Hitting the clubs
This past weekend was very interesting as a group of us from Highway Community headed out at around 11:30pm to a variety of clubs in the East London area. The point was to share about our faith and relationship with GOD and then invite them to an outreach that is happening this coming weekend where a radical speaker from Durb's will be sharing his testimony about being saved out of a heavy drug scene.
We met at HCC and prayed before driving into town. There were 16 of us loaded with bottled water and flyers to hand out.
The group I was part of chose to go to a club called Bucaneers. It was pumping and full of people. The process that I went through was quite interesting. I started off feeling like I was from another planet and was wondering how on earth I was even going start a conversation. So I sat on a rock near the entrance where people were milling about and I observed and listened.
The masses were all around the age of 20...so I fitted right in! Anyway a group of darkly dressed people came and sat next to me and started fighting over their drugs. I was actually quite enjoying the show when my friend Dennis said to me that he had a crazy idea and that he was going to do it. Before I could get any further info from him he broke into the centre of the squabblers and said "Who here is sick of the drug scene in East London?". Well the point of contention swung to the topic of "Is dagga really a drug?". Anyway that sparked a long debate and by the end the whole group had heard the gospel (and argued about it!) with one guy showing particular interest in coming to church.
That kind of broke the ice and I got to chat to a couple of other guys. It is actually quite amazing how open people are and willing to chat. At about 2am my older age was kicking in so I headed home for some sleep.
It was a really profound evening with seemingly more effect on me than on the guys we spoke to! I have realised that all you need is boldness and a strategy to share the gospel and then allow the Holy Spirit to direct you, give you the words to speak and soften the hearts of the hearers.
Our next potential plan is to hit the matric rage at Morgans Bay where a large portion of the EL guys head for the post-exam party. We plan to use video camera's as a means to "interview" them and ask some tough questions! What a great opportunity to ask a young person "What hope do you have for your life?"....or "Where to from here?"
Saturday night we planned to head out again but my darling wife had been sick in bed since Friday so I decided to stay in with her.
Sunday morning we had a great meeting, Sunday evening we did pancakes at the Thompsons....
We met at HCC and prayed before driving into town. There were 16 of us loaded with bottled water and flyers to hand out.
The group I was part of chose to go to a club called Bucaneers. It was pumping and full of people. The process that I went through was quite interesting. I started off feeling like I was from another planet and was wondering how on earth I was even going start a conversation. So I sat on a rock near the entrance where people were milling about and I observed and listened.
The masses were all around the age of 20...so I fitted right in! Anyway a group of darkly dressed people came and sat next to me and started fighting over their drugs. I was actually quite enjoying the show when my friend Dennis said to me that he had a crazy idea and that he was going to do it. Before I could get any further info from him he broke into the centre of the squabblers and said "Who here is sick of the drug scene in East London?". Well the point of contention swung to the topic of "Is dagga really a drug?". Anyway that sparked a long debate and by the end the whole group had heard the gospel (and argued about it!) with one guy showing particular interest in coming to church.
That kind of broke the ice and I got to chat to a couple of other guys. It is actually quite amazing how open people are and willing to chat. At about 2am my older age was kicking in so I headed home for some sleep.
It was a really profound evening with seemingly more effect on me than on the guys we spoke to! I have realised that all you need is boldness and a strategy to share the gospel and then allow the Holy Spirit to direct you, give you the words to speak and soften the hearts of the hearers.
Our next potential plan is to hit the matric rage at Morgans Bay where a large portion of the EL guys head for the post-exam party. We plan to use video camera's as a means to "interview" them and ask some tough questions! What a great opportunity to ask a young person "What hope do you have for your life?"....or "Where to from here?"
Saturday night we planned to head out again but my darling wife had been sick in bed since Friday so I decided to stay in with her.
Sunday morning we had a great meeting, Sunday evening we did pancakes at the Thompsons....
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