We were privileged to worship through singing and preaching with Tompkins Square Gospel Fellowship this morning. Pastor Bill is taking his small but devout congregation through Hosea, and preached about the covenants in the Old Testament. Immediately following the service we had lunch with the church members. Then, we loaded up the vans with TONS of sound equipment and headed to Coney Island. Once we were there our minds were blown when we saw the number of people on the boardwalk. It was a beautiful day and there were massive amounts of people there. Pastor Bill challenged us when he said, “you will get to share the gospel with more people today, than the number of people that will come to your church this year.” Before we even started we had at least 50 people waiting to hear us. Unfortunately we didn’t sound so hot on our first song and most of them walked away ; ) It was alright though, because we had to get used to the sound system and singing at the beach! Our second time we sang today, about an hour after the first, (still at Coney Island), we did much better. A new crowd had come and people were actually singing along. The students were able to give away tracts after we sang, and while we were singing Bill’s wife Jill and her irresistibly cute nine year old daughter Charie gave out tracts. After we had sang two sets we ate at the local places on the boardwalk, road the Cyclone and Ferris wheel there and then packed up and came back to the mission. We had team devotions, sang, and shared testimonies. Now everyone is about to go to sleep and I’m ready to also! We are excited to be here but miss home too. Randi Lindsey sent us a video of the fireworks at LU and it made us all miss that time. So, happy pre-fourth of July and please be in prayer for us. Slowly but surely the students are finding out that evangelism is not about numbers but about planting seeds according to God’s sovereignty. So pray specifically that they would not take rejection as failure but doing as Christ commanded us to do. We look forward to tomorrow where Pastor Bill will teach us about witnessing to other types of people and then sing at Goldmeier Plaza during lunch hour. Thank you for praying for us, as I’m sure you have. We look forward to being used by the Lord as His simple vessels.
Zach
2 comments:
Fantastic updates! We look forward to reading every day. Thanks, Zach. Your perspective on this type of ministry is "spot-on." Keep planting. You never know, you might be watering a seed already planted or even have the privilege of picking the fruit of much spiritual labor.
You all are doing eternal business.
We miss you and Janey, but are so proud that you desire to be used by God.
The pictures were wonderful! It's great to hear about God's work that you are doing. We'll keep praying that God will give you boldness to share the Gospel. So glad you're getting this opportunity to learn from Pastor Bill and his wife. They are such a godly couple.
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