Battle Log
Sunday 1 February 2026
Posted 1 February 2026, 1:43 PM by Glen Richards. Permalink
It’s February already. Amazing.
So, what happened in January? Something that has never happened before occurred on Friday. I was asked: “Are you a pasta?” Haha. I responded with, “No, I’m not a pasta, and I’m not a pastor either” - I couldn’t help myself. But I often get comments like this, because, when you succinctly and systematically lay out the gospel in a clear way, people will see the logic of it and be impressed. It’s not me they should be impressed by, but God and his amazing plan. I mean that. This work is not for special people, but for all believers to get involved with. With a little bit of training, and a lot of guts to push through the fears, we truly can reach people with the gospel, which is the power of God for salvation. This involves living our lives in such a way that we are ‘salty’ and ‘bright’ by the way we live (we all get that), but, we also must communicate the gospel in words - even if it’s just handing out a tract. God delights to show his strength through weak things: us, our prayer, and a little pamphlet with the gospel explained. Be encouraged to reach out, as you can, and where you are.
So, I’ve just scanned my camera roll for the month. I didn’t take many photos! Only 2 actually, but one of them has jogged my memory of a good street chat I had this month, so I’ll share about that. Also, I found 2 encouraging screenshots of messages I received via the needGod.net TikTok Messenger. You see, a lot of my time is spent sharing the gospel online, these days. And a lot of that time is spent in TikTok Messenger. There seems to be an unlimited amount of people messaging in, and I attempt to share the gospel with all of them. I can’t really keep up, but I rest in the sovereignty of God. Anyway, check out the 2 screen shots and the 2 pictures.
Let me talk about the picture of the yellow Suzuki Swift - yeah, I’d love a yellow Suzuki Swift Sport! But that’s not the reason I took the picture, I took the pic to remind me of the chat I had with those 4 young lads. It was special, because they were very engaged.
School holidays means kids with nothing to do, so they are willing to stick around and talk. I had my flipchart up, and it was a pleasure to have Corin with me. If my memory serves me right: 1 of the kids was being a bit silly, another was being resistant, but the last 2 were very open. The resistant one served to raise good questions for all of them to consume. I can’t remember all the details of the conversation now, but I’m pretty sure we worked through all the pictures on the flipchart, and then the 2 open guys just kept popping me with question after question so good! Sowing seeds, may God be glorified in any future harvest of mercy that may occur.
Thank you for keeping us in prayer.
View previous Christchurch (NZ) report (7 January 2026)
Christchurch (NZ) Team
Weekly outreaches:
Tue 3:30pm - 5:30pm - Riccarton (corner of Riccarton Rd and Rotherham St)
Fri 1:30pm - 3:30pm - City (Bridge of Remembrance)
Sat 12:30pm - 2:30pm - Riccarton (corner of Riccarton Rd and Rotherham St)
Sun 1:30pm - 3:30pm - City (corner of Colombo St and Cashel St) - only 2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays of the month.
Contact Glen Richards or Andy Barlow for more information.