As the weather cools, the leaves turn and fall, I continue my rounds in my little “territorial vineyard,” as Thomas Chalmers affectionately would call it. Since I arrived in S. Jersey in late 2023, I’ve made it more than midway through my second round. The Lord has been pleased to pick up my spirits after something of a little ‘dry spell’ in the mission. The following are sample conversations of late that have given me some encouragement.
As I approached one particular house that I first visited a year ago, I checked my notes. “Talker.” Yeah, I remember something of that first visit. Talkers in certain ways are definitely better than not-talkers, since they often give you more of an opportunity to proclaim the Gospel. If you can get a word in edgewise! But “talkers” will hardly enter the Kingdom for their much talking, unless of course they finally close their mouths and let God speak.
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West Port Experiment 