Our Little Evangelist

Last weekend Lauren and I (Ryan) walked up and down our street distributing invitations to the "Family Christmas" outreach event being hosted by our church. We wanted our neighbors to feel invited, and Kimberly thought this would be a great way for Lauren to learn about sharing our faith with others. As we walked along, I talked with her about what we were doing. For 19 houses we were only able to put the invitations in the newspaper slots beneath the mailboxes. But, at one of the houses, the owner was outside and Lauren had this exchange:

Lauren: "Hi. Here is an invitation for 'ya to come to our church."

Lady: "Oh, thank you."

Lauren: "You can come and meet Jesus. And hear about how he was born in Bethlehem."

Lady: "Really? I just showed my kids the movie 'The Navity Story'. Maybe that would be a good thing to bring them to."

Lauren: "Yeah, so we'll see you at our church. Goodbye!"

Now if I could just learn to be so bold. I couldn't have been prouder!