Mark Presswood said Mr. Addison was standing out by his mailbox in Walterboro, South Carolina, when Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers came to assess his neighbor’s property for flood damage.
Mr. Addison didn’t have any damage, so he didn’t need help from their crews. But Presswood thought he might need a friend.
“We went over to talk to him, and he was telling us how old he was,” Presswood said of the 90 year old. “I said, ‘There comes a time when we all die; when you die, do you want to go to Heaven?’ And he said, ‘I hope so.’”
Presswood, an ABDR chaplain and associational missions director for Clarke Baptist Association, told Mr. Addison that the Bible “says you can know that.”
“I walked him through Romans and said, ‘Would you like to know? Whoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved,’” Presswood said.
He said Mr. Addison prayed sincerely, and after he prayed, said, “You know, it’s about time I did that.”
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This article was originally published at TheAlabamaBaptist.org.
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