Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Another Billy Graham Accepts Christ




Yesterday my husband and I were riding in area which had been flooded and saw a contractor's truck with the name Billy Graham on it.  The Samaritan's Purse team had been working next door and had spoken to him.  When we visited the team, the contractor was working in the basement of the house, so the we left a book by Rev. Billy Graham in the seat of his truck.  This morning, we felt led to go back in the same area. When we saw the truck again, we decided to stop to meet Billy Graham. He was coming around the house where he had been working.  He told us he was here from his home state, Idaho, working on the houses that had been flooded.  We  talked to him about the Rev. Billy Graham and his belief in Jesus.  Contractor Billy Graham said he too believed in Jesus, but when asked if he knew he was going to heaven when he died, he was not really sure.  We shared with him, "Steps to Peace" and Billy Graham prayed to receive Christ.  It was with great joy that we were getting to  present him with a Billy Graham Bible. 
He then came to eat with us and the Samaritan's Purse teams for dinner tonight and spoke during share time. We thought it was really special, since tonight our share time was held out under a tent, due to the Wednesday night service at the church where we are staying.  Pretty neat, hearing Billy Graham speak outside in a tent! 

Later, by his request, his wife called and talked to me.  When I shared with her what had taken place and her husband accepted Jesus, she cried and said she had been praying for this.  She shared that she had just gotten him to go to church with her a couple of weeks before he came to North Dakota and had prayed that he would meet someone in North Dakota to invite him to church. We actually laughed that her prayer may have been what made me come all the way from Alabama and him from Idaho to meet in North Dakota!

But the best part of this story today was that:
Billy Graham's name was written once again in the Book of Life, but this time for another soul.

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