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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
I don't know if you have done much door knocking, but spending 4 hours and struggling to get anyone to answer the door, much less listen to you is very tough sledding, whereas walking through a college campus dorm where everyone wants to test their english skills by talking to the American is as smooth sailing as you can get. I had primed the pump, but he kept a steady stream of new converts coming to my Bible study every day.
2nd, we were using a room on campus for our Bible study / English class and this was approved by the Campus. This makes it very easy for the new converts from the night before to show up. Within a few weeks we had standing room only in a room that can seat more than 30.
3rd, the campus is within walking distance of the hall and homes where the home meetings were.
This is just like fishing, you find a good spot and go to town.
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First off,
Thanks for the trip down memory lane ZNP. When I first got saved, through the LC, we would go door knocking on Thursday evenings and again on Saturday afternoons inviting people to the gospel/love feasts. We'd go in groups of 3. We'd go house to house door knocking, college dorm door knocking and because we had a naval base near by, we'd also go to the Navy base. This was in 1975. San Diego was also a 'young people's church'. The majority of the saints in 1975 were single and in their early 20s. We were energized and on fire for Christ " & the church". (It was a good place to be at the time.)
Fast forward to 1977/78, the focus shifted pretty much to campus work only and the meetings were focused in the homes. What I did not like about the home meetings is people were assigned homes in where to meet for practical reasons. But if you liked being around certain saints who were not in your neighborhood, I would not be seeing them hardly at all. We would meet 'corporately' once a month. By then the 'love feasts' were over too..which I loved. The only problem w/the love feasts was the testimonies of the saints on how they got saved became repititious and stale.
When I 'rebelled' and ventured out on my own, I maintained my relationship w/the Lord. So as I made friends, I'd tell them about the Lord. Some got saved. Some did not. Some remained my friends both saved and not. Others drifted away both saved & not.
Such is life.
Reminds me of
Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers, the flower fades, But the Word of our God stands forever.”