The past two days we have gone out for a couple hours of street evangelism. Yesterday being our first day of this kind of thing we were still getting the hang of it so we took cans of Coke and Sprite with us to give away as conversation starters. We were all down at the Strand together but for most of the time I was paired off with SJ and we had quite a few nice conversations. One conversation in particular was really great, we talked to a man about Jesus and the misconceptions that people have about Him and the Bible.
Today we started off by spending an hour and a half in prayer for the day and over each other. This time we went to the City Center which is pretty much just the downtown of the city. I paired off with Suz this time and we headed up the street. As we walked we prayed about where to go and who to talk to, after a few minutes we decided to go to the train station but had no idea how to get there! As we decided this there was a couple next to us so we asked them where it was and to our surprise they said, "It is right over that way and we are going there right now!" We ended up walking with them to the station and were able to tell them about what we were doing in Townsville. After the short walk to the station we left them there and headed back down the street. We ended up talking to an elderly man named Elf who had grown up in Townsville his whole life. He was quite a lovely man and we got to keep him compony for a little while as he waited for a lift. The next person that we talked to was a roaming guitarist named Paul. He was quite a nice guy and after chatting for a bit he told us that he wanted to be a famous musician. Since we had been talking about Jesus a short while before he also said the he had used to be in a praise and worship band and started busting out some worship songs for us! He had some great oldies and made us sing along with him, let me tell you thats one way to get out of your comfort zone!
Not knowing what to do next we headed back toward the main street. I decided to go to the bathroom when I came out I noticed a man standing around and we said g'day to each other. As I walked past I really wanted to talk to him but wasn't sure what to say, so Suz and I continued down the block. While we were walking I started to pray aloud just asking God to highlight people that He wanted us to talk to. No more than a minute later we stopped at a cross walk and there was the guy that I had exchanged a greeting with outside of the bathrooms! We smiled and said hello and then he asked, "So what are you two up to today?" I laughed, "Well! We are actually part of a missions school here in town and right now we are on outreach and are going around talking to people about Jesus and asking what they think about Him." Thats always an interesting conversation starter. He was a bit of an agnostic and said that he didn't talk about either politics or religion much because of all the fighting. After a few minutes of the three of us walking and talking he asked, "Where abouts are you guys from?" "I am from California and my friend here is from..." Suz spoke up, "I am from Northern Ireland!" Then from absolutely no where this lady appears next to us and states, "I have been to both of those places, but I am from Darwin." We ended up talking for 5 or so minutes after that as we walked, me with the gentleman and Suz with the lady, and we had some great conversation. It turns out that the lady that Suz was talking to was a Christian who had been to hell and back with everything from her daughter being hospitalized over 100 times and herself having had cancer I believe and ending with her now only being in Townsville because she was traveling with a friend who is going to die in the VERY near future. Suz was able to just be a friend and comfort and pray for her during this time.
Last thing I promise! When we got back to our van we were sharing stories and Court and Andy had a crazy one! When we all split up Court and Andrew prayed together asking God if He had anyone specific that God wanted them to talk to. Courtney got a picture of a purple button down shirt and Andrew got a picture of a bend in the road, weird enough right? Well they were just walking along and all of the sudden Andy starts running down the street! Not knowing what was happing Court ran after him. Andrew had seen some lady on a bike get hit by a car! It didn't end up being anything bad it just knocked her over. Anyways as they got there Courtney looks at the lady and she is wearing a purple button down shirt and she is in a bend in the road! A bunch of people stopped to ask if the lady was alright but Court and Andrew were the only two that actually stayed to help. It was really cool because the back wheel of her tire had fallen off and Andrew was able to fix it while Courtney talked to her a bit.
All in all it was a great time and though we didn't see any crazy conversions, who knows what these conversations sparked in people! If you could keep my team and I in your prayers in this last week and a half of outreach that would be awesome. Specific prayer requests would be for tiredness and endurance of people since there is no chance to ever get away from them, I mean people are great and all but the only place that you don't see one of their faces is in the bathroom and even then you can have them knocking on the door. Ha the best is when you are in the shower and someone starts talking to you in the stall adjoining yours. Anyways I hope you all have a lovely week!
Love,
Selah
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