Amazing God Stories
Week 2 of the Lincoln Infusion is over, but what God did here in one short week I will never forget.
I think what I saw was a glimpse of what "co-laboring with Christ" really looks like. Every day something happened that went against common human wisdom and experience, and every day I saw an unusual courage in people that I thought I knew. Here's a few stories:
Day one... Friday: We had been out sharing the gospel at the UNL campus all day. Many good conversations. We're passing out discussion flyers before we take off. Teply runs out of flyers so he decides to ask a passing college guy to do a survey. He agrees. Half way through the survey Teply says, "Would you just like to hear the gospel?" The kid, Justin, says yes. He listens and responds by putting his faith in Christ!
Day two... Saturday: Service project in the morning, out going door to door next to the "Rock House" in the afternoon. Door to door... the worst next to cold turkey. Jason and Eryn pass by a house with a sign that says, "NO PROSELYTIZING". The owner walks out and chases them down asking them what they want. They explain that they're with a church offering to do service projects in the area. The guy welcomes them in explaining that his wife and he have been notified by the city to clean up their place or they'll be fined, but they both have disabilities. We arrange a time on Monday to help them and we invite them to join us for BBQ on Sunday.
The wife (Kimberly) comes with us, the guy stays at home. Within a half hour of getting to the park, Eryn starts to share the gospel with Kim and she prays to receive Christ!
Day four... Monday: Hard work all day at the Rock House and at Kim and Mike's place. I ache afterwards, but they surprise us by taking us out for pizza. :-)
Day five... Tuesday: Back to campus. Back to sharing. Many good conversations. Easier than expected. Kirk and John position themselves outside the library and talk to people passing by. Good for getting lots of surveys, terrible for sharing the gospel. They end up sharing the gospel more than any of the rest of us and Kirk leads a college student (Adam) to Christ before lunch!
Day six... Wednesday: Last day on campus. John and I are sharing in the Union, but during a sparse time we go to the front of the library. Kirk and Ruth are there already engaged in survey taking. John and I approach a Chinese girl as we walk up. She is easy to talk to and understands English well. She's not sure there is a God. John slides right into the gospel as smooth as butter. She tracks well, I pray hard, and she asks Christ into her life! She is all smiles afterward and we do some immediate follow up.
There's more, but that's the 4 highlights of our time. Four salvations in six days... all cold turkey... all through the "Do You Know For Certain" booklet. Our God just can't be put in a box! Praise Him!
Comments
That's awesome! Do you know how follow up is going, with the people who got saved in previous weeks?
Posted by: Dan at May 31, 2007 01:10 PMPraise God! Oh my heart is with you guys! It wants so desperately to join you, but all in good time I suppose! The Lord really worked hard this past week!
Posted by: Holly at May 31, 2007 02:42 PMWow! How cool! Thanks for sharing--I'm so encouraged by your guys' faith and God's ready response.
Posted by: jackie at May 31, 2007 03:30 PMHow amazing our God is!