Kirk's Mom Visits Africa

Living Waters employee Barbara Cameron (Kirk's mom) just got back from her second trip to Africa with Children's Hunger Fund. Below she relates some of her experiences:

"What an awesome trip I experienced!! I taught about 300 children the Ten Commandments in Sunday school! I started out teaching about 3 or 4 children when I first got there and that group grew to many. I taught them from the "Hey, Kids!" booklet that they each received, and when they could recite the Ten Commandments for me, I gave them a Ten Commandments coin and a sweet. They were so excited to learn them and to be able to come back to me every day and say them for me. I gave the Sunday school teacher the PowerPoint presentation that I had printed out and laminated, and she didn't quite know how to interpret it. When she invited me to their Sunday school I excitedly said yes--then I realized that I might be teaching the lesson that morning. Yep, that's what happened! Praise God that He gave me the courage to do this. It was very exciting. The teacher interpreted the lesson for me and many children got it! It was such a joy to experience. I also witnessed to a Muslim on the plane on the way home. It was great! All in all, it was an amazing trip!"

Making the Move

As you know, we are soon making a move into our new building. This means that we have two spaces to lease. One is the Living Waters building and the other is our Production Suite. If you are interested, call our general manager, Emeal Zwayne (EZ), at (877) 496-8688.

How to Bring Your Children to Christ

How to Bring Your Children to Christ...& Keep Them There -- Avoiding the Tragedy of False Conversion arrived recently.

Eighty-eight percent of children raised in evangelical homes leave church at the age of eighteen never to return.

As a parent, you don't want to suffer the heartache of your children rebelling against their Christian upbringing. Nothing is more important than where your kids will spend eternity, so what can you do to ensure that your beloved kids don't become part of this alarming statistic?

While only God can save us and keep us, there are biblical principles you can implement to help prevent your children from tragically falling away from the faith. By countering the unscriptural belief that a child can be saved merely by "asking Jesus into his heart," Ray Comfort shares time-tested principles to help you guide your children to experience genuine salvation and avoid the pitfall of rebellion.

This handy guide is filled with practical ideas for having family devotions, tips for safeguarding kids from harmful influences, and great suggestions for helping kids understand and learn God's holy standard, the Ten Commandments.

"One thing I know about Christian parents is that they will want to read this invaluable book! So, thank you for such an easy way for me to get the biblical gospel into the hands of so many people who 'don't have time' to read or watch 'The Way of The Master' but are more than willing to read this simple (funny) straightforward book. (You need to sell these by the case!)" -- The Marsh Family (CA)

Evangelism Boot Camp

Mark your calendar: the next Great News Network Evangelism Boot Camp is in Orlando, Florida, April 13 - 17. Then the sixth session of the Evangelism Boot Camp will take place July 20 - 24, in the Los Angeles area.

The Evangelism Boot Camp is four days of intensive hands-on evangelism training. This is not some boring, book-taught seminar. You will be surrounded by fellow believers who will encourage you as you hand out tracts, go through the gospel with strangers one-on-one, and maybe even try your hand at open-air preaching. If you want to be included, please book early as it will be limited to one hundred people. See www.thegreatnews.com for details.

NeedGod.com

One reader from Atlanta, Georgia, shares with us that over 20,000 motorists pass this NeedGod.com billboard in a week. That includes traffic from the Georgia football dome and the Phillips basketball arena, special events and convention traffic, plus all the people going to and from work on a daily basis. The believers who invested the money to display this billboard are touching literally thousands of people every day.

We received another email from a man who has decided to run a classified ad in the "spiritual" section of his city's newspaper for an entire year. He sent us a picture showing that right in the midst of advertisements for psychics, witches, and voodoo, people are being directed to find the truth of the everlasting gospel.

The gospel message at NeedGod.com is very simple and straightforward. It starts unbelievers out with a "test" to see if they are good enough to get into heaven. After submitting their answers, a sobering "test score" comes back. The questions are much like the ones you would use when talking to an unbeliever one-on-one. It concludes by presenting the incredible grace we are offered through the blood of Jesus. This website starts directly into the life-saving message from the first page. We encourage you to freely use this website to share the gospel with the unsaved.

Have You Given Your Pastor "Hell's Best Kept Secret"?

One woman wrote to tell us about the experience in her church after she had given "Hell's Best Kept Secret" to her pastor:

"I kept praying and praying asking God to open a door. Well, today a huge answer to prayer came through in an even bigger way. After worship, the pastor got really quiet on the platform and tears started to well in his eyes. He said, 'I don't know why I'm doing this but when God tells you to do something and if I don't do it I'm disobeying him.' He then asked, 'Do you think you are a good person? Have you ever told a lie? What about ever cheating?' To make a long story short, three hours later (we were there from 11:00 to 2:15), people all over the congregation were coming up confessing that they had false conversions. I'm talking deacons and nursery workers, and people you would never have imagined! My eyes were filled with tears as I couldn't believe the miracle God was showing me right before my own eyes. The pastor said that he was tired of sugar-coating the gospel and that all of us will have to face judgment day. He also said that by not sharing that he was keeping something vital from his congregants, and that God wouldn't let him rest until he spoke about the Law...God is moving huge here!"

A Face Cats Go For

"I have a cat that loves Ray. He is deaf, and pays absolutely no attention to TV, except when Ray is on. He will sit on his perch (the back of his [our] love seat) and watch. His eyes never waver. They remain open and he stares at Ray for 15 to 20 minutes uninterrupted. You have to understand, he doesn't do anything uninterrupted for 15 or 20 minutes except sleep. I guess Ray has a face cats go for." -- Dale (TX)

Note from Ray: I figured out why the cat stares at me rather than Kirk. When I am speaking, my moustache looks like a small moving mouse. Cats like watching mice. They sit, stare, ...and salivate.

If You Live Outside the U.S.

If you're a Canadian resident, check out www.livingwaterscanada.com.

If you're a New Zealand resident, we are in the process of establishing an affiliate there. This agent is getting ready to host a "Way of the Master" seminar in your country: Grace Vineyard Church, 150 Ferry Road, Christchurch, Friday, March 4, 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm and Saturday, March 5, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm. For further details, contact: 0800-2-EQUIP (0800-237847).

Tract Story...

"We left a tract on the table for the waitress at Catfish King. Jim . . . went back the day after and talked to the same waitress. He asked her if she had read the tract. She said that not only had she read it, but she took it to her fiance and he read it too. They are going to go to church with Jim this Sunday." -- Chris G. (TX)

Thanks!

Thanks so much to all those who came out to help us with the move on President's Day. We know it was a lot of hard work, and that's why we wanted to say how much appreciate those of you who gave up your free time to spend the day with us. God bless you for your service!