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Battle Log of Operation 513 for Toowong on Tuesday Nov 28th, 2023 from 1330 – 1500

The beginning of this week outreach was not ideal. The whole day it was heavily overcast weather with torrential rain in many suburbs. However, the grace of God was sufficient to give Johnny and Hung a window of light or no rain period around the Toowong Bus stop. Moreover, the University has just finished the academic term. There were much less student flows form and to St Lucia Campus, but we still were given many chances for good outreach. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung

1) First I was led to approach a Mainlander UQ girl who lives at the college of the Religious Department of UQ, because she told me the Uni is readily in term break long Summer Holiday that tricker my question why she still went to school and she said her student hostel is at one of the College of the UQ Religious Department despite she is a non-believer. Thanks God she was comparatively open for a chat as most of the other Mainlander students were not around. So, I was able to share her the full gospel. Towards the end of sharing the same guy in the past three weeks who was motivated to challenge soke of the points in Gospel turned up which I managed not to deal with him but finished my sharing with the Mainlander lady. They nevertheless started interacting with each other and the bus also just arrived by that time. I do believe the result was positive and God will follow up on this divine encounter.

2) Rejected by several Mainlanders before I was led to chat with a very open-minded Muslim lady who claimed she is not bounded by ritual law wearing Hejaz. She claimed she heard one of us sharing the gospel before, apparently she did not feel rejective but rather has remained open-minded and found my refreshing sharing sensible and logical that only Christianity address the issue of Sin and the way treated people with sin is both just and loving kindness that we, as sinners must be held responsible for our sin to receive the due eternal death punishment, but the loving kindness of God promise to whoever repent and seek Jesus as our saviour then our sins will deemed to have been punished and the record of our sins is set to zero, allowing God to reconciled with us as a new born again person with a clean sheet of sinless status because of Jesus. She was the rare Muslin who appears receptive to the idea that Jesus is the saviour in the capacity of the Son of God. She gladly took a track again to help her digest the gospel message when her bus arrived.

3) Then I was urged to approach an English middle age lady whose facial expression showed she was in pain because of illness as such she had no mood to chat but still, I got her consent to chat with her so she might not be too drawn to the feeling of pain but may divert her attention to other matter. Even though she clearly showed she is non-religious or can be considered as an Atheist. But I was still able to manage to share the gospel as a cross-cultural concept of a life issue of sin. After presenting my gospel in a strict non-religious sense.

4) Then next I was led to approach a lady works at Cole, She appeared a but sceptical initially but after I started sharing, she appeared receptive to the gospel though I only shared half the way. She took a tract to read and ponder afterwards.

5) The I was attracted to an elder man Patrick looking a bit pale and searching his bag for something, possibly the go card. I showed my care and asked if he needs help. Then I was moved to chat with him about his life and health. He told me he is a cancer patient having diagnosed with a lymph cancer at the neck which was a spread out from the cancer of the pancreas but he was now healed after several rounds of chemo. He just walked from Wesleyan hospital to Toowong village and then came to the bus stop to connect bus to home in St Lucia. We got connected because of our identity as cancer patience and though I have not yet been able to touch upon the gospel, but Patrick was given the awareness that life is too fragile and beyond our control, we must treasured the time God gave us to do the real meaningful thing and achieved the ultimate goal of life. I pray that our next meeting will lead him to the need of Jesus for giving us life of eternity.

6) Then I was led to connect with a young man from the mainland that I had chatted before. Through refreshing the gospel message, he seemed to become even more open and more ready to receive Christ as his saviour.

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2023 Schoolie Surfers Paradise, With Operation 513 team from 1615-1715

Christine, Alvin and Hung teamed up to join the Schoolie Street outreach ministry at the Cavill Avenue of the Surfers Paradise. The OPN 513 team were already there spreading out all having their gospel target. I could only tap on the shoulder of Ryan and Glen to let him know I had arrived. Then quickly I reunited with Christine and Alvin who came by another car. I was not a smooth sailing outreach experience, luckily it only happened to me and Christine with Alvin walking elsewhere. While we were trying to share the gospel to someone, a local Aussie seemingly with mental health issue and half drunken had kept interfering our conversation throwing to us endless no nonsense questions and yelled to stop us from sharing as he deemed we did not know Jesus. We had empathy on him because his suspected mental health issue and just tried to avoid him but he was determined to target me and Christine possibly because of our race. As far as I could see, he never dared or attempted to interrupt conversation of the OPN 513 team members which predominantly are western people. I even had to alert the police to keep and eyes on this guy. But he was determined to harass us till the end even when we ended by closing prayers.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Nov 22nd 2023 from 1300-1500

Praise be to God exhibiting Mission Power to pave the way for us to do street outreach at Sunnybank today.

