Battle Log

Today it was good to get back on the streets: Cashel Mall.  Team of five.  Andy was doing “walk up”, Binu handed out tracts, and I ran a flip chart with the other two (relative newbies).

I had three main conversations.  One on my own, the second with the first newbie, and the third with the second newbie.

The one on my own was hard.  A girl stopped and came back to take a tract, but then she started grilling me on whether I or my church actually help people.  The insinuation really hurt me.  I took it for a while, but I couldn’t help getting defensive.  So once she’d finished telling me off for not being a good person, I asked her what happens after life.  Her answer was “nothing”.  So I challenged her on why we should help people.  I have a basis for that: God who is merciful.  What was her basis?  I held her to it.  She got angry, gave the tract back to me and stormed off.  I’ve reflected on that conversation.  Next time, I’m going to say, “you are right - I don’t help people enough, I’m a bad person”.  I know I fail, I can admit that.  But then I’ll say, “by the way, I know of some good news for bad people.  Are you a good person?”

The second chat was with a couple that had a dog.  It was a great chat where I was able to work all the way through the flip chart - it was a great opportunity for the newbie to watch it in action.

The third chat was with another couple.  I was surprised they stopped at all, and the conversation needed to warm up gently.  But they stayed to hear the law and the gospel - she was very resistant to the idea of someone else taking her punishment, and I was able to demonstrate a # of analogies: someone else paying her speeding fine, the ambulance analogy, the cure analogy - demonstrating the offence of rejecting a gift.  I even talked about the consequence of rejecting the gift of a king.  There was something deeper going on in her life that she wasn’t ready to discuss.  The conversation ended well, and they left with a tract.

I made it home for the last hour of the online outreach.  I had one great chat, with a kid who didn’t believe in God.  After hearing the gospel, he said he believed that Jesus died on the cross for him.  I asked him when he started believing that.  He looked at his clock and said, “about fifteen minutes ago”.  I challenged him on the cost (a change in this life) of the gift (eternal life).  His answers suggested that he wasn’t repentant, but he did say that he has talked about this subject with friends and they have never been able to give satisfactory answers, he said that this was the first time he had those questions answered.  We ended up connecting on Discord.  I leave him in the Lord’s hands.

On Saturday I was online once again.  I had some very encouraging chats.

My first one was a fail, but I didn’t let that discourage me and got straight back to it.  And my second chat was outstanding.  It was with a guy in India who was sitting at a Keyboard (pictured).  The longer the conversation went, the more engaged he became to the point where he adjusted his camera so I could see him face to face.  He was Catholic, and came to understand the gospel, he then had questions he wanted answered.  I also asked him questions to make sure he was understanding the gospel.

I had a bit of a crazy chat with three people from the UK.  They would resist, I would respond with reason.  They would try to shock me, I didn’t leave.  One of them even farted!  I laughed with them, and then went straight back to talking about the important question of life.  After nine minutes of this, they bailed.

An American kid with a big Trump banner on his back wall was next.  It was a great eleven minute chat where he came to understand the gospel, and professed faith even after counting the cost.  I pointed him to a Bible and a local church.

I connected with a guy from Iraq again - very curious.  I tried to engage with him, but it was difficult due to language, and him simply not responding to my questions often.

The highlight of the day was a chat with a Hindu guy in India.  It went for fifteen minutes.  I had to listen to myself via feedback through the whole conversation which made it very difficult, but I’m so glad I persisted, because this guy came to grasp the gospel, seemed blown away by it, and then professed faith, even after me extensively working with him to consider the cost of doing so.  I pointed him to the Bible and a local church also.  This one really warmed my heart.  Praise God.

Ironically, my very next chat was with another Hindu guy from India, but who was deeply resistant!  Some accept, some reject - that is out of my hands.

An Irish guy who’s mind was “blown” (in a good way) at hearing the gospel.

