Today was the first day in the field. We spent it with a small church in a pretty poor barrio. Pastor Javier is doing incredible ministry in this area, and God has given him great vision for his community. There are a ton of kids in this barrio. Pastor Javier and the people of his congregation said there is a huge marijuana and alcohol problem with the young people there... along with many gang issues.
We spent the day talking with a lot of the kids he was talking about. It was one of those days where every time we presented the gospel there were 10-20 people gathered around. I had the opportunity to share with about 25 kids at one time. They were all playing some pretty serious poker games with quite a bit of money on the table. I did a few card tricks on them and they went nuts. They listened as I talked to them about Jesus and more than half of them accepted Christ, including the ring leader Martin. It was pretty incredible.
We went into one house and there was a man there who had been sharing the gospel with this family for sometime. He is an evangelists and was so excited that there were other Christians in his barrio sharing Jesus. The whole family accepted Christ.
Our team had the opportunity to share the gospel 35 times today.... we saw 76 people make commitments to Christ. Pastor Javier is so excited to have so many people to disciple and minister to on a daily basis. We had church this afternoon at his church building, and like all of the other times I've been here..... I wish I could bottle up what I see in these worship times and bring it home for everyone to experience. Incredible!
Well...that's the update today. Up early tomorrow for breakfast and back in the field for day 2. Pray for us that we will continue to have opportunities to share. God is at work here and we are pumped for the chance to be His mouthpiece.
I"m out
4 comments:
Sounds like an awesome day! Its great to see Gos changing the lives of the people there, but also the lives of each and every one of you. Praying for y'all that Gods glory will spread like wild fire. Looking forward to tomorrow's post.
Awesome day! Wonderful stuff in God's timing. Pastor Steven had a great prayer when I was in Barranquilla, he said "God, we don't just want you to show up, we want you to show off!" As always in Colombia He did! I'll keep that prayer for you this week.
Matt
Amazing to know that God truly does have our lives in His hands on a daily, moment by moment basis!!!
Praying for y'all!!!
It been great reading your blog . . . I wanted you to know that FBC Baytown is praying for you all along with our group in Jamaica and another group from 2nd Baptist that is in Haiti. I also heard today that another group from Memorial went on a mission trip this week as well!!!! Hoping you continue to have a wonderful God filled time!!!!
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