We had hoped to host an Operation Onesimus team for a couple of weeks this summer. As it turned out, the Onesimus program didn't field a team this year. So, we set about trying to recruit a team ourselves. With a significant number of available people participating in the Meal-a-Day project in Guatemala, we had trouble just as the OO program did.
We did, however, get one recruit — Sister Kaitlin Ross from Ohio. She, along with members of the Champaign County ecclesia, have been going door-to-door this week, handing people our Fall class schedule brochure.
Of course, many people aren't home, so we leave a brochure on the door. But some folks are at home, and we have a chance to talk to them. Some aren't interested, but more have at least some interest — and a few are quite interested.
On Monday, Kaitlin and Paul went to the post office to buy stamps (for a mailing to our on-board students). Karen, the postal clerk, noticed our T-shirts. When we told her about the Bible Education Center, she connected that we were the ones who had sponsored two Bible/Science talks 2 years ago, before we even had the BEC! She was very interested in knowing about the classes, and Kaitlin went back later with a brochure for her.
Today, Kaitlin talked to a couple, Frank and Sheryl, who were sitting outside (in the heat! it was a scorcher). They were very interested, and before long Norm came by and they all had a great conversation. The couple were so fond of the T-shirts that Norm & Kaitlin went back later and presented them with shirts of their own. Frank said he would attend the classes — we will see! The photo below is of Kaitlin and Frank.
The door-to-door work has been going well enough that it's become clear we will run out of the 2,000 brochures we had printed. So, we've ordered 2,000 more, and we will try to get to additional neighborhoods. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had such a big response that we had to squeeze people in for our Fall classes?
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