Intermission Entry

Hello everybody.  I'm inserting this intermission post to show the overall map and the places we've been so far.  This map shows Fort Worth and all the surrounding area, but not Dallas.

The red dot is where we live.  The markers go in order: location #1 is the top marker, then location #2 below that, and then the bottom marker as location #3.

Location #1 (645 Grapevine Hwy, Hurst, TX): 
Background:  this was the place where my wife saw the homeless guy, standing in the rain, with a sign: "Need job. Please," while driving home one day from work. So instead of a homeless guy with a sign, I wanted to hold my gospel sign instead standing in the same place! 

Location #2 (Precinct Line Rd & W Harwood Rd, Hurst, TX):
Background:  location #1 wasn't as great as I thought, so I went to look for another location, and this one was close by with lots of traffic.

Location #3 (S Cooper St & W Pleasant Ridge Rd, Arlington, TX):
Background:  while driving through South Cooper St one day, I noticed how busy it was in this area of Arlington!  So I chose one of the busy intersections.  

Location 3 (trial day): S Cooper St & W Pleasant Ridge Rd, Arlington, TX

"To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they many receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me."   - Acts 26:18 

Time:  4:30  - 5:45 pm

Main Happenings:

1)  A lady rolled down her window and wanted to give me some coffee or something to drink, but I politely declined. She said she went to the Crossroads church in Grand Prairie, TX and gave me a brochure/bulletin thing.
2)  A guy snapped a picture of me to put on his Facebook page. 
3)  Honks and thumbs up
4)  Two "drive by shoutings": the 'F' word was shouted at me (couldn't really understand what he was saying), and then something about "Jihad!" from another guy.
5) Lady rolls down her window and says, "God Bless you!", and I asked if the sign is easily readable and she said yes.
6)  A few people rolled down their windows and said "good job" or whatnot, and I asked if they were saved, or believed, or a Christian, and they said yes.

Sign Held:

The New Location!!

Well here it is: the brand new location!  As you guessed, the red X's are the places I stood at.  I alternated at the spots throughout the time being there.  I knew I wanted intersections at South Cooper St because there are TONS of cars that pass through - it's extremely busy down there in south Arlington.  But at first I actually couldn't decide on a location.  I drove around the area trying to pick a good place.  And as you remember from the previous post, I want to stay at a specific location for 3 weeks.  So once I decide on a location I want to stay there.  I'm not going to bounce from place to place every time I go out.  So I finally settled on S Cooper St & W Pleasant Ridge Rd right next to the Express - The Parks at Arlington shopping mall area.

For the first 5 minutes being there I was wondering if I even picked out a good location.  It seemed to me that I couldn't reach the people with my sign - either they couldn't see it very well or most just driving right on by and not reading it.  But I quickly warmed up and now love my new location.  This is the place I will be at for the next 3 weeks.  So stay tuned for more adventures in gospel sign holding!

Let's see where to begin.  The first thing that happened was a lady rolling down her window and asking me if I wanted something to drink like coffee or water or whatnot, which I politely declined.  I said, "Are you saved?!"  She said yes and asked what church I was going to.  I told her I currently wasn't going to church, that my wife and I were looking for one.  She told me she went to the Crossroads church in Grand Prairie and then hands me a bulletin/brochure thing from the church.

More to come...