Monday 26 March 2018

Day 3: Park and School Outreach! - Brooke and Katy!

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Tonight Brooke Rowswell and Katy Paterson are writing the blog!


Today was such an overwhelming day, we started out evangelizing at a park here in Santiago. Our confidence in sharing the gospel has improved greatly over the past two days. We heard so many amazing stories, but a couple really stuck out to us. The first gentleman was a homeless man sitting on a bench, we handed him a magazine and went on our way. We felt God telling us to go back and talk to him, so we trusted him and followed his guidance. As we were speaking with him, he shared the hardships in his life. He was left when he was 5 years old and sent into childcare when he was 7. Surprisingly, he was very open to receiving Christ in his life, after talking for a bit he made the commitment to go to the local church and follow God.

Another gentleman that we felt called to speak with was sitting on a park bench. At the beginning he

was very hesitant to receive the message, but we learned that he felt unworthy of God's love, because he was an alcoholic. Through talking and sharing each other's testimonies we ended up in tears. None of us deserve God's love, but that is what makes grace so beautiful. Going forward in the conversation he accepted Jesus into his heart and you could tell that something truly changed in him.
After eating lunch at the local church, La Gracia, we headed to our first school!! They were extremely different than the schools back in Canada, but the hearts of all the children made up for the broken building. We performed the Cadillac Ranch line dance and sang Mighty To Save in front of 100 kids, each one with a huge smile on their face. Although they did not understand a word we said, we felt a connection through Jesus Christ!! They jumped at the chance to get a free magazine and they were so grateful for so little.

Prayer Requests:

Health throughout the group has improved, so thank you for your prayers. Please continue to pray for good health, restful nights, great conversations and open hearts.

Thank you so much to everyone back home. We all send our love!!

Brooke & Katy, Te amamos.




1 comment:

  1. Great stories. Love how God is using you in powerful ways! :-)

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