Puppets, henna, photography, and pouring water into the snoring mouths of homeless people are just a few of the very effective evangelism tactics employed by our extremely creative students.
Friday night we took the DTS out in front of the Bellagio fountains to spread the love of Jesus among the spectators.
One team headed away from the fountains to talk to people in front of the Miracle Mile, and were approached by a girl handing out cards for nightclubs. They explained that they were out there to share Jesus, and asked the girl if they could pray for her. She asked them to pray for her daughter, who has been sick for over 4 years without diagnosis. As soon as they finished praying for her, a man who was also handing out cards came up to them and asked for prayer for his health as he has type 2 diabetes.
Another team was trying talk with people watching the fountain show, but everyone was too entranced with the water to hold a conversation. Finally they came upon a homeless man who was sleeping on the sidewalk, and they felt God urging them to talk to him. They both tried waking him up to no avail, and finally one of them decided to pour water into his mouth (definitely not an evangelism tool that I would recommend). He awoke to two girls standing over him asking if he was alright, likely bewildered and confused by what had just happened. He was very friendly, and they talked to him for a while when they noticed that his foot was badly injured. One girl went and got a bottle of water, and they proceeded to wash his foot and pray for healing. The man was so touched by the love of Christ in them that he started bawling. They prayed again with him, and he told them that he knew that God must have sent them to him because he had previously assumed that his foot was a trial from God, but this experience was reassurance that his pain was not God's will.
My friend Sami and I sat on the sidewalk with a "FREE HENNA" sign, and immediately two girls sat down with us to have their henna done. I am generally pretty shy when it comes to talking to people, so I did the henna while Sami did the talking. Both of the girls were agnostic, and were very open to having a deep conversation about God's love for them. They both seemed intrigued by what she told them of His character and their identity as His creation, and had never heard about God's love before. A couple of guys sat down with us next, one was Mormon, the other was Atheist. We ended up having a pretty deep conversation about how intricately God made us with the Mormon guy, and though it didn't seem outwardly to go anywhere, we can now pray for those specific guys.
These are just a few of the stories from Friday night, but I just had to share them with you guys :)
I can't wait to see what God does next.
-May God be your strength
Friday night we took the DTS out in front of the Bellagio fountains to spread the love of Jesus among the spectators.
One team headed away from the fountains to talk to people in front of the Miracle Mile, and were approached by a girl handing out cards for nightclubs. They explained that they were out there to share Jesus, and asked the girl if they could pray for her. She asked them to pray for her daughter, who has been sick for over 4 years without diagnosis. As soon as they finished praying for her, a man who was also handing out cards came up to them and asked for prayer for his health as he has type 2 diabetes.
Another team was trying talk with people watching the fountain show, but everyone was too entranced with the water to hold a conversation. Finally they came upon a homeless man who was sleeping on the sidewalk, and they felt God urging them to talk to him. They both tried waking him up to no avail, and finally one of them decided to pour water into his mouth (definitely not an evangelism tool that I would recommend). He awoke to two girls standing over him asking if he was alright, likely bewildered and confused by what had just happened. He was very friendly, and they talked to him for a while when they noticed that his foot was badly injured. One girl went and got a bottle of water, and they proceeded to wash his foot and pray for healing. The man was so touched by the love of Christ in them that he started bawling. They prayed again with him, and he told them that he knew that God must have sent them to him because he had previously assumed that his foot was a trial from God, but this experience was reassurance that his pain was not God's will.
My friend Sami and I sat on the sidewalk with a "FREE HENNA" sign, and immediately two girls sat down with us to have their henna done. I am generally pretty shy when it comes to talking to people, so I did the henna while Sami did the talking. Both of the girls were agnostic, and were very open to having a deep conversation about God's love for them. They both seemed intrigued by what she told them of His character and their identity as His creation, and had never heard about God's love before. A couple of guys sat down with us next, one was Mormon, the other was Atheist. We ended up having a pretty deep conversation about how intricately God made us with the Mormon guy, and though it didn't seem outwardly to go anywhere, we can now pray for those specific guys.
These are just a few of the stories from Friday night, but I just had to share them with you guys :)
I can't wait to see what God does next.
-May God be your strength
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