With daylight quickly fading, Nicki Fritz and Mario Bravo, summer literature evangelists, pressed on to the next house. The house appeared to be alive with activity and light, but they knocked on the door to no avail. No one answered.

Bravo says they gave up and were walking to the next door when he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned around but saw no one in sight. He says an intense impression echoed in his brain: "Go back to that door, go back to that door."

They returned and knocked on the door one more time. A young man opened the door, yelled "We don't want what you have!" and slammed it shut. The two stood their ground. They knocked again, then waited.

Finally, a young woman quietly slipped out of the house and shut the door behind her. Bravo showed her the Final Events DVD by Doug Batchelor, and explained that it would show her what to expect in the last days of earth's history, and would prepare her for Jesus' soon coming.

She explained that she was the only Christian in her home and said she needed encouragement badly. Fritz and Bravo had arrived just at the right time. The three Christians prayed together, praised God for His perfect timing, and asked to be ready for His second coming.

This past summer 67 teens and young adults went door-to-door with armloads of literature. "I'm always amazed at how God can do so many things at once," says Heidi Bryant, a leader in Central California Conference's Youth Rush program. "During summers of canvassing, I have seen Him not only perform out-of-this-world things at doors with people in the community, but I've seen Him change the lives of my students."

Sally was one such student, says Bryant. From the start, it was obvious that she didn't want to be there. "Week after week the inner struggle between her old life and a new life with Jesus was written all over her face," Bryant says. The leaders prayed frequently for Sally.

Finally, during worship one Sabbath evening, Sally raised her hand during testimony time. "When I first came here I thought you guys were weird. But now I can say that this is really what Christians are like," she said. "And I want to get baptized."

Sally was baptized on Aug. 16 along with two other student LEs. "What I've learned is that God uses ministry to change us," says Bryant. "God isn't going to settle for only reaching the lost. He desires to transform us, too!"