The Lady with the Green Bag

I found myself walking down the entrance of the city dump with a few of the church members from my church and Chris, another Go To Nations missionary. We had just decided to do things differently that Saturday and go to the people working at the dump first. As we got closer to the busy workers near a big dump truck, we noticed that the pathway that we normally took was freshly excavated and we couldn’t go up to the top of the hill. Feeling a little disappointed, we talked about what we should do next. As we talked I noticed a lady with a green plastic bag with uncooked rice and fish walking towards the workers. When she passed us, I stopped talking to the team and ran to catch up to her. With a huge smile on my face I introduced myself to her. Surprisingly, she stopped walking, smiled back at me, started talking to me and told me her name was Emily. The rest of the group noticed what was going on and quickly joined us. Chris asked her if she knew where she would go once she died and she said she wasn’t sure. We then began to tag team and shared the gospel with her. She was smiling the whole time and when we asked her if she wanted to make Jesus her Lord and Savior over her life, she immediately said yes. We prayed with her and she became a part of our family. I couldn’t contain the joy I was feeling inside of me so I hugged her and I began to laugh out loud. We invited her to attend our church and then we said goodbye. The pathway was closed for us to go to the top of the hill, but God still made a way for us to share the great news with His new daughter.