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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday March 6th, 2024 from 1300-1500

Today, only Anne, Johnny and Hung were available. We had a good start, both Ann, Hung and Johnny had several long chats. God specially moved Ann and Hung to minister to the same Mainlander Mr. Tong from Zhuhai and originally from Liaoyang. We can have added long hours for chatting one after the other was because, he simply sat there to wait for his wife to do shopping. At the end, Mr. Tong did show sign of softened heart for the Gospel. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung: -

1) I was led to approach first a PNG Christian Lady by the name Nina, her faith and training of the Bible is spot on. She has 100% assurance of salvation. It matches with our common understanding and observation that PNG is a gospel revival country with many lay Christians trained and moved to spread out engage in cross -cultural mission. Many of them have come over to Australia. Nina was happy to take photo with me to witness this divine encounter.

2) Rejected by one Chinese guys

3) Joanne, an Australian born Taiwanese whom I eventually communicate in English. She is non-religious but was open and receptive to the Gospel despite of several interruption by incoming call.

4) Mr Tong? now migrated with family to Australia for 10 years , who was from Zhuhai and originally from Liao Yang . Anne already had a long chat with him over half an hour, but I was moved to continue chatting with him sharing my testimony which he found interesting as he was fully aware of the background of Hong Kong where I was brough up. He seemingly was touched by the wonderful work of God and thanks for our joint gospel sharing and testimony which he found very appealing to lead him to really think of accepting Jesus.

5) Then I was led to connect with another Taiwanese Mr. Shao? form Taipei, Taiwan He finished studying in UQ and now has applied for an agricultural research work . He claimed himself a Buddhist , but appeared very open minded and humble to learn especially he was thankful for my clarification that Buddhism is not a religion as they worship no God head. He happily took a tract to revise on what I shared with him.

6) Next was a Local Aussie girl who is still student who is rare one not watching iPhone message. She appeared a bit quiet but polite and was willing to interact. She completely shared my gospel message that there is no one perfect as such we are all sinner subject to eternal death punishment in hell after we die. But through Jesus, the only way our sin is pardoned and record of our sin is set to zero the moment we accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord. So blessed are those who act like a child with a pure heart to be able to be welcome back to the heavenly Kingdom.

7) Then next was a Mainlander girl but too rush for full gospel but willingly took a tract.

8 ) Then I had a long chat with a girl by the name of Wang form Beijing coming here for her postgraduate Master degree study. She also appeared very open and was all ears to listen to the full gospel till her bus arrive. She also voluntarily took a tract to read afterwards.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 for Toowong on Tuesday March 5th, 2024 from 1330 – 1500

Today, Winnie was not available as she has a doctor appointment. Only Johnny and Hung teamed up to reach out to the UQ student majority crowd at the bus stop off Toowong Village connecting to UQ. There was always a long queue in the beginning through which we could catch up with a couple of people while they were waiting for the bus. Afterwards, we still can access to those arriving at the bus stop intermittently. Today general impression was that more mainlanders were present. It was half, half in terms of willingness to listen, not to mention to respond in an open and natural way. For us, we were simply led by the Spirit to approach and connect irrespective of the response. We always believe, God is in charge to use us to get across the message to His elected ones. At the end, I was able to catch up with an old gospel outreach co-workers for mutual edification. Recap is the Battle Log of Hung.

1) At the end of the long queue, I was led to approach a girl from Beijing . she has been in Australia studying at UQ for 2-3 years already . She was polite and showed genuine willingness to listen to the gospel and took a tract at the end . I trusted that she has been exposed to the gospel many times before and her heart has been softening gradually by the Spirit through each new gospel opportunity.

2) Next I was led to approach a young man with the same name as mine "Hung" from Taoyuen , Taiwan. He has been here for 6 months. And he seemingly is a non-religious person. But he showed interest and openness to listen to the gospel and took a tract afterwards.

3) Then next was a young local Aussie girl wearing a work uniform as a sort of part time educators in a child care. She was friendly for a chat but her bus quick arrival spoiled our conversation.

4) Then next came a mainlander who claimed to be a Christian but quickly exposed that he is just a fake Christian pretending to be saved to gain carnal gain for dating a Christian girl. He even boasted about this to ridicule that there are many fake Christians like him to fool around for self-indulgence.

Irrespective of his attitude, I still tried my best to share the full gospel to him which was not interrupted by his bus. .

5) The Spirit surprisingly connected me with an Indonesian Christian. He was proud to tell me that there is 15% of Christian in a Muslim country like Indonesian . Again, it was a pity I did not have enough time to diagnose on his Assurance of Salvation.

6) Finally God led us to catch up with an old Gospel worker friend retuning to server here.b

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It’s good to be back on home turf.  2 street outreaches this week, both in the city.  On Friday afternoon I was with Roger and Andy.  On Sunday afternoon I was with Andy.

