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Christchurch (NZ) Team

Oxford A&P Show

Well, last Saturday was the first A&P show we had been at in a long while due to Covid.  And then we had two in a row!  Today we were at the Oxford A&P Show for the day sharing the gospel with many via The Good Person Test flip chart.

It was a cool and slow start to the day, but the sun warmed things up, and before long streams of people were flowing past.  Again a solid team of Christians were there (12+?) - many of whom weren’t at the previous weeks show.  Many were fighting their fears, but I was super encouraged that they came anyway and were willing to give it a go!

I think the biggest highlight for me was watching my own daughters DESIRE to share the gospel, eager to get involved.  In the morning, they had some great opportunities paired up with me and others that were more experienced.  But by the end of the day they were doing full gospel conversations on their own!  I’ll let the pictures do the talking.

For me I had many difficult conversations.

One guy came up to the chart and I could tell from his body language he was in attack mode.  It wasn’t long before he said: “well, I’m gay” - fully expecting a look of revulsion to come to my face.  It didn’t.  We continued talking for a few moments, and then I said, “you don’t hate me do you?”.  He paused, hopefully getting my point.  Sadly he didn’t stay long - he wasn’t interested in the gospel.

Another one was with a tall solid guy who had two kids with him.  He walked past, and heard me ask, “would you like to try the good person test?”  He swung around and said, “ok!”  I wasn’t expecting that, and it wasn’t a good sign.  Sure enough he wanted to argue.  He kept taking the conversation off on tangents, but soon I think the reason for his argumentation was that he couldn’t stand the thought that someone who repents at the last minute can be forgiven.  Usually that’s a sign that they have been deeply hurt by someone and can’t stand the thought of that person being forgiven.  I persisted in the conversation, I really had to control my desire to fight back and listen to what the guy was saying.  He was raising deep and important questions and not allowing me to respond.  Eventually I asked if I could email him, as I wanted to be able to address his questions properly.  To my surprise he gave me his email address!  I will certainly be getting in touch.  Please pray for this man.

But I had many good conversations as well!  As did the team.  An exhausting but rewarding day of outreach!
 

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Christchurch (NZ) Team

Thursday was a busy day of outreach - most of it online.

The first chat of the day was with a guy from India.  He said he was going to skip me, but the sign on my wall attracted him: “What happens after we die?”  He heard the gospel, and he seemed to be deeply challenged by the conversation.  Yet, sadly, he avoided answering my checking questions.

You get all sorts when you are out sharing the gospel!  I had an interesting chat with someone wearing a mask (pictured).  Their responses were limited to nods and shakes, and the occasional typed answer, but they seemed to follow along with the logic of the gospel presentation they were hearing.  They heard the gospel and I asked my first checking question which gets them to articulate the gospel back to me.  That was too much, and they stopped responding at this point.  Not much I could do, and so after pointing them to needGod.net, I disconnected.

I had a great chat with a Muslim guy from Algeria.  By the way he was dressed I can only assume he was up to no good - I left most of his video feed covered.  Yet we had a good conversation where he heard the gospel.

Two great (separate) conversations with guys who turned out to be likely false converts.  One before I headed off to the gospel + abortion outreach, and the other after.

Speaking of the gospel + abortion outrech.  It went really well!  A team of four, and no counter protesters.  We had many opportunities to engage with people about the gospel and with pro life apologetics.

The first was with an older couple.  He engaged in conversation.  I could tell he agreed that abortion was wrong, and yet he wanted to justify exceptions.  His argument was that if a child was going to have a terrible life, then it’s okay to kill it before it’s born.  I trotted out the toddler (and played the same argument back but inserted a two year old into the place of a preborn child).  I asked if it would be okay to kill a toddler in the same situation?  He could see the point, but persisted in his argument.  I listened and then said, “you know, they did that in Nazi Germany, the decided that the infirm were not worth of life, and killed them”.  He again saw the point, but this time his mouth was stopped.  He agreed.  I was then able to shift the discussion to how we know right from wrong: God, take him through the law, and share the gospel!  Praise God.  He was resistant, but he listened.  The gospel is the power of God to salvation - I leave him in God’s hands.

