Pete had the guitar, Scott had drums and I had the flag. We played some popular tunes, including "I still haven't found what I'm looking for", "I'm a believer", "Lean on me" and others. People listened and some tapped their feet. In amongst the songs we each got up and shared a quick gospel message. As people sat on the cafe chairs sipping their coffee, they uncomfortably pretended not to hear us too much. But we did have a response...
One guy from Bejing, who was not a Christian and on holidays, came up to us, and Cpt. Court gave him a bible and got his details, and he said he would read it all and email Cpt. Court later on. He was genuinly interested in the gospel message.
Here's our Training Principal showing us how it's done! What a legend and excellent teacher!
life to the fullest you need Jesus... Just believe in him today. War Crys were handed out and one guy said, 'Ahh yeah, I'll take it. We love the Sallies!' Even after going hard with the message of Jesus... Kind of weird, but I think that says a little about Australian culture. They have huge respect for TSA, and even when we've spent the last 30 minutes preaching the gospel, the reply is one of respect. We pray that people begin to connect with our message of Jesus, and for the community to realise, that they can become Salvos as well!
Bring back the Open Airs. Do them well. Be relevant. Preach the gospel. God can use it.
NB: The body of this text was used with the kind and gracious permission of the strong and courageous Cadet Pete Brookshaw, for more of his excellent work check out http://revolutionearth.blogspot.com/
2 comments:
Hey, are these words copyrighted?!
I only steal good material.... so thank you LOL
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