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Battle Log > Plymouth Team > Saturday, 1 May, 2010
Saturday, 1 May, 2010
Plymouth- 24/04/10
Once a month a few of us from 4 Churches meet up for an hours open air preaching and handing out gospel tracts to people etc, and this Saturday about 8 of us were out in total.
Before I met them though, I was getting my hair cut, and a young lad came in and sat next to me. I was unsure whether to offer him a million pound tract in the Barbers in case the staff got annoyed, but managed to, and started a conversation with him. Amazingly he said he remembered me witnessing to him and his friends by the shopping mall in Plymouth a few months ago, and remembered my name from a card I gave him. We had a great conversation about the afterlife and the gospel, and was really encouraged, as at first was unsure whether or not to talk in a closed area like that, but God really blessed the conversation, and he said he would again think about what we had discussed.
When I met the others in the city centre, I offered a million pound note to 3 lads, and tried some intelligece test questions to break the ice with them. They didnt seem to get the humour at all, and it was quite embaressing at first, but later found out they were 2 German and 1 French students, though had great English as were students here, and after we had cleared that up, we managed to have a good discussion about what happens to someone after they die and if they thought they would be good enough to get to Heaven.
One more good discussion happened with 2 men in early 20's who were about to join the Navy. This led to a good discussion about what the difference between killing and murder were Biblically, and because of the work they were going to have to do in the future, one lad partuicularly thought soberly about things, and gladly took some tracts and information to read.
Pete who is the other preacher is part of open air campaigners and uses a magnetic board to present the gospel, and I preached on Isaiah 55 which attracted a heckler which led to a few people on the sidelines listening, so was a good day out on the streets.
Exeter- 01/05/10
Last Saturday, 6 of us met in Exeter to do some outreach work,m and were met with heavy rain for the first hour, and so were all hiding under shop overhangs, but were praying for opportunities to speak to people still, as many people were congregating under the shop roofs, waiting for the showers to pass. After praying silently for a conversation, a man approached me from across the street, asking if I was part of the UKIP group handing out literature against the BNP as many were out handing out flyers for the upcoming election.
I said I wasnt, but was one of a few Christians handing out tracts to people. This led into a great discussion with him about death and the afterlife, and he was extremly humble and open, was 30, called Tom, and was engaged and getting married soon. He understood what sin is etc, that it was primarily against God, and that if he died in his sins he would end up in Hell. I explained that this message was therefore not only applicable to him, but his fiancee as well, and so repentance might mean them not sleeping together until they got married. We shook hands and he seemed very thankful and took some information to read. I was extremly happy that the weather had not stopped the gospel going out and that God had answered my prayer.
There were also 2 19yr old Lads that stopped and had a conversation after handing them a million pound note. At first they seemed to take it as a bit of a joke, but as the conversation progressed they seemed more earnest to think about spiritual things, and left with something to think about and to read.
Even though the day started out wet and miserable, the rain eventually cleared, and allowed Mike from Taunton who had come with his wife, Shirley and myself to preach, and quite a few people in the backgrounds stopped to listen which was great (video link below)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEaGB3t0tpk