Soon after I had four teen guys approach and we had a wonderful apologetics engagement where I wouldn’t let them off the hook in regards to how we know God exists - which is the basis for morality.  Through the conversation the law and the gospel was touched on.  And they all took Life is Precious tracts.

Back online I had a wonderful chat with a guy from Italy.  He gently fought me on how we know God exists.  By the end of the conversation he opened up that he had grown up in a Christian family and he had “strayed a lot from the path of God”.  I could identify, and touched on my testimony and shared the gospel to try to give him hope!

Later I had yet another likely false convert!  He seemed to really appreciate the clarity of the gospel that he was missing.

The last chat I’ll mention from Thursday was one with someone from Mexico - Catholic background.  It was a text chat.  They were a bit slow to warm up to the conversation.  And they needed some clarity as the idea that salvation is a gift was foreign.  But they became engaged - I could tell because the questions were very good.  I leave them in God’s hands.

Good Friday!  Why is it called Good Friday when we remember a man brutally murdered on a cross?  I spent four hours online with the team answering that question for many people!

Two very memorable quotes from the outreach:

In response to my question “what do we have to do to go to heaven?” his response was: “don’t sin, and spread the *gossip* of Jesus”!  He didn’t realise what he had said - I had a little internal giggle.

And this one is very said.  I fell into a conversation with a young lady who, as I was going through the law, suddenly changed demeanor and said: “I would be guilty, but I like it, so I will go to hell” - then she disconnected.  :(

Thank you for the continued support - esp. prayer, as we continue to reach out with the hope of the gospel!
 

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Christchurch (NZ) Team

Autumn has arrived at our usual outreach spot in Riccarton.  On Tuesday morning Roger and I were there for a couple of hours with our flip charts.  But I often went for a walk down Riccarton Road and back - covering the bus stops - and getting into conversations that presented themselves.

A highlight chat was with a young couple who sat down to hear the gospel.  They heard the logic of how we know God exists, the law, and then the amazing gospel.  As we are close to Easter we talked about why Good Friday is good when we remember a man brutally murdered on a cross.  A couple of checking questions were required to nail down the understanding of the gospel before they moved on.

Later I crossed paths with a student from Christchurch Boys High - we had a brief conversation where he came to grasp the gospel.

At the end of the outreach I hurried home to join the online team for the afternoon.

My first conversation was with a guy from India who said he was a Muslim but had been to Christian church meetings while he had lived in the USA and had a fondness of Jesus (Isa).  Yet he didn’t understand the gospel - he thought “being good” would get him to heaven.  So I gently laboured with him till he grasped it.  It was a joy talking to him.  He said he would start reading the Bible.

Next up was a guy who was permanently joking about everything we talked about, and yet there was an intelligence in him, and he quickly came to grasp the gospel.  Yet he was easily distracted.  He showed me his pet Lizard which was cool.

A Catholic guy from Norway had an audible “ah ha” moment when he came to understand the gospel for the first time.  Sadly he didn’t stick around for me to work through any checking questions - I leave him in God's hands.

I then had a long thirty minute chat with a young lady who didn’t want God to exist because she didn’t like the idea that God could make the rules (be a “dictator”).  So I spent time labouring with her on how we know God exists anyway.  She slowed down and really started to process what I was saying.  She heard the law, and came to understand the gospel.  I was working through questions she had when she suddenly disconnected.  It happens - God knows why, and what’s going on in their heart.

Next up was a kid who was open to the conversation and slowly came to grasp the gospel.