 

These outreaches reminded me of the wonderful opportunity for the gospel that we have.  We need to make hay while the sun shines, because we don’t know when God’s patience will run out.  But it’s also a joy!  We are saved by God’s grace – totally underserved.  And now he is willing to involve us in what he is doing.  The sacrifice of Jesus is the ultimate motivation - out of thankfulness of him, let’s get out and tell others about him.  The opportunity is limitless.

 

3 significant conversations come to mind from Friday’s outreach.

 

The first was with a young Filipino guy.  He had just arrived in NZ, and he was cold in his t-shirt and shorts - not used to our cooler climate.  His English wasn’t good, and so I had to slow right down when trying to share the gospel with him.  In fact, in the end, I had to give up.  He wasn’t engaging - maybe too overwhelmed by all the changes in his life.  He needs work, and so I invited him to my church on Sunday (he is staying not far) because I have Filipino friends there that he could make connections with, and who can share the gospel with him in Tagalog!  Sadly he didn’t come, but he has my contact details.  Pray that he would get established in Christchurch, be able to find work, and that I’ll be able to encounter him again - or if not, another Christian who can share the gospel with him.

 

The second was a chat that Roger had.  Roger brought me into the conversation, because the kid he was talking to had been recruited into the cult “World Mission Society Church of God”.  Once he’d heard the true gospel from Roger, he was keen to get out of the cult!  I pointed him to a good church close to him, and also gave him a gospel of John to read for himself, as well as my contact details.

 

The third chat was with a young man from China.  When he realised that I wanted to talk to him about religion, he was interested.  His English wasn’t perfect, but it was good enough for me to be able to communicate the gospel.  I got to learn about him too.  He is struggling with his course, and he is concerned he will have to go back to China if he fails, so he is studying hard.  Sadly, at this stage, he wasn’t able to see that his eternal soul is more important than his worldly troubles - as significant as they are!  Yet, he was willing to take a gospel of John, a tract, and my contact details.  I pray that his conscience was pricked enough for him to investigate further.

 

I give these details to show that we are reaching people, real people - people with struggles and trials, people who need to know the truth about God’s wrath and mercy.  This is real and significant and well worth our time to make the effort to make and take the opportunities we get to share the marvellous gospel.

 

Sunday’s outreach was great too.  It was wonderful watching Andy engage multiple groups of kids through the outreach.

 

My most significant chat was the very first one - it was short.  I sat down to get a drink and get some tracts out, when I realised the 2 guys I was sitting next to were a golden opportunity.  I was able to spark up a conversation with 1 of them.  He thought that ‘whatever you believe will happen after you die’ - so I was able to address that.  It turns out he had a Christian background, and so I asked what he thought he had to do to get to heaven.  Answer: be good.  And so, I went to the law - which had its impact.  And then I explained the gospel, in contrast to his false way to heaven of ‘being good’.  It hit home, and his response was to say, “I fully believe that”.  And yet, his earlier words totally contradicted that he did.  Rather than point this out directly, I went to a powerful check question: “before this conversation, what did you think you had to do to get to heaven?”  Answer: “be good”.  “And so”, I said, “if you had died before this chat, where would you have gone, heaven or hell?”.  He was fixated as he thought, and finally responded with “hell”.  And so I pleaded with him to change his mind.  Stop trusting his good deeds to get to heaven, and instead, trust that Jesus is the only reason you are getting there.  He thanked me.  He told me this conversation (only a few minutes long) was very significant.  His friend (from Sri Lanka) and he (Zimbabwe) were working on a ship, and were only in Christchurch for the day.  Opportunity taken!  God is so good!  May that seed produce fruit.  It’s not about our ability.  God can use our feeble efforts in spite of us.  Get out and share the gospel of Jesus!

 

I had other good chats.  But the one that sticks in my mind was the last one, with a young man who was convinced that the ‘building / builder” analogy was a logical fallacy.  I was able, by God’s grace, to show him that the opposite is actually a fallacy!  And then I was able to take him though the law, and the gospel, and a few check questions.  The truth is powerful!  Don’t be put off by intellectual sounding people and vain arguments.  Get out there and serve your king: Jesus.

 

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday February 28th, 2024 from 1300-1500

It was overjoyed to have Johnny back and Ann yeo also returning to serve regularly on Wednesday with us. So the team of four including Any and Hung from CFC had a good period of time of outreach. Today, God led us to contact more people from China, Taiwan & HKG etc than other people groups. Johnny was most blessed as such he was thankful for many uninterrupted conversations allowing him to share the full Gospel with fruit bearing result or at least good impact. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung:

1) I was led to approach a lady from Nanjing who actually has got PR status by means of her Husband Job employment here. did not have time for full gospel but she appeared open and receptive to gospel possibly because her status change becoming a citizen of Australia enjoying the freedom of speech and expression. She volunteered to take a tract to read the concluding message I tried to convey to her.

