Lucy

On Thanksgiving weekend Shoshannah met Lucy.  Lucy is the mother of Amer, one of our co-workers here in NYC. Amer and his siblings had shared the Gospel with Lucy for over 20 years.  Shoshannah challenged Lucy to take a step of faith.  They looked at Ephesians 2:8-9. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast."

Shoshannah told me (Stewart) about the conversation.  I decided to ask Amer if I could call his mother, Amer said, “Yes!”.  After our initial phone conversation  Lucy said I could call again.  And I did.  Every week I called Lucy and answered her questions about the Messiah.  During our fifth phone visit Lucy prayed to trust Jesus as her Lord.  Was Amer excited! Me too!   Amer shared his excitement with our JFJ staff.  Amer said his mom had called everyone in the family using Facetime on her new iphone to profess her faith in Jesus.  What a great encouragement for us to not grow weary in sharing the Gospel.  I still meet with Lucy weekly for discipleship.  She is growing wonderfully.

 Here we are at the Macy's Thanksgiving Pre-parade inflation of the balloons.  We handed out Broadsides and gave away hot chocolate!