Street Evangelization in Portland, Oregon

2008-11-08T13:43:00.000-08:00

I just started street evangelizing in Portland, Oregon. So far I'm 1 for 1.

Just so you know, my life is a mess right now. I've got no job, well... I have a job selling houses, but the market is dead, so really I have no job. And.... to top it off I keep feeling God tell me to go to a certain part of the city ( I'm not sure why or even exactly where yet) and teach people about the faith. I have no experience, no training, no education. My pastor, a great and holy man, just lost his mother - so he's not even here to help me figure this out. I don't know what I'm doing. But I went. Priest, prophet, and king, right. So I went yesterday to a park sort of in the area I felt I needed to go.

I approached one guy and asked him if I could speak to him about Jesus. "NO!", he said. O.K. moving on...

So, I moved to another spot in the park and just stood there like an idiot - Not knowing what to do next. I began to pray quietly to myself, and to praise God - again quietly to myself. When a guy approached me. I turned and smiled, said "hello" and then asked him if I could talk to him about Jesus. He said yes.

I spent an hour talking to him about Jesus. I prayed over him. And I listened to him. I don't know if I did any good at all. I hope that my words left seeds of hope within him that God will water. What a hard life he's lived. I talked with him about how Jesus loves us so much that he died a gruesome (spelling?) death for us - willingly.

I left after an hour wondering what if anything will come of my time there. Maybe next time, I'll just give my testimony out loud - even if no one is listening.

I am the only one hearing this call? Or, if not. Am I the only one answering it?

Any Faith in Portland, Oregon?

Street Evangelization in Portland, Oregon