Dan "The Animal Man" Breeding from Creatures of Creation is with us again this year. Praise the Lord, he has brought a kookaburra, a lemur, a large turtle, a snake and a baby alligator to draw the folks in.
Praise God for our 20 foot banner this year that boldly proclaims Jesus as the Creator of the universe. Going along with the theme of Colossians 1:16 we are giving away 1000 "Charles Darwin Bibles" which are the complete New Testament interspersed with articles that show the problems with Darwin's beliefs on evolution.
Praise the Lord for His wonderful providence in providing a local church to help us receive 3 pallets worth of AiG materials worth over $55,000 retail that we are excited to give away for free to thousands of public school teachers over the next few days!
Numerous teachers have stopped by who are unsure whether God created everything or whether the theory of evolution is true. However, many of them have taken materials and seem to be open to learning; so praise the Lord!
We had 200 complimentary tickets to the Creation Museum and selectively handed them out to folks who live near Cincinnati and had a desire to visit. By the end of our time, all of them had been given away; praise the Lord!
Just about everyone, including Arianna, had their picture taken with the T-Rex.
It's been quite a sight to behold, watching all these teachers and young children stick their arms, legs, heads, whole bodies in the T-Rex's mouth. Praise God we've been able to reach out to these folks who might otherwise not have stopped by our booth.
A very upset teacher threatened to "check into the legality" of what we're doing. This is not an uncommon occurrence. We probably get this type of response at least once a year. Of course the Creation Science Educators Caucus is completely legal and AiG donating materials and volunteers to help man the booth is completely legitimate. We have a copy of the NEA bylaws that state in part, "NEA affiliates, delegates, and caucuses shall be permitted to use the exhibit area to distribute material related to the Association's agenda, including material or information that is contrary to or advocates a change in NEA policy. Caucuses may distribute material or disseminate information prepared by groups external to the Association. Groups external to the Association shall be permitted to use the exhibit area to distribute material or disseminate information" (emphasis mine).
Praise the Lord for all the materials that went out to the public school teachers. Over 3000 DVDs, hundreds of Answers Magazines, etc. It was a tremendous blessing to have the alligator in while we could. The crowd surrounding our booth was unbelievable! Here's a picture of the booth tables toward the end of the day.
