Strange and Unusual adventures - SB &Sb-duo- Part I

I've (SB) worked with Stephanie Berkeley (Sb) three different days this week alone, and each time we've had the strangest and most unusual divinely-directed angelic ministry experience. 

Part I: 

Not sure how many guys it takes to read a map, but that is Steph showing a map of her territory to a, what started out as one, tricycle driver.  I listen as they try to work out a "deal" in their favour (80 pesos for one ride is waaayyyy too much!)

   

Stephanie trying to give directions 
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Anyway,  I glance at my watch and realize it is 11:08am and I need to leave by 11:30am - not practical - the timing, the distance, the cost for a 20 minute window not good - so I say a quick-Nehemiah prayer asking if the remaining 20 minutes could just be used to try one, just one, new address. 

So, all of I sudden, I find myself interrupting Steph and her expert-map-readers, explaining my dilemma and then randomly asking the tricycle driver, "do you know five-sixer?  I need five-sixer (me to self: what on earth are you doing girl!).

The tricycle driver thinks I need a fiver-sixer (which means I need to borrow money from a Punjabi money-collector, fiver-sixer is slang for PJ people). Tricycle driver, "you need five-six, five-six! I know, I know!" 

I ask,  "Saan saan (where?) , malapit? (near?)" 

"OO" (oh oh - means yes) he says, "I take you, my name Eric". 

So Eric not only takes us there but tells us to wait outside while he goes and gets the PJ man from the house and! waits for us while we preach and takes us back by 11:30am. He felt honoured to help us "missionaries."  

So who did "Eric" help us find? See below. 

We found 2 Punjabi men, brothers. One was very interested. The one above was not, rather, quite perturbed - . . . it was more like, 'how did you find me.'  He was on his way out, but we talked 5 min. We were about to leave but Eric yells, "sir-mam, one more, his brother," and at the same time the brother comes outside.  He listened.   

Neither brother had ever met a JW or received our magazines.  They never heard of the name Jehovah.  They live above a neighborhood convenience store, (you can see the store behind me)  in a Philippino community, married to Philippinas, and disconnected from the PJ community (due to corruption).  They were not on the territory map and there was no way any of us humans could ever had found those guys! 

We "saw" angels-in-action that day, and they used Eric! 

Thanks Eric! 

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Offering Tract (tract campaign) to Jollibee coupon guy- "I will take one if you will"