The highlight conversation was with a young Christian man who assumed by my line of questioning that I was going to be an Atheist - he was a bit shocked when I turned out to be a Christian who would challenge him on his standing before God.  He had a reasonable grasp on the gospel, and yet was he really a Christian?  He knew a Christian should have assurance - his elders had been teaching on this.  And yet he didn’t.  Some gentle probing revealed that he didn’t think he deserved heaven - so that was why he had doubt.  To me it was clear he was looking to his works to be saved - even if it was just 10%.  I challenged him.  He seemed to really appreciate the conversation and said he would check out needGod.net on Tik Tok.  I especially pointed him to his elders.  This is too important to get wrong.

Two kids from Wales.  It was a tuff chat because one of them seemed to be grasping the gospel, but the other one just kept confusing the conversation.  I was tired, so I’m not sure I did as well as I could have, sadly.

Thursday I was online with the team as well.  A couple of highlight conversations.

The first was with a guy from the Dominican Republic who did believe in God but didn’t believe in God?!  He clarified by explaining that he believed God existed, but he didn’t like the hypocrites in churches.  From there we had a fairly standard conversation where he came to clearly articulate the gospel.  There seemed to be nothing stopping him from responding in faith.  So I pointed him to a Bible and a good church in his area (9 Marks had 3 listed).

The other was with a kid (pictured) who had a pretty fancy looking computer.  Using that as a conversation starter I was able to prove to him that God exists even in the face of some initial resistance.  He went silent, and then came out curious.  I was able to share the law and the gospel and check that he understood.  As always, I left him in God’s hands!
 

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Christchurch (NZ) Team

A quick report.  Four hours of outreach today.  I was pacing myself in the city in the early afternoon.  A hot, muggy day.  I was passing out tracts and getting a lot of rejection.

One girl said she had received one the previous week.  I asked if she had read it.  She had, but she kept walking and didn’t want to stop to talk.

I also had a guy sit and watch me for a while - I have talked to him before, but he wasn’t open.  He started giving me advice: “if you compliment people, then they will want to talk to you”.  I responded that I wanted to avoid bait and switch (that’s how the cults work) and then decided to move to a different spot.  He followed me for a while and then finally left me alone.

There was eventually a team of four, including someone new to me.  I eventually ended up getting into a couple of conversations, but they were with resistant people - one very much so.  He heard the law, but refused hearing the gospel, sadly.

The last two hours were online, I had six solid gospel conversations - most of them very encouraging.

One was with a couple of Catholic kids who went from saying their good deeds would get them to heaven, to articulating the gospel.

Another started with a kid saying some pretty disgusting (blasphemous) things, he then went on to claim he was going to heaven because he believed in Jesus!  We sparred on apologetics, where he sobered up, and then opened up to hear the law, and the gospel in context of that.  I then asked how sure he would be that he would go to heaven: 97%.  I then asked why the 3% doubt.  His answer was revealing: “because I don’t think I would deserve it”.  Well no one deserves it!  Was he trusting 3% in his works?  I challenged him again on the gospel, and the change that would come with true faith.  He was a very different person now from when the conversation started - very contemplative.
 

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Christchurch (NZ) Team

Malvern A&P Show

What a wonderful day at the Malvern A&P Show!  A&P stands for Agricultural and Pastoral.  It’s an event where people from the farming community and beyond get together.  We hired a trade site, set up a gazebo, laid out tables with Bibles and tracts, and set up flip charts read to share the gospel.

My expectations were low - it’s been well over a year since we have been at any A&P shows - due to Covid, and I wasn’t sure if the event would be well attended.  But my prayers were answered!  There were lots of people there, and we had a really busy day sharing the gospel with many individuals and groups.  Glory to God!

What was even more encouraging was seeing so many Christians coming and getting involved!  During the week, my church held an evangelism training evening - which was well attended (thirty people?) and many of those, plus others came to put that training into practice today.  My guess would be that there were about fifteen Christians running the site.  Double glory to God!  Many thanks to my church family, Redemption Church, for getting involved!  It was esp. wonderful seeing Christians having breakthroughs in facing their evangelism fears and getting into great gospel conversations.