The last chat I’ll mention was a half hour one with a guy from the Netherlands.  A “Christian”, but full of doubt and troubles.  It was 5:30AM for him, and he was very tired and not taking it all in, but I laboured with him on his questions.  This guy touched my heart, and I pleaded with him to read through needGod.net once he had slept and to reach out with questions - this is so important.  I said I would be praying for him.  And I will.
 

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Still recovering from my cold, so I wasn’t able to join Andy & the team on the streets for Thursday or Friday.  But I was able to be online (germs can’t be transmitted through the Internet)!

I’m not saying this to boast.  I have to write a report, and these are the facts.  Over the two days I had 38 conversations (2 minutes or more) with people all over the world, including with people in Kuwait and Iraq (don’t often connect with people in those countries).  The gospel is being proclaimed, one person at a time.  And it stacks up.  Apparently, in the last 30 days, I’ve spoken to 246 people for 2 minutes or more.  That’s just me, let alone all the others that are doing the same.  It brings me much joy knowing my king: Jesus is receiving glory through people learning more about him and hearing of his great justice and incredible mercy.  As a team, since we started recording, we have reached people in 99 countries (pictured).  I’m just sad that I can’t reach China, North Korea, or the Amazon Jungle in this way.  May God continue to raise up labourers to continue to reach people with the gospel (no matter the mode, method, or cost).  May Jesus be declared to the ends of the earth!

Of course, you get a range of reactions.  Open, closed, listeners, talkers, hostile, calm.  Here are a few of the highlights from the last 2 days:

• A kid who seemed to be in a hospital bed (yet said he wasn’t).  He stayed to talk a long time, but, as far as I could tell, I couldn’t get past his deep resistance.
• A guy from France - another long chat (Google Translate assist).  I asked him what he thought he had to do to go to heaven.  His answer: “Stop being gay?”  It turns out he is gay, so ignoring that, I took him through the law and the gospel.
• A Muslim hears the gospel and says: “I understand”.  But then seconds later he says: “It’s complicated I can’t understand it”.  I read that to mean: I understand, but I don’t like it.  I tried to reason with him.
• I was able to share the gospel with a PK, he was blown away, so he went and got his cousin who also heard the gospel.
• The conversation with the guy from Kuwait was great.  He was friendly and fun to talk to.  But, sadly, as his understanding grew, so did his resistance.
• A fascinating chat with two girls who were so obviously rejecting the obvious out of love for sin.  Actually, one of them opened up, but the other one fought to sway her away.  So sad.  I gave up on that chat, I wasn’t going to fight such unreasonableness.
• I had a rare reconnect with a couple of girls I had talked to five days prior!
• A guy from Germany, obviously on Omegle for no good, thought he was a Christian because he gave a percentage of his income away to charity!  I had to labour, but I think by the end of the conversation he was grasping the gospel.

From time to time, when people hear the gospel, they will say something like: “my mind is blown”, or “oh, I get it now”, or “wow”.  These are my thoughts on the gospel too.  I never get bored of sharing this wonderful news with people!  And thank you for partnering with us in this gospel work!  We value your prayer so much.
 

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Well, I came down with a cold end of Friday, so I took Saturday and Sunday off (as well as my usual Monday) to recover.  It was nice to have some rest post all the recent special outreaches.  Not fully recovered yet, but I’m back to work (online only at this stage).  This report covers Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tuesday's Riccarton outreach went ahead with out me, led by Roger - he had a newbie with him, praise the Lord!

Pictured is a summary of my online chats.  Interestingly I had exactly 2 hours 21 mins in “decent” chats for each day.  (A decent chat is one that went for longer than 2 minutes.)

The first chat, with a guy from Scotland, was great.  His mind was blown when he first started grasping the gospel (his words)!  But I had to labour with him to get his understanding to stick (checking questions to the rescue).

A guy goes from thinking his good deeds will save him to Jesus will save him.  He then started talking about an addiction he was struggling with.  Honestly, I don’t think this guy was impacted at all - sadly.

A guy from India heard the gospel, but just wasn’t interested, he had to go after a fifteen minute chat.

