January 12, 2006

More adventure




Again God, had another idea about what he wanted to do. I saw a vision of the North West part of the city, a place we had never been and I felt he wanted us to do evangelism there. It was a very poor part of the city again, and many of the homes were walled or fenced in. It was strange. We went into the neighborhood and had an interesting time. Many of the people were Spanish speaking, only. Christina, was able to put her Spanish skills to the test, and some really cool things happened. One interaction I thought was cool, was how one of the teams prayed with a boy and his Aunt. The boy met up with the other team later, and said "You have to come to my house to pray for my Mother!" So the other team went with him, and he persisted in waking up his mother. He also got his Father, and brother and they all prayed to beging a relationship with Christ. They were all so thankful. Overall we prayed with 25 people to begin a relationship with Christ, in a neighborhood that looked really closed off.

Later we went down to the North end of 'The Srip" to do evangelism where we had prayed the previous day. There is so much distraction there and guys handing out pornographic material in your face. Everyone bustling to get to the next Casino. We wondered how things would be received. God laid a heavy foundation in prayer and encouraged us with many words about what he wanted to do. It was an exciting time and the teams prayed with 17 people. One interesting thing they reported was talking to a guy fresh from Germany. After talking and praying with the team he said "Wow, this is the first good thing I have learned since I have been in this country!"