Would you take a volunteer shift, answering calls from total strangers on your 60th birthday? Well… this volunteer did! Here is some of what she had to say:

“I could hardly wait to volunteer with this campaign. I answer calls and I go door-to-door, participating in the campaign book distribution.

This volunteer turned 60 on the day she was answering campaign calls.

I didn’t know very many other people volunteering from all these other churches. But we have become a family. When they heard that I was turning 60 on one of my shifts, they made sure I didn’t miss out on a birthday cake! We all celebrated together.

I spoke to one woman over the phone that I will never forget. She was drunk when she called, and she pleaded for a copy of the book. As soon as we hung up, she called in again and begged for a copy of the book. Even though I told her that she would be getting a copy, she kept calling in all evening. I don’t think she was safe to herself that night. I was happy to keep taking her call.

We brought her a book the very next day. She was overjoyed.

Distributing the campaign books door-to-door are the most moving moments for me. What I have found out through this is that everybody wants to change… but they don’t know how to change. This book shows them the stories of people who have been changed by Jesus, giving them hope for the future.

Many of the older people that I visit are extremely upset and crying about the trouble that their children are in. They are desperate to discover the power to change and share it with their children.”