Battle Log
Wednesday, 18 September, 2019
Posted 19 September 2019, 12:27 AM by Glen Richards. Permalink
On Monday morning, the team took a much needed rest before splitting into two teams to meet practical and spiritual needs in the slums in the afternoon. Jason is pictured presenting the Gospel with translation by David Ling.
On Tuesday we moved back to our six hour a day routine in our smaller teams to spread out across Yangon to share the Gospel. My team was at Yangon University.
We were short a few translators, so I was in search of someone who could speak English that I could share with. Sure enough, God brought along David. He was an atheist - which is unusual for Myanmar, so I started by explaining how he knew God exists (see Romans 1:19-20) and then moved into a presentation of the law. When I made it to the seventh commandment: adultery, I asked him if he had lusted for a woman - he said no. So I asked him if he had lusted for a man - he said yes. So he was homosexual. But I didn’t bat an eyelid and continued with the discussion. I was able to share the Gospel - which he was resistant to. I then spent time answering some very good questions that he had. We parted ways on good terms, shaking hands.
Soon after, a translator was able to join me, and we headed off the the university library, where we were able to have some good Gospel chats in the garden outside.
At lunch time, we headed back to Judson church to meet with the rest of the team, when I had some interesting news from Col. He said that he had been talking with his translator about where to find a place to buy water when David turned up with a pack of six bottles of water for the whole team! I’ve got no way of knowing what his motivation was for doing that - but it was very appreciated. May he come to know Christ.
After lunch, the conversation that stands out was with a teen girl who understood the law and the Gospel, and expressed a desire to trust in Christ. I explained the cost that would be involved with doing that, including the fact that she would have to let go of Buddhism. She instantly said she wanted both! I continued to explain, and it was clear she was understanding me - her eyes became very distant as she contemplated the paradox that the gift would cost her everything!
Today (Wednesday), my team was at the Dagon Centre. I had a good run of Gospel conversations with people in the morning, but sadly most of them were resistant to the Gospel (at this stage anyway). The last one was very good in that the couple I was talking to, via my translator Joshua, became very engaged (they initially granted me 5 minutes to share, but the conversation ended up going well into lunch time) and asked some very good questions that I was able to address.
The afternoon was very hot, and the team headed to a nearby amusement park for outreach.
Only half a day of outreach for the Aussie team to go, and a day and a half for the NZ team. Please continue to keep us in your prayers! Much appreciated.