The chat with the guy in New York was fascinating.  Jewish, he thought he would be going to heaven simply because he was Jewish.  He was deeply resistant, but using the examples of Abraham’s faith and Passover I was able to explain the gospel.  Sadly he bailed - not interested.

A girl in Texas who just didn’t care.  I was able to show how I knew she did care, and interestingly she didn’t bail from the conversation.  She heard the gospel.  Her key question was about LGBTQ+ which I addressed.

The second to last chat was with a guy from Morocco - he was lovely.  He had good English, and was keen to chat.  I think he understood what I was sharing, but he was resistant to it.

A Brazilian guy didn’t have good English, but came to hear the gospel via Google Translate.

By the way, I know I say “resistant” a lot - this is not necessarily a bad thing!  The gospel is the power of God for salvation.  The gospel can cut through resistance.  Salvation is from the Lord, in his timing!

On Wednesday, the Lord connected me with a lot of younger kids.  Sad, there are much much better places for them to be than talking to strangers online.  But, at least they get to engage with the gospel.

The first kid, from Canada, seemed to have a Catholic background (I later learned).  So he was familiar with some of the lingo, but obviously looking to his “goodness” to save him.  He really struggled to grasp the gospel, but he was willing to talk (by typing) so I laboured with him.  I lost motivation, because he just didn’t seem interested - bored even - I wondered what was keeping him in the chat.  After pointing him to needGod.net, I eventually moved on.

The chat with the next kid went faster - she seemed to grasp the gospel quickly.  But there was no penny drop and she suddenly disconnected.

My third kid in a row had a Christian background, and felt “caught out” when I pointed out what he thought would get him to heaven at the start of the chat, and compared it to what he now knew.

Next up was a DJ!  A Catholic background, deeply resistant to the gospel.  He kept cutting me off before I could finish a sentence.  He insisted that he would be going to heaven.  I slowly broke down that wall with the law.  But then he insisted he could never let anyone else take his punishment.  I gave up and left him to deal with his punishment himself.  I dropped a link to needGod.net a second before he bailed on me - I wonder if he saw it?

The chat with the guy in Brazil was frustrating, he would respond very slowly (via text) and insisted he was perfect.  I left him with the gospel, via text, before moving on.

Another kid!  This one: quite self righteous, but lovely to talk with.  He clearly went from thinking his good deeds would save him to clearly articulating that only Jesus death on the cross would save him.  He professed faith.  I pointed him to a Bible, and a good local church.  In the end he said, “I gotta go; have a good day and stay positive; I will remember this talk forever; bless you”.

The guy in Georgia, I had a delayed connection with, which made it difficult, but I slowly worked through the gospel with him.

The last chat was good.  Whoever it was was very intellectual (text only).  They came to hear the gospel, but they really enjoyed the conversation and started asking many questions.  Eventually I decided that they understood the gospel and it was time to move on.  I pointed them to the Insta DM if they wanted to continue the conversation.

So, a great couple of days of online gospel proclamation.  Glory to God alone for any fruit!
 

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On Thursday I was sharing the gospel online before joining Andy at Northlands for bus stop outreach.  Then on Friday I was online before heading into the city for outreach with Andy & Roger and then the gospel + abortion outreach outside the hospital with a team of six.  To finish the day I was online for a couple more hours.

At Northlands, the highlight was a great conversation that led from a rejection.  I was talking to a student when an old lady went past and gave me a bit of a dirty look.  The conversation with the student wrapped up and so I approached the lady and asked if she would like a tract.  She asked what it was, and I said, “It’s a gospel tract, I’m a Christian, I’m here today to share the hope of Jesus”.  She didn’t want anything to do with religion and refused the tract.

But another student close by had been listening, and she was intrigued by my open declaration as a Christian.  I know this because I offered her a tract next, she took it and said, “I’m a Christian too”.  “That’s great”, I said, “what do you have to do to get to heaven?”.  “Be a good person”.  And so from there I was able to share the gospel with her.  She was very thoughtful.  I challenged her to respond to the gospel, not by trusting in her good works, but by trusting that Jesus died for her sins - that would lead to good works.

