My friend Anthony is on the streets, and is usually the least receptive to Jesus out of the men that we minister to on his corner. Before we went down on the 23rd, he was just really on my heart and I was praying that God would soften his. When we got downtown, I was talking to someone else, but I looked over and Anthony was laying down with his headphones on (the usual). I felt, very strongly, that God wanted me to go talk to him. It was really awkward at first, because I had to yell his name to get his attention through the music in his ears. Finally he sees me, and I sit down with him. Before I have a chance to say anything, he starts the conversation with a simple, yet shocking, question: “What’d you learn today? Ya know, in church?”

Wow. Anthony had never been the first to bring up God. I began to explain the message of threshing and trials that Mark had given that morning, and he continually asked questions throughout the explaination. After, he pulled out a tiny booklet, which he called his Bible. It was a few verses inside a little book that a man passing by had handed him (it looked pretty rough, so he had apparently had it for a while). It was written in the King James Translation, and Anthony said that a lot of it was confusing. So he opened the booklet and began to read random verses, asking me to explain them and their importance. So there I was, having a mini Bible study with Anthony.

I had stumbled into an adventure, similiar to your experience with Will.

Jesus is so faithful!!!