Outreach on Friday

“Why do you go to church?” I asked Jen, a mother I met in Brighton MA at our outreach on Friday.

“Because the people there have purpose, I want what they have” She responded. I was so privileged to share with Jen that she could indeed have what they have, that this “purpose” comes from a relationship with the living and loving God!

Later on I saw a woman approach our team; I went to meet her as she walked. I recognized her; it seemed she recognized me too! We had met many times before at a local church we work with. She had just been released from hospital; she needed prayer; “I saw your team and I knew God had sent you here to pray for me, it’s a divine appointment!” Our team prayed for her; she wept with joy.

We stayed in Brighton around 3 hours and most of this time John was speaking to Tyrone, a local teenager. “I don’t believe there is any evidence for God” He said. They talked about science, evolution and the evidence of God on our planet; it was a deep conversation.
“I guess that makes sense, but if God is real then how do I know which God he is? There are so many religions, they can’t all be right” Tyrone asked; now engrossed in the topic of God. John talked with him about the uniqueness of the bible, its historical accuracy, archeological proof; he also spoke of the character of Jesus. Tyrone intently listened to every word, asked questions and even as our team went to leave he did not stop wanting to talk. “I think I would like to go to church” he said. Peter, one of our new team members knew of a good church for Tyrone and agreed to take him.

Towards the end of the outreach I felt a tap on the back of my leg; “Excuse me?” a little girl asked; “Yes” I responded. “Would you like to be in a parade about God?” she announced sweetly.
I smiled, “Of course, what do you want to say about God?”
“I want everyone to know how good and loving He is”
Such sweet, simple faith.

To God be the Glory!

News from our team that went to Iceland

"We don't know of another team that has even seen one salvation!"

This was the reaction of the church in Iceland that our team worked with on their recent mission trip. At first they were weary of us; they explained that many teams had come but had been more of a burden than a blessing.

"But not your team" they said "You were an amazing blessing"

Our small team of 30 spent 2 weeks on the streets of Iceland, performing our drama's, dancing and sharing with the people about the God who loves them! The ground was hard, many had tough questions and were not used to meeting Christians, but God did some amazing things!
Lives were changed, people were healed both physically and spiritually.

Before our team landed we had heard there was anything from 3000 to 6000 Christians in Iceland. When they left they had seen 328 make decisions to follow Jesus!