This then rolled into another conversation with two other students, one who left early on, but the other came to hear the gospel for the first time.

We were in Cashel Mall & Cathedral Square Friday morning.  Roger had his flip chart out.  Andy preached in the open air.  I had a wonderful gospel conversation with a young lady who was making the most of life and not thinking of the afterlife - as she didn’t think there were any answers.  She heard the law and the gospel and was challenged to respond.  But the pleasures of this life seemed to sway her away - she was counting the cost of the change that faith in Jesus' sacrifice would bring in her life.

I fetched the abortion signs from my car and Andy and I headed to the hospital for the gospel + abortion outreach.  A team of six, which was great!  Another relatively calm outreach.  Kath and I had a lovely gospel chat with a lady.  She was familiar with Christianity, but not clear on the gospel, and not part of a church.  A long chat, she became emotional (in a good way, I think) which ended the conversation.

The online work was very rewarding, as always.  I had a long chat with a guy in Nicaragua who was familiar with the gospel, could even say the right words (‘repent’, ‘Jesus died for my sins’), but with some gentle probing it was clear he was subtly looking at his works to *get* him to heaven (‘we just have to try not to sin’, ‘obey God and his commandments’).  It seems he was getting his Internet connection from free WiFi outside a shop, he started to walk down the street and lost his connection - bringing the conversation to an end.

Amazingly my very next chat was with a guy with the same hang up.  Right from the start he had a flawless articulation of why he would be going to heaven: “believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sins”.  I checked if he thought good deeds would get him to heaven.  He thought for a second and responded with “no”.  So I asked how sure he would be of getting to heaven: “60%”!  Why?  “Because I cuss and don’t go to church like I should”.  Going from there I was able to share the law and the gospel.  By the end he seemed to be understanding and was very appreciative of the chat.  You can watch a short video of the end of this chat here.

A chat with a girl flirting with Satanism who came to understand the gospel and have many of her questions answered (including many on the issue of homosexuality).  A guy from Egypt who had seemed to reject Islam in all but name.  He heard the gospel, said it “made sense”, but is not currently willing to repent because “I’ll become faithless”.

Those were just the highlights from Thursday, out of time to summarise Friday’s online chats.  But many good ones, including with a guy from Spain with poor English, claiming to be Christian yet very confused on the gospel.  A frustrating chat, but I think he started to grasp the proper place of faith and works in regards to salvation.
 

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Tuesday I was online with the team before heading to Riccarton for a couple of hours in the late afternoon.  And Wednesday I was online with the team.

I turned up in Riccarton wondering, for the umptenth time, if anyone would stop to talk - and wondering if I should have brought my flip chart or not.  Well, for the umptenth time, God answered my prayers and I had a very productive outreach!

After some initial chats, I had a school kid walk up keen to give the good person test a go.  This usually means one of two things - they are there to give me a hard time, or they are really interested.  It turned out to be the latter!

He went to a seventh day adventist school, didn’t understand the gospel and enjoyed his sin.  He heard the gospel, and was challenged to respond in faith, knowing this would change his attitude towards the sin he loved.

Near the end of the conversation it was interrupted by a guy walking past heckling “You don’t want to talk to him”.  Ignored we continued chatting, but then the heckler came back.  The conversation switched to being between me and the heckler with the student happy to stick around and listen (our conversation had pretty much wrapped up anyway).

The heckler wasn’t really interested in engaging honestly.  He had preconceived thoughts he wasn’t willing to let go.  The student got bored and moved on after shaking hands.  And so after, the heckler gave up and left as well.  But it was actually a very encouraging couple of conversations.

The last chat of the day was a long one.  It started with the guy coming past on a Lime scooter and being stopped by the flip chart.  He had done the flip chart before (in Blenheim).  He had obviously played on his mind, as he sat down to talk.

