{"id":466,"date":"2025-06-28T08:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T08:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=466"},"modified":"2025-07-22T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:54:57","slug":"opotiki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/?p=466","title":{"rendered":"5. 28-Jun 2025: Opotiki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello friends and family. We enjoyed an amazing time In Opotiki. When we arrived, there was already a band outreach from Harvest Church on the street. They were finishing as we were setting up. It was lovely to meet and fellowship with them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We managed to get great parking for the buses, next to the barbecue, an answer to prayer. The local people including some homeless there, were very open to receiving prayer and loved the food from God our Father. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Opotiki,  28 June 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dw7yZJn3ITU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opotiki, town. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_143858-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_143858-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_143858-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_143858-2000x1126.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_143858-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_143858-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_143858-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Locals receiving a Kai and prayer. <\/strong>We were so blessed to meet them, and Jesus blessed them with hope, joy and love. Thank you Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_130530-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_130530-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_130530-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_130530-2000x1126.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_130530-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_130530-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_130530-2048x1153.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Another local man that God touched mightily as we prayed for him<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_153921-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_153921-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_153921-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_153921-1500x2000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_153921-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_153921-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/soulsforchrist.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250626_153921-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Russell is being raised up by God to evangelise this whole region.<\/strong>  We are excited to hear news of the work God is calling him into<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received an awesome prophesy and great encouragement, thank you Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you Father God, for sending us to these remote places, so that your promised salvation is available to all. Thank you for your grace and mercy upon us in your beautiful son Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-3-color\"><strong>Titus 2:11<\/strong> For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you once again for joining us in this journey.  Please feel free to comment if you like by clicking on the title of this blog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>God Bless<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello friends and family. We enjoyed an amazing time In Opotiki. When we arrived, there was already a band outreach from Harvest Church on the street. They were finishing as we were setting up. It was lovely to meet and fellowship with them. 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