Thursday, October 18, 2001 - After our arrival in Fresno last night at ten o'clock we were graciously given hospitality overnight with the two brothers who met us upon our arrival. This morning we left Fresno at six thirty and arrived in San Francisco at ten thirty. During the trip to San Francisco, six of the crew members in the motor home prepared 1,000 gift packets of BfA material for a distribution time in San Francisco from 11:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. Our caravan pulled up in front of City Hall, and we immediately began setting up our literature distribution tables. As we began, we were joined by nine brothers and sisters in Christ from the San Francisco area.

We chose to set up our distribution base near City Hall in the downtown area so we could reach a large number of people. Scores of people passing by were greeted by our smiles and a gift offer of a New Testament Recovery Version (RcV). What a joy it was for us to talk to so many people about the Bible and to give them an opportunity to come to the full knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4) contained in it! We handed out gift packets, wallet cards, BfA newsletters, bookmarks, RcV reading schedules, RcVs, and text-only pocket-sized New Testaments. At four o'clock we arrived at Embarcadero Plaza near the ferry landing and set up "shop" there to distribute large amounts of literature. Altogether, in both places we passed out over 1,000 wallet cards (offering a free RcV), 50 RcVs, 75 gift packets, and about 200 text-only RcVs.

Even though most people were rushing to lunches and meetings and going home, a good number responded favorably to our offer of a free New Testament. We were able to contact a broad spectrum of people, from the homeless to a prominent city official. Many encouraged us with their positive responses and their support of our effort.

In His grace,
The "Word of Truth USA" crew