First the weather turned completely fine with Sun shine despite the weather forecast was 5 consecutive rainy day stretching on from Monday. Yesterday we got the window opportunity to have a dry gap for the Toowong ministry. Today, it was an all-dry afternoon with no scorching heat after so many rainy periods.

Second, God moved the first young member of CFC to join the street ministry at Sunnybank for the first time. Out of the love of God, she took all the trouble to come from Northlake to Sunnybank with here mum. And God moved first Amy, then Johnny to share the gospel extensively to the mum of Peace (Xiao Dan)

Though the team of four, namely Hung, Amy, Peace & lastly Johnny, arrived at different time. But finally, God used us as a team to cover as many lost souls as possible during the 2 hours open air outreach. Actually, in the beginning I gave Peace a briefing of the rule and policy of street outreach before I led her over for the first gospel target

Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung: -

1) We were led to approach an Islander, mostly a Samoan who is a Seven Days Adventist Christian. I went straight to test for his Assurance of salvation, but it seemed that he did not get the question but instead, referring to some other teachings unrelated to the question. All I can deduct from his respond is that he has no assurance of salvation and do not have full teaching on salvation.

2) Then I took the chance to rest the assurance of salvation of Peace, Xiao Dan. She claimed she have 99.99 % assurance of salvation which was still an incorrect answer. I clarified with her that the effect of our conviction accepting Jeus as our Saviour is being saved from eternal death punishment of our sin and immediately been granted the heavenly citizenship simply because of Jeus' work, not our good deeds. So, it seems that there is brushing up needs for Peace on many fundamental Christian doctrinal teachings.

3) Then I caught up with an Aboriginal Atheist from Community near Cairns. It was rare to have Aboriginal being an Atheist. It was a pity his bus came too soon and I lost the chance for more gospel sharing.

4) I caught up with a local Ausie old couple but his bus came too quick before I can share the gospel but the old man was willing to take the tract to read.

5) Then I met a Japanese young man who studies at Griffiths. He was surprised with my greetings in fluent Japanese. But we could only have a brief chat before his bus arrived.

6) Then I was able to befriend with a Thailand lady who once worked and then is studying nurse. Nutshell of the gospel was shared and a tract was given to that Thailand lady.

7) Then first Amy then Hung were rejected by an Unknown couple.

8 ) Afterward, I met up with a Korean lived in China for a year as such he can understand Mandarin. He is non-Christian, but still open enough to listen to the gospel and took a track.

9) Then I met up with a young man from Jiangsu who claimed with chatted before at Toowong. He was thankful for our effort to share with him the gospel.

10)Then I was led to approach a senior lady from Guangdong but does not speak Cantonese as her home town actually is at Liaoning Shenyang. . Surprisingly she was very open and receptive to the gospel message admitting she needs Jesus. She promised to read the tract and ponder to receive Christ.

11) Then I caught up with Two MacGregor High school girls. They were both very open and listen attentively to the gospel

But one seems to have heard about gospel before with Chrisitan family members. I just fell short to find out her status of belief.

12) Two Vietnamese ladies being mistaken as Chinese but still understand Mandrin and took a tract at the end.

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Thank you for praying!  Just a short report from the team on the Gold Coast this week sharing the gospel with the school leavers at Schoolies.

 

It’s been a bit of a blurr for the author of this post!  As a team, we are talking to hundreds of people.  There is much openness.  It’s a joy to see the power of the simple gospel message, preceded with the law to bring the knowledge of sin, and the finely crafted check questions to work against common misunderstandings.

 

Yesterday I was able to talk to a Hare Kristina Monk.  In this case, I didn’t use the usual strategy - knowing he would be prepared for a frontal attack.  Instead, I genuinely wanted to learn about his worldview, and simply asked him friendly questions about it, followed up with “but why” questions to his answers.  When appropriate I would contrast differences in our worldview by explaining what was different, and why.  In this way, he was confronted with the key contrast of works for salvation versus salvation as a gift through Christ.  To my surprise he became angry.  He considered true grace “convient”, and he hated the exclusivity of Christ.

 

Later, Will and I had a long chat with a guy from Brazil, who had a penny drop moment as he truly came to understand the gospel.  He gladly accepted a copy of the gospel of John.

