"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

Saturday, June 12, 2010

Updates from L.P. 2



Week two of working under the golden arches has officially ended. Today was a great day at work, one lady I work with named Kaitaria Rodreguez asked for a Bible this week and Phillip and myself purchased one for her and got to give it to her today. It was awesome. Today was exactly what I feel evangelism should be. I got to give her the Bible because we already have a good relationship from working 8 hours a day with her. When I gave her the bible she told me she had lost hers and really needed a new one because she was worried about her kids going to hell, (they are 3 and 5 and speak only Spanish right now) and that opened up a window and I got to share my testimony with her. We continued talking and God was definitely present, it was great. All glory be to God! That is how I believe evangelism should be handled. To be corny and quote wicked, "People come into our lives for a reason."
Today we are going and doing beach evangelism which I still don't completely know how I feel about it. Walking up to strangers and instantly striking up spiritual conversations, to me, just seems like it could be potential "Bible Beating." But, if God is present then of course it works! We are merely his mouthpiece but why can we not be his mouth piece to people in our lives now? Maybe some are called to this type of evangelism more than others? I think we are all called to different types of evangelism. We HAVE to plant the seed but nothing more. Praise be to God! Tonight is group date night two! We are pool hoping and serving a surprise dinner! Finally, after all of this we are SLEEPING! More updates to come!

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