This past week was awesome! (The week of June 13-19. This is late because I couldn’t get internet to post.) One morning we went and did a Hispanic outreach. In the mornings, some Hispanics stand outside construction businesses in hope of getting picked up for work. We went to McDonald’s and bought sausage biscuits to give to them in hopes of sharing the Gospel with them through a Spanish KGP booklet. We gave them biscuits, and some of us (mostly the ones who could speak Spanish) had really good conversations with them. Today some people went back and one man accepted Christ! They said he helped lead a youth group at his church, but after talking with some people from Crusade, He realized he didn’t know Jesus personally. Please pray for his new faith in knowing Jesus!
Last Thursday I went to San Francisco. The people who were off work Thursday all got together and pitched in some money to rent a few cars to drive an hour and a half north to San Francisco. We got there around lunch time and went straight to the Golden Gate Bridge. It was amazing to see. We could see Alcatraz (the famous prison) in the bay and the city as well from the bridge. We got to see tons of stuff! The city is literally built on a hill. It had the steepest paved roads I’d ever seen. We went to Chinatown too, which was probably my favorite spot of the day. We went to a bunch of the shops, but we only had 32 minutes worth of coins for the parking meter so we basically ran the whole time screaming “Come on y’all!”. We definitely looked like tourists. We also went to the Fisherman’s Wharf and shopped around. At the end of the day we went to In n’ Out Burger. Everyone talks about it like Cookout back home, but it’s nothing compared to Cookout.
On Saturday we had a Barn Party outreach where we invited our coworkers and anyone who wanted to come. Emily Noah and I shared our testimonies in front of everyone. We were a little nervous because we had to share in front of lots of people who may have not been believers. We didn’t want to mess up, so every word counted. We did a good job sharing, and one thing I’m beginning to notice is that everyone can relate to each other’s testimony in some way (we all share our testimony in front of everyone once during the summer- usually at a mealtime). It’s reassuring to us that we’re not alone in our struggles and the way we feel as Christians. Barn party was a success, and we learned how to line dance and two step! It’s pretty fun.
God’s been revealing some awesome things to me lately. I’ve really been analyzing the word in depth, thinking about how it applies to my life. In my journal I’ve been writing about things that I read and what I feel about them. Things I’ve read a million times it seems like are amazing. Lots of us know the story about how Jesus calmed the storm when at sea. But think about what He did then. He calmed a storm with the words from His mouth! Even the waves and the wind are under His command! We can’t just speak words and something like that obey us, but He can! It just makes me think about how great He truly is and how there’s nothing else worth living for. It’s all for His glory! I’ve also been reading More Than A Carpenter by Josh McDowell. It’s a great book about apologetics. Here’s a fun fact: Did you know that the New Testament has more manuscripts (about 20,000) than any other text? The second most reliable text is the Iliad with just over 600. Now who say’s the Bible isn’t reliable? It’s a great book, so I recommend you check it out.
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