I’m going to let the pictures do most of the talking for the day.  There were times when every flip chart was in action, and not only that, at the same time there would be other gospel conversations happening, including with the mini flip chart - and tracts going out as well.

At the end of the show, as we were packing down the site, we were approached by two teen guys.  One of them meekly asked if he could have a Bible.  No problem!  I got one out, and found the book of John, dropping a tract at that spot and gave it to him.  Then his friend plucked up courage and asked if he could have one too.  So I did the same for him.  As they were leaving, I stopped them and asked a checking question to make sure they understood the gospel.  They got it right!  So very encouraging.  Oh Lord, we can’t save people from their hell punishment, only you can.  Lord, we leave the results in your hands.  Amen.
 

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Christchurch (NZ) Team

On Thursday I was mainly sharing the gospel online.

Early in the day I had a rare reconnect with a couple of guys I had talked to the previous day (pictured).  He broke the stunned silence first and said, “I talked to you yesterday, now bleep off” and he promptly disconnected.  I’m not surprised by his reaction, he is a homosexual, and I had shared the gospel with him and been respectfully faithful to the Bible’s teaching on homosexuality: it’s sinful.  Providentially God reconnected us.  May he not forget the gospel, and the loving offer of mercy and forgiveness as a gift!

I had two highlight conversations during the day.

The first was with a guy from Italy.  A twenty five minute conversation.  It was wonderful seeing him being deeply challenged as his questions were answered and his understanding of the gospel corrected.  I could tell he was deeply challenged because he made an interesting comment: “people don’t change overnight”.  I read that to mean he now needed to re-evaluate his world view in light of this new information.  He was taking it seriously, not just glibly believing that Jesus died to take away his sin - there is nothing glib about it!  Yet interestingly, people DO change - instantly - when God converts them with the power of the gospel.  Just before the chat ended, I asked a final checking question - he got it right.  I leave this man in the hands of God.

The second was with two guys.  We got into a heated exchange over how we know that God exists.  I assumed it wasn’t going to end well (them doubling down and disconnecting).  I explained why, logically, God must have no beginning.  One of them went quiet while the other kept arguing.  Thirty seconds later he quietly said to his friend - he just answered the question my grandparents never did.  The whole conversation changed tack!  It became calm, and they both opened up to hear the law and the gospel.  Praise God.  Romans 1:18-20 is so powerful!  I spent time answering all their follow up questions.

During Thursday, I was also part of a gospel + abortion outreach outside Christchurch hospital.  We had between six to eight counter protesters throughout.  There were only three of us.  There was some initial two way conversation, where I was able to clarify that we also stand against rape and pedeophillia, as well as murder.  They calmed down after this, and pretty much left us alone.  They sat on the hospital wall opposite us for the whole time.  The rest of the outreach was fairly calm, where we left our signs to do most of the talking.  Lord, have mercy!

On Friday I was online before heading into Christchurch city.  There were a lot of people in the speaker's corner, Christians, hecklers, and everything in between.  I became engaged in a one to one conversation with a guy who had a real mix of religion.  But it wasn’t really a conversation, it was mainly him talking and me being cut off all the time.  I got sick of it and started ignoring him.  When he finally stopped talking, he started listening to the preacher: Marty, who was wonderfully proclaiming the gospel - which is the power of God for salvation!

As I was taking the photo’s the guy in the red t-shirt got up and started interrupting Marty.  To our pleasant surprise, four kids called out asking the red t-shirt guy to be quiet so they could continue listening to the gospel!  Marty and I were able to engage them in direct conversation after the preaching finished.  Sadly, they didn’t stay long, but they all left with tracts.

After that, the atmosphere of the place turned a bit sour as various people were arguing about something.  I couldn’t be bothered with it, and left to find people to talk to in Cashel Mall.  There I paired up with Roger, and we had a wonderful time sharing the gospel.

