Battle Log
Friday 1 May 2020
Posted 1 May 2020, 2:58 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink
Since my last report, we have added Facebook live streaming (as well as You Tube). It’s never been easier to watch real life, live, gospel conversations. We hope you will be encouraged by this, and encouraged to get involved as well!
Today we had a random Christian join our outreach (via Jitsi meeting room). We have been able to interact with him and he has been able to watch and get a feel for how it works. This guy is from Canada, and we have never met him before - so encouraged to be able to make new connections like this.
Live streaming has taken some getting used to. It just feels weird knowing anyone could be watching / listening to the conversation you are having! But it’s a good thing. I’ve got nothing to hide, except my mistakes. And this only gives me an opportunity to apologise and make it right as best as I can. If you watch, and see any blind spots that I could learn about - please do let me know. But be nice about it! :) Proverbs 12:1 (ESV) Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
I normally take notes of my gospel conversations, so I can write about them in this report, but for some reason, I haven’t done this over the last two days? Thursday afternoon is a bit of a blank for me, so I’ll go see some of the things others in the team have been saying…
Ryan: “Just had an amazing chat with two ladies. They initially said we are just a bunch of atoms, nothing happens to us after we die.
Showed them God’s existence, they said “Wow that makes so much sense!”
Explained the gospel, one said “This is amazing! If you had not told me this, I would never have known this, I never would have thought that someone could take my punishment. This is the best chat I have had on Omegle.””
Andy: “Just had the hands down best chat ever on Omegle.
Guy was like...... I've never heard this before..... Gob smacked.... listened intensely, humble like a child.
He was asking me for web sites to know more....
Be encouraged everyone.... the harvest is plentiful....”
Oh, this one is from me, I kinda remember talking to this Muslim: “Epic convo with a Muslim. But hard of heart, yet he heard the gospel. Convict him Lord, Save him by your grace. But ultimately - may You be glorified! ”
Oh yeah, this one is really interesting, from Ryan: “Just chatted to a guy from Christchurch on Omegle named Tyler who has seen Glen Richards witness in Cashell Mall! He hasn’t spoken to Glen before, but one of his friends has. Encouraged him to say hi to Glen after the Coronavirus season. He thought his good deeds would save him, but grasped the gospel and professed to start believing it today”
Kane: “Fynn Johnson that chat with the Jewish girl Michelle was gold. The look on her face when she read Isaiah 53 then the look on your face when you asked her where she was up to and she said "Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted". #priceless”
Matt: “"Hey man seriously, you've just totally just changed my mind"” & “"audible gasp in" as he grasped the gospel”
Martin: “By God's grace I met a guy from New Zealand and He understood the gospel clearly and we got connected through facebook, continuing our chat through FB. What a joy!@!!!!!!! Praise God !” & “"I prayed for a relationship with Jesus literally today and you gave me the key or the answer to have that relationship. I think God sent you to fix me" - He just sent me this message through FB .. what can we say? God is so faithful and He is always working Soli Deo Gloria !!!”
Wow, that was super encouraging. It’s funny, I think you get used to it and desensitised when you are constantly sharing the gospel. You see a LOT of rejection and resistance. But when you stand back and look at a highlights reel like that, it’s really, very encouraging. Glory to God. God, you are amazing. That you use feeble messengers like us, and allow us to be involved. You are wonderful! May there be fruit, for your glory Lord. May you receive the reward of your suffering.
Friday is my biggest day of outreach. Seven hours of evangelism and then an hour writing this report. I did capture some of my text conversations, I’ll go see if there is anything interesting…
Oh yeah, I started the day with a video chat with a guy from India, it was a poor video connection, so we used text chat a bit as well. We connected on Facebook, and he said he would follow up with me tomorrow…
I then had a long conversation with a Catholic from Lebanon. He was resistant, but I relied on questions to get him engaged. He came to see that I wasn’t trying to pick a fight with him, that I cared. And also that he was trusting in his works to save him - and why that wouldn’t work. He came to understand the gospel:
Stranger: Is there any people here on omegle who listen to u?
Stranger: Or a few?
You: Good question. Most skip me. But I have many good conversations with people. Because this is such an important thing to talk about.
You: Heaven is real, Hell is real.
Stranger: Yes
Many video chats, with all sorts of people. Many faces cross my mind, too many conversations to write about. Can I encourage you, come join us in the harvest.
View previous Online Evangelism report (29 April 2020)
Online Evangelism
Here are the tentative weekly outreach times for online evangelism:
Sunday 1-3pm (Practical Training Outreach)
Monday 9am-5pm
Tuesday 1-5pm
Wednesday 1-5pm
Thursday 9am-5pm
Friday 1-4pm
Saturday 1-4pm
These times are all in AEST (GMT+10), so adjust them based on your own timezone.
How to take part
To watch any of our online outreaches, you can watch live on our YouTube channel or Facebook page.
Or to take part in any of these outreaches, email us for the virtual room meeting link.