Hello friends in Christ, praise God for His creation in Queenstown. Such a beautiful part of New Zealand.
We enjoyed our time of rest with the Lord on Christmas day, celebrating His birth. The day when our Saviour Jesus was born, Hallelujah!
Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel.
26-December: We decided to have another go at parking in a Queenstown freedom camp.
We were greeted by council officials who said we couldn’t park in the marked camper locations during the day. The carpark was too small to accomodate two buses, a van and trailer.
So we moved to plan B, a conservation camp twenty minutes from Queenstown CBD.
We were pleasantly surprised on arrival. A lovely, huge camp, able to accomodate one hundred campers.
We found a great parking spot with plenty of room. We were able to set up the gazebo for a communal sitting area, with lovely views of the mountains all around us.
A nice relaxing location, handy to Queenstown for outreaches.
Thank you Father God, our faithful provider.
Psalm 34:8-10. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
27-December: We travelled to Queenstown CBD for the first outreach here.
I met brother in Christ Anthony from Pilippines. We enjoyed a lovely fellowship together.
The weather was showery and windy, so we decided to just witness today. We found at least 80% of the people were tourists from all over the world.
We quickly realised how important this outreach here is, as the Lord through us is able to minister to people from many nations. Perhaps some hearing the gospel for the first time.
We witnessed thirty eight, people from many different nations, surrender their hearts to Jesus, all thanks to You Holy Spirit.
Mathew 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
I met Patric on the street, who surrendered his heart to Jesus.
We were blessed to have enjoyed a good length of time in fellowship together, Thank you Jesus.
Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Revelation 5:12-13 Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!
Queenstown is a very busy town with many activities on offer to the people visiting.
There are many food stalls along the waterfront. We do find Queenstown to be a very expensive city though, preferring to dine out at Pak ‘n Save.
Brother Logen met a sister in Christ, Nadine whilst witnessing on the street and turned out she is staying at the same camp as us.
She joined us for a lift back to camp and we enjoyed a great fellowship together.
28-December: We attended City Impact Church in Frankton, Queenstown.
We enjoyed worshipping the Lord in song and hearing a message on Walking in the Word, knowing the word and actively speaking the word in all things.
We enjoyed fellowship after then headed off to Queenstown CBD for outreach.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Once again, it was very busy in the CBD with thousands of holidayers enjoying their time on a sunny day, praise God.
This time we set up the table right on the foreshore with free bibles and books on offer. Once again we witnessed in different areas to gain maximum coverage and delivery of the life giving gospel message. Salvation through Jesus.
Interestingly, a Sikh approached me with various questions about the gospel. I sensed he had received a few seeds of truth (Jesus). Holy Spirit through me watered those seeds of life, praise God.
He went away satisfied with revelation, I believe. The next day he came back with more questions. All answered with the word of God within me, again. Jesus truely is knocking on this man’s door and drawing in those seeking the truth.
Luke 19:10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Praise God and glory to Jesus, Holy Spirit bringing many divine appointments, where seventy one people from all around the world decided to accept Jesus into their hearts.
So amazing how Holy Spirit brings those from other nations to New Zealand to hear the gospel and be saved.
Isaiah 53:10-11 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
I would estimate around 1500 tracts were handed out to the people on the streets in three days.
All the people who refused a tract, I responed with “Jesus loves you”., in the hope that peoples hearts would turn to Him.
With high probabillity that the masses of people flowing past us, this may equate to around 1000 seeds sown per day, by just speaking (Jesus loves you).
Remembering, there is power in the tongue and Lord Jesus is the seed of life and the light of the world, hallelujah! God our Father gives the increase and Holy Spirit brings to remembrance all things of our Lord Jesus.
I expect Father God will water every seed sown, for everyone came from Him, who is also in me. I know He loves all His creation and wills for all to receive His precious gift of salvation through His Son Jesus.
Not wishing that anyone perish, He chose us, will we choose Him. In His perfect love, He loved us first and gave us free will. The only reasonable thing we can do is accept His tender mercies through the Cross and present our ourselves as a living sacrifice for His service.
Psalm 145:9 The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
Thank you for joining us here, you are welcome to leave a comment if you like.
Bless you and your families with love from your brother in Christ,
Paul
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About Queenstown….
Queenstown is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand’s South Island. It is the seat and largest town in the Queenstown-Lakes District.
The town is on the northwestern edge of Lake Wakatipu, a long, thin, S-shaped lake formed by glacial processes, and has views of nearby mountains such as The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak and, just above the town, Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill. Queenstown is known for its tourism businesses, especially adventure and ski tourism.
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