We went through the gospel multiple times, he was struggling to understand, but he really wanted to!  He stayed till the end of the outreach.  He ended up downloading a Bible, and was interested in going to church.  He friended me on Facebook and said he would be in touch if he had any questions.

So a wonderful outreach in the end - Praise God.

Eighteen recordings from the two days of outreach online.  Here are some of the highlights:

A catholic kid who wasn’t sure on what to believe came to grasp the gospel.

Another kid who just didn’t get it at all.  I would share the gospel, and immediately get him to share it back - over and over he couldn’t do it.  He disconnected :(

A Christian kid from Trinidad and Tobago who insisted that obedience was required to be saved.  A rather frustrating conversation - but I laboured with him for a fair while, and I think he was starting to see my point before he had to leave.

A text chat with someone from the Philippines - Catholic background, but seemed deeply impacted by the gospel - praise God.

A trio of Muslims from Egypt who heard the gospel but fought against it - insisting that they would be good enough to get to heaven.

A chat that started out with the other person pretending to be neo-Nazi :(  But by the end of the gospel they were stoked by the gospel and were asking good questions.

And the day ended with a streamer coming to grasp the gospel.

SDG!
 

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Today there was a team of four in the city, after church meetings in the morning.  It was a bit of a slow outreach, lots of rejection.  I got quite a few chats started, but only two finished.  And one of those, the guy just wasn’t interested! :(  I was talking to three people in that other chat - and of them, only two were engaging in the conversation.  But then something interesting happened.  They left me, and then one of those two that were engaged walked over to a flip chart and started talking to the team running that!  That one person went through the whole flip chart (pictured).  Their two friends left him.

So, I guess, often our labours can seem in vain, and yet they never are.  Even if no one stops and talks, or no tracts are taken, at the very least God has been glorified in our obedience to go.  I love God and want to obey him.  May you be encouraged to go, wherever you are there will be people you can attempt to reach with the gospel - do it with gentleness and respect.

We wrapped up early.  I’m glad we did as there were two girls leaning against the wall close to where I had parked my car.  After putting the flip chart in the boot, I circled back to offer them tracts.  I’m glad I did!  Because they were really receptive.  I was able to explain how we know God exists, and I was able to ask what they thought would get them to heaven (being good), and so I was able to briefly explain the gospel.  They then asked me about LGBT.  So I simply responded with: “who makes the rules?” and one of them responded with, “Oh, I get it, God makes the rules”.  Exactly, and God has said that homosexuality is a sin - but Jesus died on the cross so sinners can be forgiven!  By this stage a third girl had arrived, who was more resistant and the conversation wrapped up.  They all took tracts (the original two took two kinds).  Lord, I leave them in your hands - may they grasp the gospel, it’s your power to save them!

Many gospel chats online through the weekend too - but I’m out of time to write about them.  Glory to God alone for any fruit that comes!
 

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A very busy couple of days of outreach in Christchurch.  On Thursday I was online in the morning, and then at the Eastgate bus stops with Andy in the afternoon.  Friday saw the gospel + abortion outreach outside the hospital, and then outreach in the central city, including many opportunities to talk with climate change activists.  The day ended with a wonderful conversation online.

From Thursday morning I remember the conversations being difficult - a lot of resistance.

I had an 81 minute conversation with a young man from Germany!  He was either playing me along the whole time, or he was genuinely contemplating the gospel, or maybe both.  But after counting the cost he ended up doubling down and saying “god is fake bud”.  Sadly, It seems sex with his girlfriend was more important to him than God and eternal life.

Later I had a difficult chat with a guy from Slovakia.  There was a language barrier, and yet he seemed to be comprehending the things I was saying.  He was very thoughtful.  At one point he said: “I believe that the universe came into being out of nowhere” - I was quick to point out how illogical that is, and he didn’t argue.

Many wonderful chats at the Eastgate bus stops.  It’s been a while since we’ve been there and so the fishing hole felt fresh.

