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This Saturday just been, I went with a couple of other Christians to share the Gospel at a festival called, "Baldrics Big Day Out." At this festival, many come dressed in medieval clothing and many do medieval reenacting of battles. Within this festival, there are all manner of people from all walks of life.
The day before the festival the weather was very bad, and it was set to continue through the weekend. But we went along anyway with the hope that we would get to tell some people the Gospel. When we arrived, all the food stalls had come in their sheltered caravans, but we were the only trade stall that arrived (Trade Stalls have gazebos). All the remaining 24 stayed home. (I don't blame them. The weather was really bad.) The place where they had us situated was very exposed to the wind and rain so we asked if we could be moved next to a building where we could tie our gazebo down to the pillars of the building. They said yes and so we were able to move to a place that was reasonably sheltered. We put up the gazebo and we were rearing to go. The rain kept coming in so much that the ground was covered in about an inch of water. But we continued and it was well worth it. We spoke to about 15-20 people (This is good considering we thought that nobody would come).
I spoke to a lady who was about 25 years old. After I had told her the Gospel, she said that she had been through university, and she had studied evolution and so she did not believe in the Bible. She said she knew that evolution was proven and so the Bible had to be wrong. I pointed out to her that no one has ever been able to observe or test evolution as they would have to be millions of years old. Even her tutors could not prove it. She then thought about it and admitted that it was scientifically proven. It was a blind faith. I was really surprised as most people who believe in evolution will put up a big argument. But she seemed to understand. I then told her that I could prove that there must be a God. So, I used the "Builder built the building, the painter painted the painting and the creator created creation" argument. She then looked around at the trees and then turned back to me and said, "You are right, someone had to have made everything." I was amazed. I then spoke to her some more and encouraged her to start honouring God. I had a couple of other good conversations with other people as well as one with lady who said she was a witch.
One of the other people that I was with, Cruise, also had a very good conversation with a Muslim man. They spoke for about 20 minutes, and I wished that I had videoed the conversation. It was great. Cruise was able to speak from a place of authority as he had read the Koran and studied Islam as well as Christianity. Cruise gave the man a lot to think about. So, all we can do is pray for him that God shows him the lie of Islam.
Here are a couple of good quotes for evangelising in the rain.
"There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people" Bill Bowerman
"Preach the Gospel at all times and if necessary, use an umbrella" 1Tonne (This made me laugh)
Here are some pics. The first one is the pic where I was talking to the lady who was about 25 years old.
The second pic shows how empty the place is. Normally there would be a heap of stalls and many people. You can also see in the background the rain coming down. In the bottom right of the picture, you can also see how the water was pooling all around us.
The day before the festival the weather was very bad, and it was set to continue through the weekend. But we went along anyway with the hope that we would get to tell some people the Gospel. When we arrived, all the food stalls had come in their sheltered caravans, but we were the only trade stall that arrived (Trade Stalls have gazebos). All the remaining 24 stayed home. (I don't blame them. The weather was really bad.) The place where they had us situated was very exposed to the wind and rain so we asked if we could be moved next to a building where we could tie our gazebo down to the pillars of the building. They said yes and so we were able to move to a place that was reasonably sheltered. We put up the gazebo and we were rearing to go. The rain kept coming in so much that the ground was covered in about an inch of water. But we continued and it was well worth it. We spoke to about 15-20 people (This is good considering we thought that nobody would come).
I spoke to a lady who was about 25 years old. After I had told her the Gospel, she said that she had been through university, and she had studied evolution and so she did not believe in the Bible. She said she knew that evolution was proven and so the Bible had to be wrong. I pointed out to her that no one has ever been able to observe or test evolution as they would have to be millions of years old. Even her tutors could not prove it. She then thought about it and admitted that it was scientifically proven. It was a blind faith. I was really surprised as most people who believe in evolution will put up a big argument. But she seemed to understand. I then told her that I could prove that there must be a God. So, I used the "Builder built the building, the painter painted the painting and the creator created creation" argument. She then looked around at the trees and then turned back to me and said, "You are right, someone had to have made everything." I was amazed. I then spoke to her some more and encouraged her to start honouring God. I had a couple of other good conversations with other people as well as one with lady who said she was a witch.
One of the other people that I was with, Cruise, also had a very good conversation with a Muslim man. They spoke for about 20 minutes, and I wished that I had videoed the conversation. It was great. Cruise was able to speak from a place of authority as he had read the Koran and studied Islam as well as Christianity. Cruise gave the man a lot to think about. So, all we can do is pray for him that God shows him the lie of Islam.
Here are a couple of good quotes for evangelising in the rain.
"There is no such thing as bad weather, just soft people" Bill Bowerman
"Preach the Gospel at all times and if necessary, use an umbrella" 1Tonne (This made me laugh)
Here are some pics. The first one is the pic where I was talking to the lady who was about 25 years old.
The second pic shows how empty the place is. Normally there would be a heap of stalls and many people. You can also see in the background the rain coming down. In the bottom right of the picture, you can also see how the water was pooling all around us.
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