Mind, Body, Spirit

Two weeks ago Saturday I was able to go into London along with 7 others from YWAM England to pray for people in a stall at a Mind, Body, Spirit fair. Many people came to get prayer, we asked God what His original design was for them and many people were blessed and some people were healed and others committed their lives to Jesus.

Approaching and starting conversations with people I don’t know isn’t something I would normally do but as the day went on I was able to pray for many different people and share my belief in Jesus and God used me to share my testimony with quite a few people. It was remarkable how much more open these people were compared to just going out on the street.

We had training 2 weeks previous on what words to use to speak to people, to communicate the message of Jesus without using "Christianese", so instead of calling ourselves Christians we called ourselves "Jesus followers" and were able to talk about the Holy Spirit quite freely and openly. Also we were recommended to use language like "from my experience". When I first heard the teaching, I thought, “This is crazy, these people are just wrong and how will I ever be able to communicate with them, I don't even know what words to use?” Then I was given a revelation that if I thought about them as an un-reached people group, like a tribe in the middle of nowhere, where I would need to learn the language and would make lots of mistakes at first, but as long as I loved them and cared for them and spoke the truth in love, then I would let God do the rest.

All in all, it was overwhelming at first, my only prayer for the day was that God would use me. There is one girl that I was able to exchange e-mail addresses with, I had felt like God had asked me to tell here that Jesus is Lord of my life...and she has e-mailed me in the last week and asked about how my relationship with God has come about, if you could please keep her in your prayers that would be wonderful :)

'evergreen'

This past April I joined my friends' band, Evergreen, to sing back-up vocals for a week long pub outreach in Cardiff, Wales. They have recently become a ministry here at YWAM Harpenden. The idea is to go into pubs and play the music they have written, but have a group of friends who go in with them, who will pray with them beforehand and while in the pub, to make friends and start conversations, and basically bring Jesus into the pubs. God opened so many doors while we were there!

We had the opportunity to be on the radio, you can listen to the recording here:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=381998305717&ref=mf

I was also able to join them to play at a local school in May and share our testimony of Jesus with kids ages 10-17. I'm so thankful for these opportunities to be able to use the musical gift God has given me to lift up His name and reach out to others!

Here is a picture of us in Cardiff