 

And in the evening, I had a lady come to tears as she processed the struggles in her life in context of the light of the gospel.

 

This is just a taste of the many conversations being had by one person, let alone the many chats being had by the team, day after day of this outreach.  Please continue to pray that God would bring conviction, conversion and change, all for his glory alone!

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Battle Log of Operation 513 for Toowong on Tuesday Nov 21th, 2023 from 1330 – 1500

It was again by the grace of God we can deliver our committed street outreach ministry today at Toowong with a Weather forecast of a 75% rainy day. The rain did fall over night and in the morning with a timely sunny break around noon time giving us just the needed window to serve at the Toowong bus stop and rain resumed falling again after our roster ministry time was over. God is always faithful and good to His servants and we do feel empowered and boosted spiritually to keep doing His mission. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung. It bears new meaning to me after I was cleared without any more Bladder Cancer cells yesterday, as such I am now free to run my race towards the trophy that God has in store for me and all other gospel warriors.

1) I was led to approach a Local Aussie lady who appeared very friendly and polite but firmly told me she is OK and does not need the Gospel. I tried to approach this as my usual style in a non-religious way but finally have to let go with her smiling face to show her determination to reject God.

2) Then I was Rejected twice by mainlanders.

3) Then I was led to approach a Local Aussie who claimed himself an Atheist. I said it is oK for him to hold his stand about religion but I still patiently share him the full gospel which he listened but with an indifferent attitude. Thanks, Gid at the end, he still was moved to take a tract.

4) Then I bumped into the first Hongkonger that build good rapport between us because of this identity. He is a Physiotherapy student but he showed great prudence in his respond to my sharing of the gospel message.

5) Then I was led to meet Joe who has 100 assurance of salvation and a clear understanding of grace and the gospel.

6) Then I was led to meet the 2nd Hongkongers today Miss Yeung who has come for two years already. Quickly, she identified herself as Catholic Christians. ?2 . Therefore, I lodged the diagnosis test of her assurance of salvation which her answer is 80% certainty only. She was graceful for my clarification and was happy to take a selfie to memorize her renewed understanding of the gospel and salvation.

7) Then I was led to approach another Mainlander from Guangzhou . She listened to my full gospel sharing reluctantly but did not take a tract.

8 ) Then I approach a big fellow from UK who claimed himself a God fearer but not a Christian. He believes in the God of Abraham who is also the God of Ismel. I stressed to him it is important to know who is God that worship but also equally important how our sin could be dealt with by that merciful and righteous God. And there is only one answer that is Jesus Christ himself.

9) Last but not the least, I was able to catch hold of an Indonesia student, giving him the answer that we all need Jesus and he delightfully took a tract to ponder on my conclusion.

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This week we were at the Canterbury A&P Show.  This would have to be one of the longest special outreaches of our year: it’s only 3 days (wed, thu, fri), but we had to have our site running for the whole day: 8am till 5:30pm - and even 7:30pm on Thursday.

And it gets really busy.  We had up to 6 ‘good person test’ flipcharts actively being used at peak times.  On Friday, a public holiday, we had about 12 Christians on site making it all happen.  Hundreds of people will have been reached with the gospel of Jesus.  Glory to God alone!

It’s a bit of a blurr for me.  But I’ll do my best to dredge through the memories of the last 3 days and report on how it went.

I got an early knock back on Wednesday morning, a middle aged man and his elderly parents looked interested in giving it a go, and so I approached, and with a smile said, “we are Christians, just sharing the good news of Jesus”.  The man said 2 words - I can’t remember what they were, but they were nasty, expressing a real hatred for God.  It felt like a sharp punch to the guts.  I was shocked.  I said something like, “I’d be happy to talk about that”.  But his parents were moving him along.  He had one more crack before he turned to go.

I had other similar, but more subtle push backs during the morning.  A real fear of man crept into my soul.  It drove me to prayer, in light of my very real weakness.  With God’s help, I kept trooping on.

With people here to enjoy the show, they had time to slow down and find out what we were about.  But, with the demographic we were dealing with, attention spans were shorter.  People wanted to move on and enjoy other things.  I found myself having a lot more conversations that were shorter.  Kinda like skimming a stone across the surface of depth of the gospel.  Yet, it’s a simple message, and so much ploughing and sowing occurred.

I really enjoyed the opportunities to go deeper, though, and really labour with people, who wanted to engage, in regards to the reality of God’s justice and amazing mercy.

