So last Saturday we had some guys from YWAM Boston in America come to show us and give us some practical advice on how to do some street evangelism!
The day started off with a few meetings on the subject of why we need to evangelise an how you can do it! Which i found so helpful because my friend and I were going out in our lunch times to go and meet with the people in the Eccles town centre and we had no idea what to do now that we think back on it.
After the meetings we then went out into Eccles town centre to actually do some street evangelism and it was tough there was only one person who received it really well. We even prayed for her in the end! :)
I went around with Lauren for most of the day an i have to sayy she's just awesome! She has such a passion to see peoples lives changed! And to just talk to people and show God's love through her! I'm so glad i met her because all though i only knew her for a few hours i consider her to be a dear friend one thats going to be potentially a huge part of my future life in some way or another! Lauren if your reading this, then this is what i believe Gods placed on my heart lol :)
25 people gave their lives to Christ on that Sat as a result of a few teenagers spending just 2 hours in Eccles talking to people about God! If this is what you can accomplish with just a few people an a few hours imagine what you could do with all the christians in the world and every hour of the day! Exciting things i know!
So the day finshed off with a worship concert with Ian Yates and Band! Love those guys they are soooo down to earth and soo talented and annointed. We said our goodbyes and went home!
So as a follow on from what we'd been feeling from what God has placed on our hearts, the gathering and now the YWAM team we decided as a youth group to form Lighthouse Youth Outreach which is just the youth going out into Eccles to do street evangelism every sunday! An today we decided to do 1 Sat a month and still go out to Eccles every Sunday!
Today was our first official day as Lighthouse Youth Outreach in Eccles! And it was awesome. 2 People came to know Christ and all though it seems like a small number its a start to greater things!
I met with various people most werent at all interested in knowing God but it was great just to chat with them! We gave out mini Creme Eggs and said Happy Easter to people!
There were many that were just blessed to recieve some chocolate and some were really up for an in depth conversation which we were soo happy about.
There was one lady towards the end of the day that myself and Adam (a close friend from church) got to speak to ! And we just told her why we were out there and asked her what did she think about God and she just simply said she believed there was something out there and that she definatly believes theres a devil. But her main point of the whole conversation in the end was the world is sooo messed up and all these diasters that are happening so if there was a God why would he let it happen? which is something we hear alot and it was really hard to explain to her why. And everything i said she tried to turn the conversation on its head all the time. Which i know is gonna be something im gonna come across alot. It was quite scary answering all these kinds questions for the first time.
There was a point when Adam & Joel(one of our youth members) were talking to this guy who appeared to have a good knowledge of the bible, but he obviously didnt know the love of the lord because he was drunk out of his head and really not with it in general. But whilst they were there i felt this spritual disturbance and i just started to pray against it an pray for the town of Eccles. I then felt God say to me you need to get the young people to pray soo i ran to tell them and got Rachel to come pray.
And from that day i've felt a burden to pray for Eccles, because it is our home town. I live in Wythenshawe but because my church is based there its my home. I know that my true home is my church so i know i need to pray into it. And everytime i've been to Eccles i just really feel that theres alot of hurting,heartbreak and people who feel like they've been abandoned so its a town that needs saving, a town that needs healing, a town that needs love, a town that needs God! :)
And nothing ever begins unless you start it! So i challenge you today to do start something! Even if it sounds crazy you have the power in your hands to start a revolution!!!
SO DO IT!
Rhe xxxxx