Tomorrow (Saturday) a team will be at the Malvern A&P Show for a day of evangelism training and gospel sharing.  Please keep us in prayer!  Thank you so much.
 

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Operation 513 Battle Log for Sunnybank on Wednesday March 24, 2021 from 1300 to 1500

Praise the Lord the sky turn bright and blue with Sunshine all over the place wiping away all the gloomy mood that should be good for open air street evangelism. It was a pity that both Andrew and Martin of OAC were not available for personal reason. Actually Andrew felt exhausted from heavy ministry schedule and Martin got injured from a fall in the bath room. Pray for their recovery and be able to join us next week.

Sunnybank is comparatively a harder mission field than Toowong. Today I also could have lesser degree of participation due to some minor health issue doing a supportive role to Johnny. He basically still had many chatting opportunity to share the gospel in particularly with one lady Madam Suen 孫女士 from Mainland China and a School girl Liu from Taiwan. The former actually was approached by me and perhaps Johnny but her motive to stop to chat with Johnny for a long time was not because of gospel. But Johnny of course can still direct the conversation back to Gospel. She nevertheless got irritated once Johnny touched upon the issue of sin. So pray hard for the work of the Spirit to enlighten her the right way to address life issues. The young school girl form Taiwan 台灣女同學劉真 was very attentive and was opened to accept Jesus. There were many other conversations held by Johnny with many others with good results. As for me I still had 5 Kairos moments as recap below: -

1) June a Korean coming to Australia on working holiday. He initially did not want to be bordered when approached by Johnny. But I realized he was looking for direction to go to Commonwealth Bank. So I offered him help and volunteered to walk him across teh bridge to get to the bank. Soon after we started walking, quickly he declared himself a Christian and passed my first diagnosis question having 100% assurance of salvation, though he needed help to pin point the reason other than just a general statement of believing in God. He was happy with my clarification and was willing to take a selfie with me to show others that he is a fair dinkum Christian.

2) Tom is a Hongkonger so he quickly identified with me with a welcoming attitude listening to my gospel sharing. I used the HK situation to illustrate that even the younger generation who rose up to fight for righteousness and justice, but no one can claim themselves perfect. So it was established that they are all good and righteous freedom fighter but still imperfect for heaven that all need Jesus' salvation without exception. He appeared very receptive but I fell short of leading him to make a conviction to receive Christ as the bus just arrived. Pray and trust that he will be in the good hand of God. He has come to Australia for 4 years and has just graduated. So he will have a good soil here to pursue God.

3) A PNG Chinese who is English speaking but he showed little interests to Christianity. But I still managed to get across the message of the gospel for him to listen before the bus arrived.

4) An English old lady appeared very rejective to the gospel though I showed friendliness to her helping her out to clarify the bus schedule. It affected the Muslim school girl next to us to reject me as well. Can only pray and leave it to God.

5) Andy an ABC born here who cannot speak Chinese. He has no faith but was ok to let me share him the full gospel while I walked him across the foot bridge until he entered the shopping mall. I could feel the work of the Holy Spirit on him softening his heart for the Gospel.

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Christchurch (NZ) Team

Tuesday I was back in Riccarton - but I went in the morning so I could join the team online in the afternoon.  I brought my flip chart along.

I got straight into a chat with a young man who was quickly engaged in a deep conversation.  But as he heard the law he started to disengage, sadly.  He heard the gospel but had to get going.  It wasn’t good news for him.  Later he came past again - briskly, without acknowledging me.

Next up a man from Southland came past and he was curious about the flip chart.  It was funny, because soon into the chat he said, “you are just like my work mate”.  Sounds like his work mate has been engaging him with the reality of God, the law and the gospel - well done!

