Percy's Hot Dog + Meeting Bill

So for those of you who know me pretty well- you know that I don't like hotdogs.  Random fact.  But it is true.  I've never really liked hot dogs.  But there are these hotdogs at this little country store called Percy Flowers in Clayton, NC.  And they are good.  I mean- these hotdogs are good.  haha  :)

Long story short I took the middle daughter of the family that I'm staying with (Lizzy) to Percy's for lunch after school today and we were just getting ready to sit down and enjoy a good Percy's Hot Dog and a soda (Cheerwine- it is amazing!  it is like dr pepper mixed with cherry coke) and as we're sitting down we see this guy (Bill) sketching at the table next to us.

We compliment him on his sketch.  And he strikes up a conversation.  We start talking about the different things in North Carolina and then I mention I'm from Arizona and he starts telling me of the different places he has ridden his motorcycle throughout the US.  As we keep talking he tells me about being to Arizona and on one trip he was driving and he ran into some really bad fog/rain/wind and he couldn't see while driving.  And he said that was the first time he had ever really prayed to God- he asked God to help him get through the storm.  He said that he was not religous and didn't really care about religion, but at that moment he knew there was something more.

So we kept talking and I mentioned how it is so funny how it takes a really intense or scary situation like that for us to even think about God's existence.  I shared a little bit with him about me being an atheist until I was 19 and how it took a big event like that for me to question about God.

We continued talking.  And he started talking more about God, spirituality and religion.  He believes that there is a higher power or maybe a god.  He doesn't like religon.  He doesn't believe the Bible is really the Word of God, but that is from men.  He thinks all religions are in essence the same.  He believes in right and wrong-good and evil.

I got to share some with him about Jesus and what I've experienced and how I've seen people's lives transformed because of what God has done in their lives.

All in all it was a pretty cool conversation.  And I know that God is planting seeds and working in Bill's heart.

God really showed me through this conversation how much I need Him.

Every time I share my testimony or share the gospel I am reminded of who I was before I knew Jesus.
I am reminded of how much I truly need God.
God has given me life.

Please pray that God would continue working in Bill's heart.