Yelled at. Ignored. Doors slammed. Rejected. Literature evangelism is a very difficult work and there are many moments when you wonder why you are knocking on doors trying to sell books to cold, hateful, and sometimes even ferocious people.
Answered prayers. Divine appointments. Angels at the doors. More and more students are having experiences where people at the door see their angel by their side. From canvassing in Central California last summer there have already been 10 baptisms that we know about. From canvassing this summer there has already been one person baptized. I personally know about one family to whom I sold some books that want to visit the Spanish SDA church.
The challenges of canvassing are what make this work such a life-altering, character-developing experience. The miracles are what keep you going when all you want to do is get in the car and go home. I am so thankful that God led me to Central California to knock on doors this summer. In spite of the rejection and difficult times, I saw God using me in mighty ways to reach the people of CA, as well as changing my own heart.
"Those who give evidence that they are truly converted, and who take up the canvassing work, will see that it is the best preparation for other lines of missionary labor." -CM 57
My statistics from canvassing this summer:
Total working days: 41
Total books sold: 689
Lowest day: 7 books
Highest day: 44 books
Average books per day for 1st half of summer: 11
Average books per day for 2nd half of summer: 21
Health books: 73
Kids books: 131
Message books: 485
Great Controversy: 73
Steps to Christ: 108
Desire of Ages: 34
Christ Object Lessons: 34
Your Pet & Your Health: 12
Final Events DVD: 131
Ancient Dream (Daniel 2) DVD: 93
English material: 49% of sales
Spanish material: 19% of sales
Multi-language material (DVDs): 32% of sales
Here are the students from the four programs in Central California. The orange(ish) shirts are from my program based out of Clovis & Armona.
3 comments:
Good job! Adding to that, between 6/14 and 7/21 Shama signed 8 people up for personal Bible studies and 17 people for correspondence studies. I don't know how many more she signed up between 7/21 and 8/9.
That's awesome, Shama! I canvassed Armona 6 years ago... wow. I remember the cows and goats.
Wow! You'll be getting dividends from this summer for the rest of eternity :)
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