A rich farmer was next to stop.  An atheist, living for the now, because nothing comes after (apparently).  Sadly, it quickly became apparent that this guy was racist as well.  He heard the proof that God exists, and that there must be judgement after.  He heard the law, and then disengaged.  Interestingly, he considered me a good man (not true).  He refused a tract as he left.

I had two more interesting interactions during the outreach.  Both with Christians not part of a church.

The first was a lovely elderly man who described himself as pentecostal, and who had a sound understanding of the gospel.  It turns out he had pastored a church for a while.  But there was a frustration in him in regard to disagreement with other believers that he didn’t elaborate on.  I felt sad for him, understanding the frustration myself, but not wishing him to be out of fellowship.  I found out what area he lives in, and pointed him to a church that may be a good fit.  Not surprisingly he wasn’t interested.  I then invited him to my own fellowship.  It was a lovely chat.  I hope I get to see him again and follow up our conversation.

The last was with a young lady who had just moved to Christchurch.  It turns out she lives close to where my church fellowship meets, so I invited her along.

Afternoon’s chat’s online went really well.  Ryan has built new features into our tools that let us know how long we talk to people, and where in the world those people come from.  Pictured is a summary taken near the end of the outreach.  The visualisation is very encouraging!

The guy in Norway was actually from Colombia and was very open to the gospel.

The chat with the guy in Algeria (pictured) was fascinating!  He is a Muslim and he was typically resistant.  But he stayed and heard the gospel (with the assistance of Google Translate).  Although we disagreed, we parted on good terms - thumbs up each way!

But the best chat was probably the one with the guy in Lima, Peru.  He was wearing a horse mask, and would respond via typing.  He believed in God and heaven, but he thought everyone would eventually get to heaven.  Eventually, this guy became so engaged in the conversation, that he pulled off the mask so I could see his face, and started talking directly to me - so much quicker!  He also heard the gospel, but really struggled on why God isn’t ALL merciful.  I had to get pretty blunt with him near the end.  His questions were so good, I could tell he was really wrestling with what we were talking about.  I pleaded with him to get in touch so that we could continue the conversation (as he had to go).  I have no choice but to leave him in God’s hands.

I spent all my time online on Wednesday.  A bit of a blur.  I’m so grateful for the ability to share the law and gospel with so many across the world!  Thank you for your support, esp. the prayer - without God our labour is in vain!
 

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Toowong (QLD) Team

Operation 513 Battle Log for Toowong on Tuesday March 23, 2021 from 1330 to 1500

Praise and thanks God that despite of non-stop soaking rains in the past few days, God cleared the rain cloud and open up a window of Kairos moment for the four of us to serve at the Bus stop off Towong Villages. This week Winnie re-joined us Johnny, JMF and Hung after her cataract operation. Toowong is comparatively a ripe harvest field to get chat easier though not without blunt rejections. We all followed the guidance of the Holy Spirit to overcome many initial rejection and got eventual chance to share the gospel. In general, all the four of us had more smooth and positive gospel sharing opportunities than failure case of rejections. A particular instance stood out with all three of my team mates having a go to approach a young lady with a pretty Asian face. They however were all turned down by that pretty lady with a silence no talk gesture to force you give up on her. I initially thought perhaps it is a waste for me to approach her as the 4th attempt. But before I decided to give up, her boy friend turned up. Then I was moved to recall that they are a dating couple from The North Western part of China. I joyously approached them and correct told where they are from. God led me this time talked to the arrogant lady who claimed she has been reading the Bible a lot though she is not yet a believer. This time she threw me a question when is the memorial day of Jesus. I mentioned Christmas and Easter but she said it was not right and actually she refer the night that Jesus had the last super and left us the order to observe Communion as often as we should do. She thus took the word of Jesus and treated that as the day that Jesus asked us to commemorate him. Taking on this line of thought, it gave me perfect ground to explain the full gospel and the real meaning of to be in communion with God after we are saved and have become His people again. This unusual divine encounter would certainly linger on till the Kairos moment arrive to lead this lady and her boyfriend to Christ. Recap below is the battle log of mine and Winnie.

