As the hostess seated the tour group in the restaurant, one young Chinese woman kept looking outside. She knew she couldn’t sit down to enjoy the buffet until she got something off her mind and heart.

“Can I pray for you?” Felicity Wong,* a Chinese Malaysian university student, asked Southern Cross volunteers from First Baptist Church, Thomasville, Ga. “I felt the Spirit leading me to come back.”

Wong introduced herself as a fellow Christ-follower and thanked the volunteers for coming on her way into the restaurant, but that wasn’t enough interaction. She needed to encourage them to continue distributing Bibles to her fellow Chinese on vacation.

Wong lauded the volunteers on their courage and said she knew how difficult it must be to do their job, giving out Bibles, to people whose hearts may not be open.

The volunteers gathered in a circle and Wong brought the team before the Lord in prayer. She asked for success in the Bible distribution. She prayed against persecution, pain and suffering that might come their way. She prayed the Lord would keep the devil away. She interceded for open hearts.

“Thank you for your prayer!” Robbie Floyd, First Baptist Church, Thomasville, Ga., said.

Wong hugged each of the team members and went back into the restaurant to eat. But after dinner, Wong stopped by a third time, offering more support for the team.

“God bless,” she told the volunteers as she re-joined her tour group.