I had a great chat with a guy who had just been to a church for the first time with a friend the week prior!  After the chat, he seemed to be articulating the good news well and seemed very appreciative of the information.

Later I approached a lady sitting in one of the bus shelters.  She said, “Are you Glen or Andy?”  It turns out she had talked to Andy before, and she had prayed for him.  She greatly encouraged me by saying she was praying for us everyday!  How wonderful is that.  Thank you Heather!

The gospel + abortion outreach on Friday morning went really well (team of seven).  No counter protesters today.  I fell into a long conversation with a man who had recently come out of a Christian cult (3 years ago).  He wasn’t certain on where he should land spiritually, he has been on a journey!  He is leaning towards Greek Orthodox.  We spent a long time talking about soteriology (the theology of salvation).  We are now in text and email contact - he has been sending me valuable information about the cult he was involved with.  I intend to continue our chat about how we are saved!

Andy had a wonderful chat with two girls who have Christian upbringing but had deep questions about it.  They came to understand the gospel!

We didn’t do any open air preaching in Cathedral Square as a climate change rally was on.  We headed to Cashel Mall instead.  Praise God, Andy and I had two wonderful follow up chats with people where the gospel seems to be taking root!  I got a Bible onto the phone of one; he works on Sunday, but he is going to see if he can change his schedule so he can come along to church.

During those chats, a climate change march went through.  Andy handed out tracts to those walking past (pictured).

We ended up down at the Bridge of Remembrance where Roger joined us.  We had a very busy afternoon of outreach.  Many wonderful opportunities to talk to the kids involved with the climate change rally / march!  Roger had people queuing to do his flip chat!  It was a non stop day for him.  Andy had a super long conversation with a guy (pictured).  The outreach ended and Roger and I went for a hot chocolate, even after that Andy’s conversation was still going!

A highlight chat was one Roger (and later I joined it later) had with the owner of SoYo in Riccarton.  This guy is Muslim and often talks to Roger when we are in Riccarton.  He seems very challenged by the gospel.  The conversation will hopefully continue when we are in Riccarton next.

The last conversation of the day was online.  With a guy from Brazil.  He has a Christian background but is gay.  He believes in God and wants to be a Christian, but is deeply struggling with his sin - he had even tried suicide, but said that God had rescued him from it.  He was subtly misunderstanding the gospel, and he had also reconciled his homosexuality by declaring that it wasn’t a sin.  It was a very difficult chat, with a language barrier where I had to get him to understand the gospel, and that homosexuality is sinful.  An 80 minute conversation!  At times he was tearful.  He was very thankful for the conversation by the end of it.  He had instructions for Bible passages to start working through, and I pointed him to a local church.  He is also in touch with the needGod.net team via Instagram.  Oh Lord, only you can change hearts by your grace and help us in the battle with our flesh.  Lord, you have the power to save, and the power to sanctify us.  Thank you for your grace, Lord, your sacrifice covers all our sins!
 

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Well, I’m back to a normal schedule now.  By the grace of God, we have made it through a busy six weeks of special outreaches: Whangarei mission (which included lock down shenanigans, and tsunami alerts!), Christchurch mission, Dunedin mission, Malvern & Oxford A&P shows, and the Easter Monday hot cross bun + gospel tract outreach.  All glory to God for anything good that came from the effort!  I’m looking forward to moving into the winter season of outreach.

On Tuesday I was online with the team before heading to Riccarton in the late afternoon with Roger.  As we prayed together I was thinking of how useless our effort is: two old guys, standing on the street corner, looking like fools.  I prayed that God would use our effort for his glory.  Well, we both had a fantastic couple of hours talking to people about the gospel - God answered my prayer!

Two highlight conversations.