For the late night on Thursday, Greg was with me.  It wasn’t as busy as the show organisers were maybe hoping it would be.  Sadly, most of the other sites around us shut down.  Yet, there were enough people going past to keep Greg and I busy.  Often when there are less people around, people feel safer to approach us for a deep chat.  Sometimes that’s with openness.  But, on this evening we had a few difficult chats.

We had a Jewish lady stop to engage.  She spent separate time with both Greg and I.  Then 2 ladies and a guy approached.  1 was very open, but the other 2 were very closed.  The issue was not intellectual, but emotional: why does God allow evil and suffering.  Finally, Greg had 2 young teenage boys having a go at him.  He ended up passing them to me, and we spared for about 10 minutes - rapid fire.  Eventually I paused and said, “hey guys, my name is Glen, and I’m a person, and it really hurts the way you are attacking me”.  One of the kids gave up at that point, he stormed off in a huff.  But the other kid apologised.  We shook hands, and he left with a couple of tracts.

The weather forecast wasn’t looking good for Friday, but it ended up holding off right to the end of the day, which was great!  Our site was skinnier than usual this year, and so I was concerned about how we would handle the traffic without encroaching on the sites next door.  Yet, glory to God, it worked out beyond my expectations!  We managed to get 6 charts running and busy.

The highlight chats for me were at the very end of the day.  One in particular was with 3 guys claiming to be Eastern Orthodox, but with a tinge of white supremacy coming through.  What it boiled down to was a battle over salvation by works vs by faith alone.  The ring leader was misunderstanding repentance.  And so I was able to biblically correct that, and then later in the chat I called him to repentance.  Andy ended up continuing the chat with him, while I continued with the other 2 guys – I could tell they were very challenged.  It was a great chat.

By the end, most of the other sites had shut down, with the weather looming and the numbers of patrons all but dry.  But our site was still cranking! (see the pic)  I was overjoyed and just praising God for answering our prayers.

Thank you to all the Christians that came to help run the site.  I hope you were encouraged in your evangelism.  And thank you to all those praying!  God loves to answer our prayers!

Well, I didn’t plan it this way, but I’m about to fly over to the Gold Coast to join the Schoolies outreach for a week.  So please keep us in prayer for that too!

All glory to God alone!
 

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Nov 15th 2023 from 1300-1500

Today, only Johnny and Hung were available to do the Sunnybank Street Outreach as Qin Hao hurt his back and Amy occupied by another ministry. It was a hot day but the trees and building around the bus stop is always good to provide enough shade. The real tough situation was the general indifference to the gospel particularly by the Mainlanders. Nevertheless, the Spirit still guided us to approach many non-believers from different cultural background. Recap is the Batte Log of Hung.

1) My first approach was to a Mainlander student who show great reluctance to the gospel despite he still listened to it half-heartedly. When the bus came, he refused to take a tract to read.

2) Thanks God I was led to chat with a big guy form Jolin of the North Eastern Country of Chin. we bonded in many aspects of language and culture as he is not Han people group but a Manchurian people, as such we have a very care free chat. Then I was able to share the gospel to him which he was delighted to listen and took a tract when the bus arrived.

3) Rejected by an English-speaking lady with the most common excuse of "all good"

4) Approached yet another Filipino old lady but rarely was declined for a chat.

5)Then I approached a pair of Indian sisters who also showed great indifference to gospel but rather carried on with her smart phone texting games.

6) By the mercy of God, I finally hook up with an old lady from Shenyang Liaoning. Surprisingly she was very soft heart and open for gospel and willingly took a tract to read when her bus came.

7) Had a brief encounter with Moses, the friend of Ruth. His focus is still on secular wealth rather than spiritual wealth. Keep praying for him.

8 ) Then God led us to help out a Thailand woman to locate the right bus for her to go to the CBD. Had managed to share the nutshell of gospel to her but only finished half way. Yet she was willing to take a tract to learn about the unfinished part.

9) Then I tried to approach a Mainlander couple who managed to just take a tract from me and declined to listen on the spot. I nevertheless still a share the nutshell and left them with the tract.

10) Then I caught up with a middle age woman from Shanghai who initially showed interest to have a chat. But suddenly after the name of Jesus was mentioned she left me out of the blue.

11) Thanks God finally I have a previous chat with Victoria who is a cross breed of Korean mum and Romania dad. After I finished sharing the full gospel, she disclosed she is a Christian. But upon testing her assurance of salvation, she failed the test thinking she is not perfect enough yet. I clarified and restored her 100% assurance of salvation which she thanked me for that.

