"It's Verna"

​Knock Knock; Who’s There; It’s Verna …

It was a Saturday afternoon, we were in the rig relaxing; I was watching TV, and Adriene was on the phone with a friend.  That is when I heard a light knocking at the door.  Our main door was open at the time, but the screen door was still shut.  She says, "Hi, are you Robert; I said yes I am, she said I have been looking at your flag everyday, and I finally went online to look you up; I wanted to come over.  My Bible is falling apart, and I thought that you might have some tape so that I could tape it back together.”

That is when I went outside; I told her that I not only would help her to repair her Bible, but we would also bless her with a new one.  I opened our storage bay where we keep our bin of donated Bibles that we give away along our journey.  I told her to take a look, and see if she saw a Bible that she liked; it was then that I went back in the coach to get Adriene.  She was still on the phone, but  I asked her to call the friend back, and come outside with me; I introduced her to our guest.  I didn’t know her name at the time, but she recognized Adriene right away.  She had been on our website, and she also had seen Adriene the night before at one of our campfire gatherings.  By then, she had found a King James Bible, that she was looking for; I left Adriene outside to spend time with Verna, while I went inside with Verna’s “tattered” Bible to tape it up a bit.

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Adriene and Verna spent a considerable amount of time together, while I stayed inside, and prayed for this “God Ordained Encounter”.  Verna shared her life with Adriene, and Adriene ministered to her needs, and prayed with her.  After a while, Adriene came and got me, I went back out and presented Verna with her “repaired” Bible.  That is when I actually learned what her name was.  Verna continued to share her life, and her love of God, and His people.  She too has a burning desire to reach the lost.

It was no mistake that we had the opportunity to connect with Verna; I believe that we “entertained an angel unaware”.  Verna, would likely not be welcomed in many churches  today, but she embraced a love for Christ that is seldom seen by many “Churchgoers”.  Some would consider Verna as homeless, but after spending time with her, she appears to have everything that she needs.  She lives in a car; coupled by a little tent to the side, but for her, it is her “mansion” in the desert.  She also took the opportunity to give us a tour of her “setup”; “organization is the key” she said, everything has a place, and everything in its place”.

Verna expressed such a desire to win souls for the Kingdom of God, and shared some of her successes and failures along the way.  It was so ironic to me that Verna was parked just feet from our gathering of beautiful Monaco coaches, worth thousands, and thousands of dollars, but I truly believe, that Verna was one of the “richest” people around us; she had a deep love for Jesus Christ, and a love and desire to share His Word.  During our conversation, she mentioned that she was going to give away one of her appliances, because she didn’t have any electricity to power it; well, that is when the Lord reminded me of a portable inverter that we had in the rig, that we seldom use.  We had the opportunity to bless Verna with power for her appliances, and the “Power of God’s Word”, with bibles that she can give away as she shares the love of Christ.  She was so excited, and it was a tremendous blessing to us as well.

Many in Verna’s circumstance would be shunned and overlooked, but Verna reminded me that we are all God’s children, and He loves us all the same.  I’m believing that God will continue to use Verna in a mighty way; continuing to build the “Church Without Walls”.  Thank you Verna, for your sweet spirit, and for sharing the Love of Christ along your journey ...