a stand tent for the occasion, which included
putting up and taking down. Our stand
promoted (1) The NEV Bibles; 2019 Calendars;
Bible Basics; ‘When will Jesus Return to the
Earth’ booklet., and other Bible helps etc. As it
was multicultural we also had Bibles in Swahili
and Sudanese as samples. (2) The Loanialu
Health Clinic in Vanuatu. (3) A small area on the
outside of the tent promoting our business.
I had been able to create some posters etc.
from the online Vistaprint. On the Friday and
Saturday we had grouped together items as
‘Free Bible Packs’. There seemed to be some
people hesitant about getting material, but
we still had approximately 30 persons taking
a variety of different materials… We had two
people come especially to ask for a large copy
of the Bible Basics study manual. We also had
young people coming and asking for a free
Bible. On the Sunday, as we were next to the
‘Show Bag’ van, we made a different sign and
advertised our same ‘Bible Packs’ as ‘Free
Bible Show Bags’. Although we were showing,
displaying and giving out the same materials,
there was a greater interest.
We are thankful to all Brothers and Sisters
who willingly gave up their time to help with
the display. (We didn’t have to personally ask
anyone – they freely volunteered – which in it-
self was great; one brother travelling about
50km to unexpectedly help us out). We were
able to talk to many people - the ones that
stand out were the two Police liaison officers,
one from Sudan and the other from Samoa.
The former wanted a complete NEV Bible, not
just the small NEV New Testament. The
evenings of the show finished at 10pm., the
area had security people and some stand
holders slept on site. Our recommendations
to anyone wanting to try something like this:
Make the display as attractive but as
•
simple as possible.
We did have some pull up signs, but could
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only use these on days with no wind.
Modify the stand to see what works
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most effectively.
State positively what we believe about
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the coming Kingdom of God.
Just have a go. People are interested.
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Although we did not promote our business…
(as it was a self-managed display) in the week
following the show we had firm orders three
times the set up cost of the show.”
B
ro Phil and Sis Miri also report the baptism
of Christina, a Congolese migrant, and you
can see a video of the baptism at:
Sis. Miri writes: “Saturday morning, 27
November, at 5.30am we were awakened by