Saturday Market Report

This last Saturday marked the beginning of the street market season in Portland Oregon! We were there to minister the gospel of our Lord to the crowds that came. I have to confess the weather at my house on the hill was foggy and rainy...I thought this would be a great day to stay home around the fire...But thank the Lord for my good Ukrainian brother, Paul, who had E-mailed these words to me ..., "Dear brothers, tomorrow Saturday Market will start! I'll be there ....Hope to see you! Luke 10:2!"

We began to arrive at the fountain at around 10:45am, gathered for prayer and set up our "Good News" station to preach the gospel. Brother Lafayette began the day with a message on the love of God extended to a lost world from John 3:16 and spoke of Jesus Christ as the only opportunity to receive the fullness of the Father's love. But if any man rejects the Son, they reject the only love God has provided for lost man."He that has the Son has life, but he that has not the Son has not life", 1John 5:12.



There were others who came to preach the gospel on the street. We had six different brothers sharing the speaking duties during our time there at the fountain! The Lord is raising up people to hold forth the gospel in this dark time. Brother Steve Dickensheets, who works in open air ministry with Ron Roman during the week at the Square, spoke the word more that once during the day. Brother Carlen, a brother I had met two weeks ago at the Square, also stood to preach very wonderfully a good Biblical presentation of the gospel with a clear voice and a fervent heart! It was wonderful to be there and witness the working of the Holy Spirit in so many 'regular folks' to reason out of the scriptures many times in the face of ridicule and mockery.

'Tracting'
I met Janelle, a young lady who came out with Christian bothers from her church to hand out tracts. She said that this was her first time out! We had many opportunities to speak to people one on one during the preaching. Many time people will stop and listen and seek out someone to speak to. There was one singular moment that happened while handing out tracts. I give out many different tracts, but there is one booklet that I offer entitled, 'What is a BIBLICAL CHRISTIAN?', by Albert N. Martin. Very few take these booklets as they have no interest in the subject matter, but I hold them out there believing that God works providentially to call people to Himself. A family passed by not showing any interest but after a few minutes past a boy of about ten years came running back, looked up asked me very clearly, "Can I have that book on Biblical Christianity?" You certainly can! And then he was gone as quickly as he had appeared. It makes you wonder what God is doing with this boys life!

Oh yea that verse Luke 10:2....speaks to this time...

Luke 10:2
Therefore said He unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.