A Mom's Perspective

As the Mom of Jason, I listened with interest and excitement as Jason told me about the ministry that he and Bethany were embarking on. I was so proud that they were stepping out in faith to follow God's leading.  In April of 2012 I had the privilege of going with Jason and the Hannibal Lagrange Track Team to the first meet where they handed out shirts along with the tracts that we made up.  The tract gives his personal testimony, as well as the “Plan of Salvation.”  Along with the shirt each person receives 3 tracts – one to keep and two to share.  Each person is challenged to be BOLD by wearing the shirt and sharing their faith with at least 2 other people. They gave out almost 50 T-Shirts that weekend.  That means that through this ministry, at just one track meet, the gospel has the potential of reaching over 150 people!  Below are just a few of the pictures that I took at that meet. 



This is the first girl to ask for and receive a t-shirt.

 

A group of girls on Jason's team wearing the shirts.

 

 

 

 

They really appreciated receiving the shirts!

 

 

This is one of the shirts that Jason wears which started their whole T-Shirt ministry.

 

 

Sitting up in the stands I could see that the word about the T-shirts was beginning to spread.

 

 

Some of the kids thanking Jason.

 

I noticed that kids kept wandering over to the area where the kids on the team were handing out the t-shirts.

 

The kids started to sit down and share their testimonies.

 

The crowd continued to grow.

 

Two of the girls on the team got so excited about sharing the gospel and extending

a challenge to other kids.

 

You could see that the kids were very intent as the group continued to grow.

 

... grow

 

What a joy it was to see kids take up the challenge!

 

I noticed that Jason seemed to be sitting off to the side and not participating much. 

I talked to him about it, and he said that he wanted to stand back and let the kids

on his team step up and take the challenge. Obviously it worked! Many of the kids

walked over to Jason to thank him for his ministry (and the shirt!).

 

 

One of the girls sharing her faith.

 

Even while the gospel was being shared, people continued to gather around and listen.

 

 

These kids took up the challenge!

 

Here is a whole group of kids that took up the challenge to be BOLD in their faith,

and committing to sharing their faith.

 

What an AWESOME day!  How wonderful to see a ministry take flight.  It touched my heart to know that the kids were truly listening to the gospel, and reading the tracts that were being handed out.  In fact they ran out of tracts before they finished handing out shirts.  People were coming back and saying, "We didn't get any of the tracts, do you have any more?" 

 

My prayer is that we will continue to see this ministry grow, with MANY MORE people being touched by God's word!

 

Debbie Scott (a.k.a. Jason's "Very Proud" Mom)

 

 

 

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