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| Nathan and Ben before open air on the DART |
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| Nathan preaching during open air |
Kassi in a conversation with an interested on-looker
Romanian Choir
St. Patrick's Cathedral
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| The team after oper air |
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| Two girls agreed to play their violins for us to help draw in a crowd |
We from Shankill salute you.
Today, the second day of the team’s (mostly) unsupervised adventure
was a day of much walking. The team started off the morning with magazine
delivery which consisted of much greater distances covered due to the fact that
many of the closer neighbourhoods had already been delivered to. Returning back
to Glen Maris for lunch, the team prepared for their open-air outreach in
Dublin. The team has not undertaken open-air without the Hoods before so there
was some understandable uncertainty.
Despite this uncertainty however, the team had a time of prayer and set out. Travelling by DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) armed with sketch-board and paint, tracts and most importantly the Spirit; the team arrived at their location, about 30 yards from the Dublin Spire. After a couple hours of outreach they packed up. Many tracts were handed out, and with the help of a couple Christian girls who were playing the violin near the team’s set-up location, the sketch-board had some on-lookers. A few people asked questions, however most of the people spoken to today were actually other Christians. One lady, Christine, and her three children, Julia, Maria and Peter watched and asked about the sketch-board. Christine asked for prayer for her children, and husband Simon, especially her oldest daughter Anna, who’s away from the Lord. Simon doesn’t believe.
The team talked to a street evangelist named Eric, who comes to Dublin every Saturday to hand out tracts. They also spoke to a lady named Irena who encouraged the open-air work. A few minutes after the team packed up, a choir of Romanian believers started singing and playing in almost the very same spot, they sung a number of hymns and then moved to the other side of the Spire.
After about 20 minutes the team moved on and crossed the street in the direction the choir went. Almost immediately after crossing the street the team noticed a table with a man giving out tracts and were encouraged by the believers there once they discovered the mutual faith.
All-in-all the team spent more time in fellowship with believers than speaking to the unsaved; which was a whole different type of encouragement.
Despite this uncertainty however, the team had a time of prayer and set out. Travelling by DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) armed with sketch-board and paint, tracts and most importantly the Spirit; the team arrived at their location, about 30 yards from the Dublin Spire. After a couple hours of outreach they packed up. Many tracts were handed out, and with the help of a couple Christian girls who were playing the violin near the team’s set-up location, the sketch-board had some on-lookers. A few people asked questions, however most of the people spoken to today were actually other Christians. One lady, Christine, and her three children, Julia, Maria and Peter watched and asked about the sketch-board. Christine asked for prayer for her children, and husband Simon, especially her oldest daughter Anna, who’s away from the Lord. Simon doesn’t believe.
The team talked to a street evangelist named Eric, who comes to Dublin every Saturday to hand out tracts. They also spoke to a lady named Irena who encouraged the open-air work. A few minutes after the team packed up, a choir of Romanian believers started singing and playing in almost the very same spot, they sung a number of hymns and then moved to the other side of the Spire.
After about 20 minutes the team moved on and crossed the street in the direction the choir went. Almost immediately after crossing the street the team noticed a table with a man giving out tracts and were encouraged by the believers there once they discovered the mutual faith.
All-in-all the team spent more time in fellowship with believers than speaking to the unsaved; which was a whole different type of encouragement.
The team ate dinner in Dublin and toured the sights before
getting back on the DART back to Shankill. While on the return train, Jen had a
chance to evangelize to a woman named Monica who appeared to be homeless. She
was given a tract and a CD and shown some passages from the Bible, she seemed
receptive. Another woman named Francis, who is 87, spoke for most of the trip
with Nathan, after flirting with him. She was a depressed woman, who has lost
most of her loved ones and is living in reliance on her religion for hope. She
was illiterate and did not own a CD player, so tracts or CD’s were not an
option. Nathan simply attempted to point her to Christ for hope and leave her
with knowledge that the team would pray for her.
The team finished the night in a time of fellowship, reading
aloud the Mass booklet that they will be handing out tomorrow with the local
believers at the 50th International Eucharistic Congress.
Please continue to keep the team, local believers and those
who are reached in your prayers. The team has only 4 days left of their
official trip and fatigue is starting to set in. None the less, we continue to
seek the Lord. Keep the Hoods in prayer as well as they travel to Ghana to help
and lead the first TnT Team there. May the Lord bless you and keep you,
TnTTeams