By the way, JMF shared that she got a lot of opportunities to catch up with UQ students of Catholic high school background and can refer them to join Power to Change with communication link left for future follow up. I hope she will be able to mobilize more PTC folks to take part into this sort of Street Evangelism in future.

1) Kumon an Atheist local Aussie though appearing very friendly for a chat. He was of course a bit skeptical to my gospel sharing especially about the question if God and heaven exists, but I still managed to challenge his assumption that can any physical substance exists without a maker? If the answer is negative, then why such a grandeur the Universe can exist without a creator God? He seemed to have no answer for this and the arrival of the bus just let him get away from this challenge. Pray that the tract will serve to cause him ponder a lot afterwards.

2) I was rejected by a south Asia lady after almost everyone had a go. Luckily, we were not discouraged by this fact as such we all still endeavored to find a circumvent way to keep the chat alive despite of initial rejections.

3) Then I was let to turn to an Asian face looking man who spoke no Chinese. He was hesitant to chat for a brief moment but softened down to listen but it was too short to start the chat as the bus arrived almost immediately. I still managed to pass him a tract to read and trust 100% God will have unfinished business with him.

4) Then a sat down beside a young lady by the name of Sarah. She dressed and had cosmetics make up 100% appeared as a lady but once talked then it was a 100% male voice. Despite my doubt on her possible status as a transsexual person, but her openness to chat about religious issues led me thinks she is a pure and simple girl. Anyway, she was all receptive to the gospel message and admitted that everyone including herself need Jesus as our Saviour.

5) Marian was an UQ student from Sadri Arabia of Islamic background. But he was very opened minded and appeared very receptive to the gospel message admitting he is also imperfect and has sin to be dealt with. He is happy to know that Jesus would be the one and only one perfect person who can take his place to receive the due punishment of his sin. Our chat was so joyous that even a passer by threw us an curious eye sight.

6) Then it was the highlight of the day as mentioned about. That was the encounter with the couples Johnny from 蘭州 Lanzhou and his girl friend from Xining 西寧 whom we had chatted before twice on Dec 8, 2020 and Feb 9, 2021).

7) Then came an Indian who also believed in one God but not the Christian God. I nevertheless let him know the unique way that Jesus died for all sinner and take our place to receive the punishment of our sin. The Christian God is different from all other "gods" as He is God of love but also a God of Righteousness that will not let any sins unpunished. He acknowledged this difference between the Christian God and all other gods.

8) Then I engaged into conversation with an Indian looking middle age woman who appeared Ok for a chat. But after reading briefly the tract, she changed her mind rejecting to chat anymore though I still was able to persuade her to keep the tract to read afterwards or give it to somebody else.

Battle Log of Winnie in Chinese:

感謝 神今天的带领，雖然眼睛還未完全康復，但 神的大能，卻讓我遇到傳福音的機會，而且他們都願意去教會，尋求更多的真理。

第一位，中國青年 Ken, 明白福音，願意到教會寻求更多真理。

第二位，Elle, 澳洲女士，相片中坐着等巴士。願意信靠神，找教會。

第三及第四位，分别是中國青年，Eric 及 Marco, 澳洲青年，他們都願意找教會。

第五位是 New Zealand 來的，…。Debbie。相片影了背後的少女。基督徒，明白救恩。

第六位，澳洲少女，講完福音，巴士到達。

第七及第八位，分别是中國來的 UQ 學生。Chris, & Kelvin. Chris 願意找教會，而 Kelvin 是基督徒，明白救恩。

第九，十，十一位是一起的年青學生。Andrew & Eddie 是中國來的，Luke Cheng 是菲律宾來的. Andrew 是基督徒，但不明白救恩，我解释给他。及講解福音给其他兩位。他們都願意一起去教會，尋求更多真理。

第十二位是澳洲少女，Lana, 願意找教會。

感謝讚美主。願今天聽到福音的人仕，找到適合他們的教會，信靠主，跟随主。阿們！

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Christchurch (NZ) Team

The New Zealand Mission is now over, and I’m working on getting back to my usual schedule.  On Saturday I did some letter boxing to rest my head, and then was online with the team.  Sunday was a normal day - a couple of hours in the city after church gathering, and then online with the team.

