Battle Log

Wednesday, 21 April, 2021

Posted 21 April 2021, 11:18 PM by Hung Kwan. Permalink

Operation 513 battle log for Sunnybank on Wednesday April 21, 2021 from 1300-1500

Today, Johnny was not available so I supposed was to serve as singleton at Sunnybank. I have never done street evangelism just by myself, but I did not want to give up any opportunity to serve God while I still have my breath to do it. So I prayed for a gospel partner. God answered my prayer with another street evangelist turning up out of the blue after I had started for over half an hour. In Christ we backed up each other irrespective our human organizational affiliation. For instances, for some people who were willing to accept the tract but could not speak good enough English, I could do the follow up chat with success. Recap below were the six major conversation I had in that less than two hours ministry period.

PS. Afterwards, I just learnt that Gary was there from 1300-1345 but he did not bring any signs as he was with some of his family members. That was why I failed to spot him there when I drove pass the East side of Sunny Park as such I turned around to park on the West side of Sunny Plaza as the chance to get a chat is better than the East side especially if you serve on your own. So from hindsight, God answered my prayer in double sending two street evangelists to serve alongside with me.

1) When I arrived, the bus stop was fully seated with many people without any gap. It was hard and inappropriate to force my way in to share with any people. I actually did try to approach the girl sitting on the outskirt and got rejected. I could understand this as it appeared everybody else were listening to us in this crowded situations. Then I took a step back to wait for the bus come to take away most people. After that, only two people were left sitting there of which one was Mr Siu. He is from Swatow, Quandong China. I only learnt later he was there waiting for his wife so bus arrival did not bother him. I approached first the other Chinese lady but got rejected then I approached Mr Siu. His first reaction was still not willing to chat, but somehow God gave me giftedness to find an ice breaking topic to start our chatting in a casual manner first. Once connected the chat box was opened naturally and I had the chance to share with him the full Gospel. He was not rejective but rather showing interest and later he actually exposed to me he is church going with his son and grandchildren to CCCCB at St Lucia. I believe he is now more open to gospel and have a better understanding of accepting Jesus by grace through faith. Then his wife came and we kept connecting with things and people we know in common. Pray that this divine encounter will trigger Mr Siu to make his final step of faith to be in union with his son's family in Christ.

2) Linz is Filipino yet with no faith but showed great interest in the gospel. She admitted she is not perfect and has done punishable sin. But she needed some time to ponder if she should now receive Christ without any more wait or hesitation. So I asked her to read the tract at home and pray to God for guidance.

3) Then I approached an English speaking man who had just rejected the other evangelist. Yet curiously he was willing to chat a while with me. His reaction was basically negative against the need of God in his life. But he could not deny all human are imperfect with punishable sin that only Jesus can saved us from eternal death by dying for us. It was a pity our conversation had to cut off by the arrival of the bus. It anyway was still a worthwhile approach with gospel message having been passed on.

4) Another lady who is an employee of the Scape group specialized in student accommodation. She declined to accept a tract but still I managed to have a good friendly chat with her starting from her work with Scape. With some skillful exchanges of conversation, I still managed to share her the nutshell of the Gospel before the bus arrived.

5) Then I caught up with an elderly Chinese man. He appeared to be a bit old to give sharp response to my words. I did not give up but still managed to speak in a slow and clear tone about the gospel. His empty facial expression showed no clue if he really heard and understood what I said. I nevertheless honor my own personal standing ground that, I will still share gospel to all people despite there are all sort of barrier between us. Otherwise, they will lost their last chance to hear the gospel if everyone avoid chatting to elderly or people who has limited English.

6) Finally I did another follow up on a Chinese Lady who had accepted both Chinese and English tracts from the other evangelist but could not proceed because of complete lack of English speaking ability. This was of course not the major reason. Thanks God I still managed to get into conversation with that lady and shared the full gospel with not too many interaction from her. She showed reluctance to consider right away. I could only leave her to God to bear fruit in His time.