Battle Log

Friday, 23 April, 2021

Posted 24 April 2021, 7:32 AM by Glen Richards. Permalink

Still recovering from my cold, so I wasn’t able to join Andy & the team on the streets for Thursday or Friday.  But I was able to be online (germs can’t be transmitted through the Internet)!

I’m not saying this to boast.  I have to write a report, and these are the facts.  Over the two days I had 38 conversations (2 minutes or more) with people all over the world, including with people in Kuwait and Iraq (don’t often connect with people in those countries).  The gospel is being proclaimed, one person at a time.  And it stacks up.  Apparently, in the last 30 days, I’ve spoken to 246 people for 2 minutes or more.  That’s just me, let alone all the others that are doing the same.  It brings me much joy knowing my king: Jesus is receiving glory through people learning more about him and hearing of his great justice and incredible mercy.  As a team, since we started recording, we have reached people in 99 countries (pictured).  I’m just sad that I can’t reach China, North Korea, or the Amazon Jungle in this way.  May God continue to raise up labourers to continue to reach people with the gospel (no matter the mode, method, or cost).  May Jesus be declared to the ends of the earth!

Of course, you get a range of reactions.  Open, closed, listeners, talkers, hostile, calm.  Here are a few of the highlights from the last 2 days:

• A kid who seemed to be in a hospital bed (yet said he wasn’t).  He stayed to talk a long time, but, as far as I could tell, I couldn’t get past his deep resistance.
• A guy from France - another long chat (Google Translate assist).  I asked him what he thought he had to do to go to heaven.  His answer: “Stop being gay?”  It turns out he is gay, so ignoring that, I took him through the law and the gospel.
• A Muslim hears the gospel and says: “I understand”.  But then seconds later he says: “It’s complicated I can’t understand it”.  I read that to mean: I understand, but I don’t like it.  I tried to reason with him.
• I was able to share the gospel with a PK, he was blown away, so he went and got his cousin who also heard the gospel.
• The conversation with the guy from Kuwait was great.  He was friendly and fun to talk to.  But, sadly, as his understanding grew, so did his resistance.
• A fascinating chat with two girls who were so obviously rejecting the obvious out of love for sin.  Actually, one of them opened up, but the other one fought to sway her away.  So sad.  I gave up on that chat, I wasn’t going to fight such unreasonableness.
• I had a rare reconnect with a couple of girls I had talked to five days prior!
• A guy from Germany, obviously on Omegle for no good, thought he was a Christian because he gave a percentage of his income away to charity!  I had to labour, but I think by the end of the conversation he was grasping the gospel.

From time to time, when people hear the gospel, they will say something like: “my mind is blown”, or “oh, I get it now”, or “wow”.  These are my thoughts on the gospel too.  I never get bored of sharing this wonderful news with people!  And thank you for partnering with us in this gospel work!  We value your prayer so much.