And it was a very busy and... interesting couple of hours in the city.

A team of four.  I had my flip chat, and my first chat was with a guy who just walked up and was intrigued by the “good person test” - we fell into an easy conversation.  But sadly he was about to go to the airport to catch a plane home to Invercargill.  I was able to touch on the law and the gospel with him, and he took a tract to read on the plane.

Next up, Neil arrived.  This is the third time I’ve talked to Neil (over the years).  Neil believes he has to maintain his salvation with regular repentance and good works - he also denies that the writings of Paul should be part of the Bible (figures)!  Another of the team became involved in that conversation, and then suddenly, a group of five teens walked up to the flip chart, I didn’t notice them till one of them came around and asked Neil if he would take them through the flip chart!  I said I would be happy to do that, and excused myself from the conversation with Neil.

And this is where it gets interesting, these kids all reminded me of the counter protesters we get on the gospel + abortion outreach.  I wondered if I was being set up, and sure enough I was.  And yet, I don’t think they got what they were expecting.  I was able to defuse their attacks, and keep them on track to understanding the gospel.  Many of them became disinterested, but one kept up subtle attacks (which I deflected), and yet another seemed to be genuinely interested.  Suddenly one of the guys pulled out a fat tip pen and pretended to graffiti my flip chart!  It was time for this chat to wrap up.  I’m glad he didn’t actually do it, and I said if he did I’d call the Police.  The chat continued, but then another of the guys actually graffitied the rubbish bin next to me!  (Pictured)  That’s not okay, and I pulled down my flip chart at this stage, telling the kids I wasn’t willing to talk if they were gonna hate.  I told them it’s ironic that I get accused of being hateful because I’m a Christian (not true - I made it clear multiple times I don’t hate anyone) - and yet those who accuse me of such, demonstrate their hate so clearly.  The hypocrisy is clear - I just pray they see the inconsistency, and reflect on the words and hope of the gospel they heard (this making it a great chat).  They dispersed quickly.  I didn’t have anything to clean up the graffiti with. :(

I went to talk to Andy about what had happened, but he got into a new conversation before I got to him - I left him to it, and turned to head back to my flip chart when I noticed four girls flipping through it!  I approached and they also were keen to try it - yet it felt like another set up.  I was prepared!  We had a great chat where, although there was resistance, they became very engaged in a long chat and started articulating the gospel clearly.  A crowd draws a crowd, and a young couple stopped very curious about the conversation.  By this stage, I only had five minutes before I would have to leave to join the online outreach, and I was already at the end of the chat I was in.  They heard a quick summary of the law and the gospel, and received tracts - and they stuck around to listen a bit before moving on.  And the original chat ended well too!

What a great couple of hours of outreach.  It seems like these kids are all connected, and coming to give us a hard time - yet they just end up hearing the gospel!  Praise God for that.  May He receive all the glory :)

Over the weekend I had 13 decent chats with people - mainly from the USA (plus a great chat with a couple of guys from Iceland).

The students at Otago Uni (last week) were grasping the gospel so quickly... they looked at me weird when I kept giving them checking questions!  It's so different online (generally), one of my last chats was a 15 min one with a kid who just couldn’t grasp the gospel.  I really had to labour with this kid and patiently keep explaining, in different ways, and with pictures - he finally started to grasp it at the end - praise God.  Yet, ALL need the gospel, whether mentally fast or slow.  Our labour is not in vain!  Don’t give up. :)
 

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