Bars, Bible Studies, and Brain Tumors

I had an interesting night tonight. I went to the Lizard tonight. It is the bar where I met Brian two weeks ago. I figure the bar is a great place to meet lost people who are willing to talk. Tonight I met Curtis. We started talking and I asked him what he did. He works in the shop at a car dealership, sometimes he bounces at a bar in Medicine Hat, and he talks to kids in high school about the dangers of drugs since he is also a recovering morphine addict who has been clean for 4 years. He asked me what I do, "I'm a church planter."

"What's that?"
"I find people who are interested in God or in spirituality and show them how the Bible applies to their life in the 21st century."

Well, it turns out that he has read the Satanic bible, and is wanting to read the book of Mormon also. I was able to share the Gospel with him at the bar. He didn't accept Christ, but he is going to come to a Bible study at my house on Sunday afternoon. He took a brochure and was looking at it and he saw the place where it says, "We also value relationships. When you come to Pathway, we want you to know that no matter your income, age, profession, education, race, or your past, we value you as a person and welcome your friendship." He said that he could tell that I wasn't judging him for his past. After that, he took my card and I saw him punch my phone number into his cell phone!

Then I asked the bartender, Amanda, if I could pray for her. She said, "Where could I start? How about praying for my sister, she has a brain tumor." So we prayed for her sister right there in the bar. She got a prayer card from me and when God answers her prayer, she will send it back telling how God answered it.

It's also very nice to have 4 cokes at a bar and only cost $2 - just in case any of you were wondering if I drank at the bar.