Battle Log

Sunday, 15 September, 2019

Posted 18 September 2019, 12:00 AM by Glen Richards. Permalink

Saturday saw my team at Sule park again.  I found a spot with busy foot traffic and started to distribute tracts with the intention of starting as many Gospel conversations as I could with English speakers, as I didn’t have a translator.  My technique worked a treat, and I was quickly in a conversation with a Muslim girl who was on her way to watch a movie and so had the time to talk.  I then had a conversation with another Muslim - this time a man from Egypt.

Soon after that conversation had finished, a translator was able to join me in tract distribution, and we were soon into a long Gospel conversation where most of the time was spent in getting the man to realise that salvation was by faith alone, and not by works.  I really took the time to labour with this man, constantly asking checking questions and tracking back to re-explain.  It was so wonderful to watch understanding of the Gospel come to him.  In the end, he had to leave, but he was very interested in talking further, and so took the contact details of the translator (pictured).

My last conversation of the morning was more pastoral in nature.  It was with a young man who had grown up in a Christian home, but who hadn’t really been able to fully think through everything for himself.  I clearly explained the Gospel to him, and then answered the many questions that he had.  I pointed him to his Bible and the local church to continue to wrestle with his very important questions.

The afternoon started with a wonderful conversation with a lovely lady who seemed genuinely encouraged and challenged by the Gospel.  I then moved into a conversation with four young men who quickly bailed from the conversation after understanding the serious nature of sin via the law - they didn’t stay to hear the good news.  But an elderly man had been listening and so engaged me in conversation via a translator.  He was extremely resistant to the simple message I was giving.  Suddenly, he switched from Burmese into English and was trying to distract himself by saying it was “complicated”.  I wouldn’t let him do it, showing him that the Gospel was clear and simple and he was simply looking for excuses to deny it.  May he submit to the lordship of Christ.

Sunday saw the team spread out to various local churches for fellowship.  Some of the team had the privilege of preaching.  And in the afternoon, we ran kids programs at two orphanages, where we were able to preach the Gospel, sing songs, play games, and bless them with gifts!