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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 1 – Beginner)
Topic: Friendship (04/04/05)
Don a single parent, and his eight year old, son, Eric, had arrived in Sweetwater, just the night before. The trip from Ole Town had only taken a few hours to drive. This was a promotion for Don, with new responsibility and new challenges. It was Sunday, the start of a new week, in a new city, in a new job. As they went about dressing for church, Eric ask “Dad, do you know where this church is?” His father was deep in thought about events leading up to today.

Don’s thoughts take him back in time. He’s a young man, married, with one child, a red headed boy named Eric. Events, the results of bad decisions, cost him his job, his marriage, fortunately he got custody of his son and now he had to start over with a new job that had promise of a new life for them.

God was tugging at his heart.

Don and his son move to Ole Town where he begins a new life. Don is Operations Manager for this new company and his boss Tony is Department Head. Days turn to weeks, weeks turn to months. Tony had been with the company for several years and Don was fast moving up the ladder. The two of them had been a team for three years now.

Don and Tony enjoy hours of conversation getting to know one another. One day the conversation begins, “Don, my wife and I have been talking, about you and your son, and would like to invite you to church, with us said Tony,” he knew from discussions with his assistant that he and his son were not Christians

God was working on both men.

Tony and his family, Christians of many years, were not moved to reach out to others; yet there was this tugging feeling to reach out to Don and his son. The family began to pray for Gods guidance in this matter.

“Tony, would this Sunday be ok to visit your church asked Don?” God was working. “Sure, we even have a Christian School for Eric. I could introduce you to the Principle, if you like.” Tony then gave them directions “Ok, we’ll meet you there Sunday answered Don.”


After the service, the Preacher had asked if he could visit, the following Tuesday night and it had been agreed on. Tuesday night the Preacher arrived and after some casual discussion about the church and its various ministries, “Don, do you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, asked the Preacher?” “No, said Don.”

Don was taken back to the time when a bad decision had changed their lives, now remembering and realizing that he had driven around the city looking for an open church and had not found one.

“The Preacher asked would you like to surrender to Jesus and be forgiven for all your sins.” The Preacher used certain verses in book of Romans to point out this road to salvation. “Preacher, yes, I’m ready to surrender and follow the teaching of Jesus, said Don.”

The following Sunday Don went forward, at the invitation, and ask to be washed of his sins by believers baptism. The Preacher then led Don into a new life, washed in the blood, forgiven for his sins and welcomed into the church.

A new life began that day.

“Son, yes I know where the church is, answered Don” and off they went to begin the next chapter in there new lives.
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Leticia Caroccio
04/12/05
It is beautiful to recount a story that ends with a life-changing decision to live for Jesus.

When you tell your story, why don't you try to leave parts up to the imagination of the reader, instead of telling every detail in the order in which they happened. Pay close attention to your spelling and grammar.

I like the way you interjected God as He began to touch Don's heart.
Phyllis Inniss 
04/15/05
I have to agee with Leticia about leaving some things to the reader's imagination and some grammatical errors in your story. You can work on these, so don't give up. The idea of Don's transformation was a good one.