Saturday, April 11, 2015

Love Does (Days: Wednesday and Thursday)

(Again, read the other two posts first.)
Wednesday we were able to speak on a radio station to people all over that part of Peru, and share some of our favorite verses and worship songs, as well as a presentation of the gospel, and answer questions from those that called in. Though it lacked the relational quality that I prefer, it was really cool to know that thousands of people were hearing the gospel through us. Wednesday afternoon at VBS was when I really began to notice myself needing to rely on God's strength more and more, and He provided just what I needed for the day, no more, no less.
Wednesday night we went into the central shopping area of a town and set up a sound system and drew people in with some crazy guys preforming a dance to a One Direction song, it's so crazy to me what God can use to bring people close enough to hear about Him. We then showed the story of Christ using two different skits and from the speaking of Thomas. After the program was over, we all split up into small groups and began talking to people who had seen the program, it was really cool to see how quickly God could work in someone and cause them to ask questions and to give us the answers to them.
Thursday was our last day of ministry, and we were scheduled to spend the morning doing some games and sharing testimonies at a high school that they had been working with all week, but for some reason the principal decided that he did not want us to come in that day because of the exams some students had to take. Though we were disappointed one of the translators said that there was a school right down the road that might let us come in and share, and because of our delay at the planned school, we arrived at the other school just in time to be able to go in during their lunch time and share with them. My friend Riley and I got to speak to two girls who were clearly very interested in the life changing stories that they had heard. It was one of those times where it was clearly the Holy Spirit working because we never would have been able to do it on our own. The group as a whole was only equipped with four translators who had all already been claimed by other groups of students. So, Riley and I had a person from the local church with us who understood a little bit of English, and was some how able to understand what we were struggling to say in spanish and tell it to the girls we were talking to, I am still not really sure how it happened, but it was amazing and we left the girls with some ways to answer their many questions about God's love.
The entire week God worked through us to advance His kingdom in major ways. And He has chosen you and I to be His ambassadors in all of the world, even here where it seems that people wouldn't be able to not hear the gospel, they still need Jesus.

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