Ice Chest Salvation

Chaplains were driving through disaster area, when they noticed an elderly lady sitting in the shade by her flooded home having lunch off the top of an ice chest.  Turning around, the chaplains went back to visit with her.  She shared about the flood and being displaced .  She shared that she and her husband had been married over 50 years and had lived in this house for over 35 years.  The chaplains asked her about her eternal home.  She replied, "Well, I hope I go to heaven, but I don't know for sure".  When told "God loves you and sent His son to die for you".  She surprised the chaplains and said she had heard of Jesus, but did not know He died for her. The chaplains gently went through the Steps of Peace with her, showing her how she could know for sure that she could spend eternity in heaven.  She listened intently and then ask what must I do?  Pat then bowed her head and prayed, confessing that she was a sinner and asked Jesus to forgive her and to come into life as her Lord and Savior.  Pat, at the young age of 81, gladly took the Billy Graham Training Center Bible so she could learn more of the Peace and Hope that Jesus gives.