My 8 year old son Christian, was in the barn where my wife runs her horseback riding business yesturday, when my wife couldn't find him. She looked around the barn and heard whispers coming from a back hallway. She opened the door to find our son Christian with one of her 8 year old riding students, who goes to school with Christian. My wife knew something was going on because they looked like they got caught in the middle of doing something. My wife asked my son what he was doing and he replied "nothing." My wife asked her student what they were doing and she said "nothing".
My wife noticed the little girl was trying to hide something behind her back. My wife asked, "what do you have in your hand that you don't want me to see?" The little girl said "just a piece of paper." My wife asked, " can I see it?" The little girl handed my wife the piece of paper.
The piece of paper was a Christian Salvation tract that I took from a nice lady at the gates to a local state fair we attended the night before. My son asked me what was the paper the lady handed me was about. I explained that she was giving people information about Jesus dying for us so we would be able to go to heaven. I explained that alot of people don't know about Jesus and this "nice lady" was trying to tell them so they could go to Heaven to be with Jesus. I told my son that some people don't understand why the "nice lady" was giving out the papers and make fun of her and are rude to her but they don't understand she's trying to help them find Jesus. I explained that people get offended by Jesus sometimes and its a very touchy subject with alot of people. My son took the tract from my dashboard when nobody was around.
I had to explain to him along time ago not to talk about Jesus in school because it would get him into trouble with some teachers. I told him when he wants to talk about God to do it with me. I'm very protective of my son's soul and don't want him misled.
Well my son Christian went up to his little friend and asked her to go to the back of the barn. He gave her the tract and explained to the little girl that he couldn't read it but she HAD to read it because he wanted her to know about Jesus and that he died so we can go to Heaven. He was afraid I (dad) would be mad at him for talking to her about God but he really wanted her to know so he decided to do it secretly.
Thats my boy, discretely preaching the Gospel in the way he thought of all by himself, against dad's advise, but he thought it was worth it!.
The little girl who he gave the tract to has a termally ill 3 year old sister not expected to live more than a year

Perhaps my son is reaching a family that I can't reach, perhaps God is already using him, I hope and pray He is.
Say a prayer for little "Mel", it stands for Melody, or Melonie, but I've only known her as "Mel." She has had a horrible disease from birth and it breaks everybody who knows her's heart. Say a prayer for her family.
Proud Dad, Paul2