A Day With Natalie

A couple of years ago, two families who live in RV's and travel the country as evangelists came and shared at our church.  One of the families had a daughter named Natalie.  Natalie and I became close friends very quickly, and by the time they left about a week later, it was like we had been best friends for ages.  Since then, we have emailed each other almost every day.  About once a year, the Agents for Christ (that's the name of their ministry) pass through Arizona, and come pay us a visit.

Yesterday was that occasion.  One of the families was not able to come, but Natalie's family visited with us.

Sunday evening we had dinner, talked, played games, and sang worship songs and Christmas carols.  Natalie spent the night with us, and we had fun just talking and playing games before bed.

The next day we just hung out, and did a lot of baking.  We made breakfast, played Dutch Blitz, decorated sugar cookies, wrapped candy, and made pizza.

That night after dinner, we got to go out witnessing.  We went to the Prescott Courthouse, and then the mall, handing out candy canes and tracts, and singing Christmas carols.  We had a great time, and I discovered something new:  It's not easy to walk and sing at the same time in the cold!  I had never before gone caroling while walking, and I was surprised by how difficult it was!  Sadly, I didn't get any good pictures of our time out witnessing.

Even though Natalie was only here for a short amount of time, I was so grateful that she and her family could come and visit with us!  I thank God for such friends as them!

Happy Independence Day!

I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July weekend. My family did! We (Dad, Mom, Isaac, I, and my cousin Mariah) headed to the Prescott Courthouse where a huge parade takes place every year. Thousands of people gathered to enjoy it, and when there are thousands of people somewhere, what better time is there to share the gospel? We passed out tracts before the parade started, during the parade, and as the people were leaving. All in all, I believe we got out over 1,000 tracts! We had a blessed time!

Tracting at the Parade

Last Saturday, we got a chance to evangelize at the parade in our town. This parade is held annually, and we tracted it last year. This year we decided to do it again!

The group that went with us was my brother's and my Student Council group, S.A.L.T. (Servants and Leaders in Truth). In all, there were nine of us kids, and three adults. We split up into groups and were able to tract the whole crowd that was waiting for the parade to start!

It went really well. Most people were more than glad to receive the million dollar bills we were giving them, and one kid even chased me down the street to ask for more for his friends. Last year, God had provided about 2 dozen or so cases of Gatorade, and we handed those out with the tracts. I thought that it was going to be harder this time, but I actually think it ended up being easier, and we were able to give out a lot more tracts.

I was glad for this opportunity, because we haven't gone to any events to evangelize in a while. It was a blessing to me, and I pray that God blessed our efforts, and softened the hearts of the people who received the tracts.

In Christ,

Tracts and a Kind Man

Today we went to the Anthem Outlet Mall solely for the purpose of handing out tracts. We had a good time, but the highlight of the day was when my brother Isaac and three of our friends handed a tract to a man in the Food Court. The man took a minute to look at the tract and then handed back to my brother and friends saying," I'm already a Christian. Give this to someone else." Isaac (my brother), and Joe, Mike, and Matt (our friends) took it back and were handing out tracts to other people in the Food Court. A little later, the same man came back to them and said something like, " You guys are doing a really good thing here. I want to buy you all sodas." So he did. Isaac, Joe, Mike, and Matt were blessed. It was just cool so I thought I'd share the story.

~Kiah b

Our Family Christmas

Just wanted to share some pictures from our Christmas. This is my family on Christmas Eve.





This is what our stockings looked like on Christmas morning.