12) Last but not the least, I caught up with a Japanese young man Samoa who was brought to Australia by his Japanese parents for migration at young age as such he is now regarding himself as a fair Dink Kum Australian. He is non-religious, but the Spirit moved him to open up himself to the gospel and appeared very receptive to the redemptive grace of Jesus. He took a tract and also took a selfie with me to show his appreciation for the chat.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 for Toowong on Tuesday Nov 14th, 2023 from 1330 – 1500

It was another scorching high noon day. Despite the temperature was registered as 29C, the actual heat at the bus stop is not a 100C furnace. Johnny and Hung simply treated it as part of the training to share the Gospel irrespective of the circumstances. Actually, the greater challenge is still the stone hard of most of the Mainlander people. Johnny learnt from one of the mainlander Christian he met at Sunnybank that, double the inflow of Mainlander students will be coming to Australia, yet all of them have been pre-warned not to Chat with local people about religion and politics. It reflects immediately for the current high rejection rate from the Mainlanders. Nevertheless, we still approached targeted people by the led of the Holy Spirit. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung.

1) I was moved to approach two students from Macau, , who should be more open then the Mainlander students. Both came for post graduate study and show little interest in religion. I nevertheless still managed to share them the nutshell of the gospel.

2) Reunited with two very keen mainlanders who behaviour exceptionally open to gospel. They actually have met either of us many times. So our catching up conversation are meant for another chance to invite them to make the last step of faith.

3) Lily from Northern QLD, recognized me and claimed we had chatted before. So I asked if she got the point of the tract which I found out later that was not yet the case. So reiterated the main lesson of the tract and appealed her to ponder deeper to see if she is not perfect enough that required for the salvation of Christ.

4) Then I caught up with Li? from Beijing, ( )who have come here as interchange students ( for three months only. She was comparatively opened and was OK to listen to the gospel and took a tract afterwards.

5) Then I caught up with a couple from Chengdu who were moving from Sunnybank to students hostel in St Lucia. They were reluctant listeners and refused a tract.

6) I caught up with a Korean atheist who is indifferent to the gospel but still listen reluctantly and took a tract afterwards.

7) Then I caught up next with a big fellow from Jiangsu Nanchong who was a willing listener to the gospel . He was attentive to the message as such he almost missed his bus.

8 ) Yet another brief chat with a Mailander girl?, as her bus came fairy quick.

9) Snay is an Aussie girl with a French name but parents are from Welsh. She was very friendly and polite to listen to the full gospel sharing even though she is of Catholic Chrisitan background. I tested for her assurance of salvation which she failed. But was happy to be clarified with the correct attitude.

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The writer of these posts took a week off after the trip to Wellington (with Craig and Calvary Wellington Church).

And this week was a ‘normal’ week of street outreach: Tuesday afternoon in Riccarton with Roger; Friday afternoon in the city with Andy, Greg, and Roger; Saturday morning in Riccarton, and then Sunday afternoon in the city with Susan.

So, this report will cover this week of street outreach, but before I get into it, if you are reading this, can I just ask you to pray for the next 2 weeks of special outreaches.  Next week we’ll be at the Canterbury A&P Show (Wed 15th Nov, till Friday 17th of Nov).  We have hired a site at the show where we will be sharing the gospel with hundreds of people via the ‘good person test’ flip chart.  The hours will be from 8am till 5:30pm.  And on Thursday we go till 7:30pm.  So big days of gospel outreach.  We have a team of 6 for Wednesday, 8 for Thursday, and 12 for Friday, which is a public holiday and very busy!

Please pray for stamina, favour with authority, that Christians would be encouraged in sharing the gospel, and that many lost would hear the gospel.  And that ultimately God would be glorified through our obedience to proclaim and through people coming to understand his justice and his mercy.

Secondly, on Saturday the 18th, I’m flying to the Gold Coast to join the team for the Schoolies outreach.  This outreach is basically an ‘ambulance at the bottom of the cliff’.  Schoolies is billed as “the best week of your life”, which sadly means a week of drunkenness and sexual immorality for kids that have just finished high school.  After the first night, we have many long chats with some of these kids who are processing what life is all about.  We get to share the hope of the gospel.  So, for the week, starting on the 18th, that’s what we will be doing everyday.  The prayer request is the same as for the Canterbury A&P Show ^.  Thanks!

Okay, now to the report for this week!

