnic tables, and a girl!!

3.29.10

+on my way to a meeting, I stuck two tracts in my pocket. walking past me was a guy and girl. I handed them both a tract.

3.30.10

+I had a meeting with a professor today. on my way to his office, I ran into another classmate. he is in my swimming lane for class. it's quite difficult to hand a tract to someone in the water so it's been more challenging to reach that class, but God still provided! he took the track kindly and said he would read it. we do these cool down "walk and talks" when we're all done with our swimming workouts, so I'm anxious to see what Andrew will say the next time we have class.

Isaiah 26:12

Lord, You will grant us peace; all we have accomplished is really from You.

things only God can do.

3.19.10

+my tennis shoes had too many holes to count, and the rubber on the soles were all torn off--needless to say, I was in desperate need of some new kicks! I checked the ads and found a sweet pair on sale at kohls. (they're green!) it was here that I was able to give a tract to my cashier, Joyce.

+later this day after my brothers indoor track meet, my family went out to eat at a restaurant in lincoln called virginia's. very good. you should go there. we left a tract with our waitress.

3.20.10

+me and my siblings had our own little lunch at mama's pizza. it was a blast. the four of us consumed a large meat-lovers pizza and a dessert cookie with ice cream. we left a tract for our busser.

3.21.10

+coming back from break, I had no healthy food in my dorm so I made a wal-mart run to grab some fruits and vegetables. on my way out I asked the man who sits by the door if he had ever seen a tract before. he glanced at it and said he had and I asked him what his answer was to the question. he said he's been saved for a few years. praise the Lord! I continued to walk and passed a smoking man outside, I gave him a tract and he said someone gave him one yesterday. I asked if he read it and he said no. I continued to hand it to him and asked him to read it before he went to bed. immediately I was reminded of what my pastor had said on our missions trip. "statistically" it takes a person seven times to hear the gospel before they actually get it. I believe I could just be one of those seven people that was placed in that mans life. I prayed for his salvation.

3.22.10

+out gospeling, my friend and I wanted to talk to a girl, but we quickly found out she was deaf. I have never had this happen before where I couldn't engage in conversation, but--all I had to do was do what I've been doing the last three months, and that was simply just hand her a tract. it's nothing that we do anyway, but all by the power of God that speaks to one's heart.

+a little down the way my friend and I talked to a girl. Rebecca was going to class so it was kind of fast, but it was still a good convo. we left her with a tract and an invite to the rock.

+my friend and I parted ways, and I was thinking about lunch! but God wasn't finished with my gospeling adventure yet. remember my new custodian friend? Teresa was sitting on a bench in the mav walkway. I hadn't seen her in awhile, or since I had given her the tract, actually. I said hello and we small talked, and THEN! she told me she read the tract I had given her!!!! no one has ever brought that back up in conversation after I give it to them and say "tell me what you think." she told me her thoughts and we ended up having a really good conversation. I shared the gospel and hopefully explained things in a way that helped. I don't know exactly where her heart is but she definitely had that desire to know for certain. I encouraged her to keep praying. I also felt it was appropriate to invite her to church. maybe she will come. I continue to pray for her and I am encouraged that God is working in her heart.

I was reminded of what I read in a book I'm currently reading, Experiencing God by Henry Blackaby:

---"People will not seek God or pursue spiritual matters unless the Spirit of God is at work in their lives. Suppose a neighbor, a colleague, or one of your children begins to inquire about spiritual issues. You do not have to question whether God is drawing that individual. He is the only One who can do that. If they're asking, God is at work."

Philippians 3:3b

We rely on what Christ Jesus has done for us. We put no confidence in human effort.

decorah.

3.14.10

+this past week I traveled to northern iowa for a missions trip with my church. on this day, one of our cars needed fluid or something, so we stopped at a gas station for about half an hour. I stepped inside and handed a tract to a woman deciding what snack she was going to purchase. when I gave it to her she said "are you serious?" I replied with a "yes" and thought she wasn't going to accept it by her tone of voice. but, she took it with surprise and a smile and continued looking for a snack.

3.15.10

+in the little iowa town of decorah there were a lot of runners/walkers on the main street, close to where the church was. a sister and I were walking and I handed two girls that we passed a tract.

3.16.10

+on one of the days we went door to door to collect canned goods for a food bank. I handed a tract to a woman walking in her neighborhood.

3.17.10

+this day we were out can food driving again and I gave a tract to a man that had given me some cans.

3.18.10

+today I went to whole foods with my sister and mom. we went to the register to pay, and I asked my cashier if she had ever seen this tract before. she said yes, so, I kept it. I then began looking for another person. I saw a man behind the counter at customer service, but as soon as I was going to walk over there, he picked up his phone. aw man! but then mom encouraged me to give it to this guy that was going to pass us up ahead who also worked for the store. I handed it to him and he received it with an "ok." as we turned to go out the doors, I couldn't help but look back, and he had actually walked over to the customer service desk, and handed it to the man behind the counter, and he was flipping through it! hahaha! I freaked out and my mom and sister laughed at me. God got that man the Good News, regardless if he was busy when I had passed him. little things like this just bless my day, I love the Lord so much! I pray that booklet starts conversation amongst their workplace, and that God would be working in their hearts.

technology to tract.

3.12.10

+walking home from class, I gave a student a tract, telling him it was about Jesus and that it changed my life.

3.13.10

+after church me and my friend went to qdoba for some chow. the man behind me in line was on his cell phone and I interrupted him and handed him a tract. he kind of chuckled after I told him what it was about, but he accepted it, and put his phone aside for a minute to read it. I pray he thinks about the message he read on the back before he goes to sleep tonight.