This past week has been the most amazing of my life thus far (minus the time I was saved!). When i went into the week, I was really skeptical. My thoughts were that these people were there to party and if i tried to share the Gospel, they would probably deck me one. I couldn't have been more wrong!
On the night we arrived, we went for a prayer walk around the main drag of Panama City Beach as everyone rolled into town. We were yelled at, cussed at, and talked about - and I was getting pretty nervous! I was thinking "Man, God, is this what I have to put up with all week??!!". Well, anyways, we went back to our room to get a good nights rest (only one of the week btw!), and got up Sunday for our training. Sunday night was our first night to hit the streets - and it was the most amazing thing!
Throughout the week, I rode in the van. I was the back seat guy and got to talk to a lot of people. God really opened my eyes to see that these people were just that - people - and that they weren't "evangelical projects". I was just supposed to love these people and if the Holy Spirit compelled, well then share Christ with them. To my amazement, between the whole group (11) the Gospel was shared A LOT!
Our group was able to witness 6 people come to know Christ, and 1 person rededicate their life during the week. God was amazing! It was so awesome to step into the spiritual warfare and actually watch God win! It was so amazing!
(My favorite conversation during the week was when I was talking to a guy named Eddy at the Pancake Breakfast one morning. He was sitting by himself so I sat down and just chatted with him. Well, God allowed the convo to turn spiritual and so I began to talk to him about Christ. After sharing with him what a personal relationship with Christ has done for me, he looked at me and in all seriousness asked, "A Personal Relationship with Christ? Well, how in the Hell do I get that?!")
I simply thank God for letting me be there, because the week has totally changed my outlook and has ignited a fire in my heart that I never want to burn out. If you have nothing to do next Spring Break - go to Beach Reach for a life-changing experience!
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