The Passion Continues

For fourteen days in April, I stood outside of our city’s theater as hundreds of Italian Catholics filed by. We were able to write a five-page pamphlet that dealt with ten central truths of the Passion of Christ. Approximately 3,800 pamphlets went out from our location. We witnessed to as many people as we could again & again. Yet one couple stayed around. Walking in and receiving our pamphlet, they wondered, “What sect is this?” But after seeing the film and reading our pamphlet, their question became, “When do you meet?” We told them, “We meet here - tomorrow.” Dino & Daimy came the next day — Easter Sunday. Since then, they have been to every service, small group meeting, study class, & event that we have held. Daimy was baptized last Sunday. She’s from Cuba and was saved there. Dino came under conviction and has been under it all summer.
This afternoon, this couple rode their bikes to our house for a surprise 3-hour visit. Now, Dino doesn’t spout the usual pride-filled lines that most Italian men do. He recognizes that he needs true friends, that a break from his religion and culture is coming, and that he now sees the thousands of shrines that pepper our region as idol-worship. He also shared that the supremacy of the Bible is really impacting his thinking. The paths of the Lord are being made straight and a marriage is about to be healed.
We gave the customary salutation kisses good-bye and they asked if we were coming to their bbq tomorrow which we confirmed that we’d be there. I’m sure glad that we were at the Passion film doing work in Mel’s backyard.

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