Jockey Lot Update 3/17/24:

Ernesto and I began our first outing this year on St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick was a great evangelist and we pray for his help in spreading the Gospel and leading souls to the Church.

We met Gail, who was selling items on the table next to ours. I had a long and personal conversation with her, listening to her story about her last husband who passed away and whom she loved very much. I found out that it was her second marriage and she had to leave the first because he was unfaithful and verbally abusive. He was an alcoholic. I used alcoholism as an extreme example of a problem that all of us face - the reality that we all have a deep insatiable desire that never seems to be satisfied but that we keep trying to satisfy with the passing things of this world. It's an eternal hunger. I told her this alone proves that 1) we are made for eternity - we have an eternal soul, and 2) that there is a God and only He can satisfy this desire. We all want eternal happiness, and Christ made that relationship possible. She couldn't agree more. She spent much time after that listening in to our conversations with others who approached our table.

We met others for whom I ask you to pray: Old Buddy and his son Young Buddy - Old Buddy watched his dad shoot his mom dead when he was teenager - they believe deeply in God and in Christ our Savior but do not attend a church. We prayed together. His daughter Angel was present with her two sons; Nicolas and Marcos - their father is Catholic and they took some rosaries with pamphlets on how to pray it.

Pray for Dennis who did not want to spend long talking to us but took a medal from the table, thanked us, and I asked him about his relationship with God. He said he was not close to God, but wanted to be closer. I encouraged him that God is very very close to Him and that He loves him.

Pray for Michelle who was wearing a green "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" shirt. Her Mother is a devout Catholic, they live just over the border in Georgia, but haven't found a good parish. I encouraged her to try St. Joseph's in Anderson.

Pray for Lucas, a young man, who asked me what parish I belonged to and he informed me he is in the process of joining the Catholic Church by attending RCIA at OLR in Greenville. He is struggling with some personal problems and needs strong intercessory prayer and encouragement to overcome them.

Ernesto's report: "Two women and their dad stopped by to talk. They were Catholics from China and happy to talk to Caleb in Chinese since he evangelized in China for 8 years. They were also glad to see Catholics evangelizing as we were to see Catholics from China. Later, a Latin American man took a Spanish Bible and a rosary. Apparently he needs a little help to practice his Catholicism better. Michele also showed interest as she is Catholic. She wanted a rosary and a card. The lady next to us (Gail) also took a rosary, a booklet on the Church (Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth), and a rosary. She is nominally Baptist but now has a positive sentiment about the Catholic Church and wants to talk more with us on future visits. Samuel, a young man, took the book "Born Fundamentalist, Born Again Catholic", a rosary and pamphlet, and a miraculous medal. He had recent problems that made him pray and he has seen signs from God, but he is not sure. I gave him my phone number."