The first started when two ladies walked past.  I was offering tracts.  The one closest to me ignored me, but to her surprise the one furthest from me cut behind her friend so she could come over to take the tract.  She really wanted to talk.  Her friend seemed surprised, but came over too - she didn’t want to interact, so I focused on the one that wanted to talk.  It was a quick chat, maybe five minutes, but in that time, she went from thinking her good deeds would get her to heaven, to articulating that it is only trust in Jesus' sacrifice that would get her to heaven.  She had a Christian background, and was in a period of life where she was thinking about these things deeply.  She said she needed to think about it more - which is fine - but I communicated the urgency in responding.  She had the tract, and I pointed her to the one minute videos on Tik Tok: needGod.net

The second highlight was with a guy called Glen!  This was a fascinating chat because he was claiming to be a Christian, yet was indicating that he thought his good deeds would save him.  I took him through the law (starting with not lying), and then shared the gospel.  But when I moved into checking questions, it was clear that he wasn’t understanding.  Having remembered what I said about lying, he responded with “tell the truth” as the reason why he would get to heaven!  I laboured with him, and it started to sink in, but it was clear he was adding works to Jesus' sacrifice for salvation - not good.  By the end of the conversation, he seemed pretty stunned as he came to grasp the gospel: a free gift (grace alone) paid for by the sacrifice of Jesus alone, and accepted by faith alone.  I was then able to touch on the correct place of good work in the life of a believer.  He seemed very appreciative of the chat.  I know which local church he is a part of.  May this be a turning point for him!

Today I also spent some time online.  My memory of the two days of online work is mainly difficult, but good chats.

I’m also in email contact with the resistant guy I talked to at the Oxford A&P show.  It’s going slow but well.  I’m praying for God’s help in this conversation.  All glory to him!
 

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I’m Blown away with how well today's "Hot Cross Bun + Gospel Tract" outreach went.  Weather was amazing, heaps of people out, over 500 hot cross bun halves + gospel tracts given away, and 4 flip charts were running.  And look how big the team was!  There are at least 6 others involved who didn't make it into either of the pictures!  Glory to God alone!

I don’t think I got into a single gospel conversation myself, I spent the whole time encouraging Christians.  In fact, the one conversation I did get into was with a Christian (not on our team) who was so encouraged at seeing what we were doing!

The hot cross buns and tracts were very well received - people seemed really blessed.  We had four of our regular hecklers out.  Apparently one of them told us to stop spreading our hate!  How ironic.

I’m going to let the pictures do the talking from here.  Soli Deo Gloria!
 

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Easter.  Jesus rose from the dead, and gave us a sure hope for the same.  Praise the Lord!

Assuming there wouldn’t be many on the streets, and as we will have a special outreach on Easter Monday - I only spent a couple of hours online with the team today.  Great chats, but difficult ones.

The first kid was very resistant to the logic of how we know God exists and the law of God.  It seemed pointless to him, he asked a few times what my point was.  He heard the gospel, but spurned it.  “Go spread the word.”  Disconnect.

Next I was talking to a couple of soft toys!  It’s funny that I don’t even bat an eyelid at such craziness.  The kids behind the toys heard the gospel.

A couple of false starts, firstly with a guy from Germany, then with a kid who went through the law and then bailed.  I was then able to share the gospel with a girl from the States.

A great chat with two girls who came to grasp the gospel and seemed very intrigued.  The first question was about homosexuality.  I was faithful in responding to the question and received a disconnect.

Before my last chat of the day, I had a few more difficult chats facing deep resistance.  Firstly with a Phillipino guy (fought), and then with an Indian guy (I don’t want to talk about this).

The last chat was a long one with a guy in Brazil.  He liked to talk.  This guy thought positive thoughts would lead to a good afterlife, and negative ones to a bad one!  He denied heaven and hell.  Eventually he came to hear the gospel, and suddenly he was in agreement!  He was a Christian?!  He agreed with grace through faith.  So I circled back to try to understand why he was denying heaven and hell.  At the end of the conversation I asked if he was Catholic or Protestant.  He said neither - he was Mormon!  I tried to explain why Mormon’s don’t actually believe in grace through faith.  He was intrigued by the conversation and liked needGod.net on Instagram.  I encouraged him to get in touch was the conversation could continue!
 

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