Hello friends, brothers and sisters in Christ. Currently we are night 3 at Kaiti beach, our maximum allowed time here. We have enjoyed this location, with public toilet and 5 minutes from town centre. Yesterday Logan visited his grandfather in a local rest home, which was lovely for them both.
Today we set up for witness next to McDonald’s in a public courtyard area surrounded by shops. This turned out to be a good spot with quite a few people walking through past our table. Lots of people stopped for prayer with some taking a bible home with them. Suddenly we were confronted by a shop owner next to us, who was upset with us sharing Jesus next to her shop. She said she is a lesbian and disagreed with our religious beliefs, having been hurt by Christians in the past. The manager of the area was called in and he asked us to move on as we were on private land. We humbly withdrew from there, to a public sidewalk around the corner. There was a blessing from this situation, as I got to pray for her from a distance and she got to hear about Jesus briefly.
1 Peter 4:16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
A young man joined us who was skeptical about the gospel, but sat with us for quite sometime in fellowship. Many seeds sown.
John 4:37 For this saying is true: One sows and another reaps.
Lovely family receiving prayer and blessing from God.
On the 2nd of July the Lord lead us to Gisborne skatepark. Being the school holidays, the park was busy, so perfect opportunity to share the good news to the youth and parents there. We offered a free sausage sizzle, drinks and the gospel. The weather was great and many youth learned about Jesus their saviour, praise God. We encouraged them to develop a relationship with Jesus through the word and prayer. We handed out discipleship Manuels, tracks and some bibles.
After we finished there, we attended to laundry duties at a local Laundromat, fuelled up the buses and departed Gisborne, heading for Wairoa, one hour down the coast.
Currently I am experiencing technical issues with video downloads, so I will add videos when resolved.
Blessings to you all, feel free to comment by clicking on the title of the blog.
God bless
Paul
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