Volunteers from St Paul

(posted by Paul Zilmer)

We were delighted to have Bro Dennis and Sis Vicki Martin help us out this week. Thank you, Dennis & Vicki!!

The Martins drove down from St Paul, MN on Tuesday. After grabbing some supper, we whisked them off to the Tuesday night class, a study in 1 Corinthians led by Ray. We basically never let them stop moving. They worked in the shop part of the BEC on Wednesday and Thursday – Wed with Jane and Thu with me. They got to experience signing up a new student, marking the lessons for a self-study student, answering phone questions from someone who saw an ad, waiting on customers, etc. (Sounds like it was busier than it actually was, I guess. We didn't have all that many people coming in...but we had some really good conversations.)

In the evenings, Dennis and Vicki joined in the classes – Acts on Wed, with our 2 active students in that class, and Prophecy on Thu, with 8 of the 9 active students. (In the previous post, you can catch a glimpse of them in one of the pictures in the prophecy class.)

They said they got a lot out of the whole experience. And we thoroughly enjoyed having them. With God's blessing, they hope to be back, maybe in late winter, to give a single-session seminar.

So...how about YOU?  We would love to have you come and volunteer, for as long as you're able to. Drop an email to urbanabec@gmail.com!

[With any luck, by the time you're here we'll have a furnace!  We've been frustrated by the mall management's slowness in replacing the furnace that conked out a month ago. But now they promise the new one will be in by Thanksgiving...  So far, it hasn't actually been too bad.]