Change of Plans - Day 2

We spent most of the morning and afternoon passing out gospels of John in Spanish to people around the church. We also used the Ball of Many Colors soccer balls to share the gospel. Our plans for 5 Day Clubs were completely put on hold, but we were able to communicate with individuals on the street through translators. It was an experience that stretched us, especially as some of our students had their first opportunity to share the gospel with someone through a translator. Ben Miers and I encountered a student named Brian that spoke English, and we were able to talk with him about his beliefs in relativism and Buddhism, and he was interested in reading more in the gospel of John about Jesus. While the culture is predominantly what I am calling secular Catholic, the people are very open to hearing and reading the gospel. The picture of the boy at the table is an especially poignant; he was an obviously hungry street kid who came into the restaurant where we were eating and sat down in the corner. We gave him a piece of pizza and a gospel of John; during the next 45 minutes that we were at the restaurant he did not touch the slice of pizza, but intently read the Bible.

We will be continuing to share the gospel in this way over the next few days, so please pray for openness among the people we encounter, confidence and clarity as our students share, and opportunities for the local believers to follow-up with those we come in contact with.

While we shared the gospel, we also invited people to play soccer with us in the afternoon. The kids from the orphanage came, along with a couple of guys that we invited earlier in the day. Brian shared the gospel using the soccer ball. We were also able to talk more with Krista and Brianna, two American college students from Michigan who are serving at the orphanage for six months, from June through December.

Please continue to pray for us and for the church and the BSU. I have entitled this series “Change of Plans” because we have only served in a small part of what we had been preparing for; however, God had been preparing us for what He would do, and He has changed our plans for His glory. We look forward to continuing to see Him work.