So, Tuesday in Riccarton.  The highlight was a really encouraging chat with a young man going past.  He started the chat saying he wasn’t very sure about what happens after life.  But near the end of the chat he said, “you’ve changed my mind”!  At the very least he was grasping the gospel.  I pointed him to ‘John’ in the Bible, and also a local church.  Roger also had some encouraging chats.

On Friday I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and lacking in energy.  In those moments, I default to finding a spot and handing out tracts with a smile.  And yet, I was quickly into a chat.  Sadly, the guy was subtly resistant.  I think he was hearing and understanding the simple concepts I was explaining, but he didn’t like the implications, and so would interrupt and change the subject.  There wasn’t much point in forcing it, so we soon parted ways with a handshake.

By this stage, Andy had arrived, and soon after Roger.  I was in a chat with a regular, when Greg came past to join as well.  Andy and Greg teamed up.  Roger had his flip, and with the way I was feeling, I decided to go for a wander.

I ended up going to spots I don’t normally go to, and I ended up having a great chat with a young man from the UK, down by the Avon River.  He initially rejected a tract, but I was able to ask him what he thinks happens after life.  He was intrigued, and we were into it.  His background was Catholic, and he defaulted to good deeds for heaven.  The law and gospel were shared.

Later, I was back near Roger (who seemed to have the fish jumping into his boat).  He had a guy approach him, and fell into a chat that seemed to be going well.  I noticed a friend cut into the conversation, and so I went over to handle him, so Roger wouldn’t lose his chat.  It worked out, and I ended up having a good chat with the guy.  From Ireland, he was in NZ on a working holiday, ‘making the most of life, because there is nothing after’.  Well, he came to hear the good news - but it certainly wasn’t good news to him.  For him, making the most of life seemed to involve sin, something he was not willing to let go of.

A shorter than usual  outreach in Riccarton on Saturday, I had one of my regulars stop for a chat early on.  I was able to reiterate the law and the gospel non-directly (i.e., using the flow of the conversation to insert it appropriately).  He was resistant, but we parted on good terms.

Later I had a quick law and gospel chat with 3 (or 4?) guys.  In response to my question: ‘what happens after life?’, they gave 3 different responses: 1) reincarnation, 2) nothing, 3) heaven and hell.  Those are the standard responses!  They were all in different places, but they all heard the law and the gospel.  1 in particular seemed focused on what I was saying.  Yet, who knows what the result will be?  Keep faithfully scattering the seed!

Sunday was warm.  In the city, and I really became aware of the angst around the whole Israel / Hamas war.  There are competing posters and stickers plastered everywhere!  The only solution is the gospel.

To my amazement, as I was walking down the mall, I passed a guy with his phone sitting next to him, and he had a pro Palestine sticker.  I stopped to engage him, and he was very happy to talk about it.  Using Israel / Hamas as a starting point, I wanted to know what his ultimate goal was, he eventually said, “a single state, where everyone gets along”.  How are we going to achieve that?  It led to a discussion on how we know God is real, justice, hell, and how do we get mercy?  I was able to touch on the gospel, but in his resistance he wasn’t really ready for it.  Yet, as I gently and calmly persisted, he was willing to admit that there was logic to what I was saying.  He had to go to work, and, to my surprise, accepted a tract, as I wanted him to contact me so I could address the important questions he was raising.  He said he might do that!

By this stage, Susan was with me.  We continued down the mall seeking walk up chats, when we bumped into a group that supports Israel!  Susan and I were able to get into a chat with one of them.  Interestingly, her points were similar to my previous chat: hatred at injustice.  The only solution is Messiah!  People who understand his justice AND mercy are changed.  And hate is turned to love.  I was able to touch on the law, and then the gospel, but she then shut the conversation down - yet she also took a tract.

Other chats were had, but I’m out of time.  (Nic, I saw Max again, just as the outreach was ending!  God is on his case!)

So, please keep us in prayer for next week, at the Canterbury A&P Show ^.  All glory to God alone!
 

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday Nov 1st 2023 from 1300-1500

Today I had to do my Bladder Cancer post operation third Biopsy check (1st is 3 months, 2nd is 6 months, and the 3rd is one year). Therefore only Johnny, Qin Hao and Amy Yao were available for the Sunnybank Gospel outreach. Praise be to God, Amy led a man from Shangdong to Christ doing the conversion prayer. He has come to Australia for 20 years and once followed friends to attend church service for several times. He even has a Bible at home. So today, through this divine encounter, God used Amy through the work of the Holy Spirit to move this man to officially accept Jesus as his savior.

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