2) Next, I was led to approach Shen from Shanghai who study at the Brisbane branch of James cook. His heart was also seemingly quite softened, not blindly rejecting gospel. Again, did not finish sharing gospel but he was happy and willingly take a tract to get to the conclusion I tried to convey to him.

3) Another young girl from North Eastern Provinces of mainland China, who was also willing to have a chat with me, our conversation was interrupted first by a phone call, them her quick arrival of bus But she voluntarily asked for a tract to finish off the knowing the message I tried to convey to her.

4) Next, I was led to approach a young man also from Guizhou Mainland China studying at UQ but is very sporty carrying a bag of tennis rackets. He has done 2 terms of study already, but seemingly adapting quite well to the campus life striking good balance between study and keep fit sport and exercise. He claimed to be a non believer but still show openness to listen to the gospel though finally without taking a tract.

5) Then for the first time I was led to approach a non-Chinese, actually a girl from Sri Lanka. She is non-religious and exceptionally not interested to listen to gospel. Nevertheless, she still took a tract at the end.

6) Then I was led to approach another Mainlander Guan? who lives in teh Northern part of Brisbane. He is not yet a believer but a seeker for a long while. He claimed he once attended the church of Rev Chang Fu Wah but stop going after the church moved to another place further north. Pray that our conversation and the tract will revive his pursuance of the Christian faith.

7) Finally, I was led to chat with an ABC Hongkonger girl Chan. She was waiting for her father and he arrived not long after I started chatting with her. But she still patiently let me share the full gospel to her in English and took the tract to read when her bus arrived.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday February 27th, 2024 from 1300-1500

It was so good to have the Old Toowong Triade Gospel Squad be reunited after half a year of separation. Johnny rejoined Hung and Winnie as soon as he returned from Taiwan. team of three joining force very timely to catch up with the new influx of students in the beginning of a new Academic term. The queue for bus was so long that it turned the corner reaching almost towards the end of the side street. Despite the bus frequency are still high as usual, we all got very long conversation finishing the full gospel with good result. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung:

1) I was led to approach JJ from Flippin who quickly identified himself as a protestant Christian despite there are many y Catholic background Christian in his bigger family circle. I thus switched to test his assurance of salvation which is spot on 100%. I encouraged him to do outreach in the campus perhaps to be affiliated with Power to Change.

2) Then I caught up with an ABC Malaysian Chinese. He speaks very little and limited Chinese despite he is all Chinese face looking. And he declared himself an atheist. He admitted he could not find and fallacy or loophole in the gospel message that as long as we are not perfect, we are all liable to go to hell with those known bad guys like Hitler. Only through the atoning grace of Jesus can we be saved by grace through faith. Yet, his heart is still too hard to humble himself to receive Christ as his Savior.

3) Billy & Anna are both Hongkonger, but they actually are from North Eastern China but moved to HKG for study over 7 years than came over to Australia for University study on Business Management. They both listen to the gospel patiently and admitted they have heard the same many times before. Possibly because the long-term influence by atheist in China, they are not too drawn to religious teaching. But perhaps the 7 odd years of life in HKG still played an effect of yearning for freedom and being set free from many visible and invisible bondage from the background they were brought up.

4) Lucy is a local Aussie girl but with mixed blood of Netherland. She is very sociable and talkative and appeared open to the gospel message despite she is non-religious. She was basically convinced to admit that no one is perfect as such we will be held responsible for our short coming in our human character even in the meantime, we have done a lot of good work. I suspect she might have missed her bus at least once to allow the conversation to carry on.

5) Zach is a young man living in the North of about one hour train traveling time. He is non-religious but similarly he seemed to have been touch ed by the gospel admitting everyone good or bad, we all need the redemptive grace of Jesus.

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Battle Log of Operation 513 at Sunnybank on Wednesday February 21st, 2024 from 1300-1500

Praised be to God, Peace joined us today making a team of four, predominately from Christ's Family Church: Hung Kwan, Amy Yao, Peace and Ann Yeo. I am grateful to God moving Peace to make this unofficial commitment of joining the Sunnybank Street Outreach fortnightly. This is also a fruit of Kairos that so far there are many Kairos graduates or even those who is still just doing the course but readily are moved to join this Gospel revival movement of local cross-cultural evangelism. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is evidently clear that the four of us all got our divine encounter with someone elected by God and at time team work was visible that Gospel targets were referred to another gospel preacher for better result. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung.

1) I was led to approach a lady by the name Pang? from Taipei, Taiwan who is doing working holiday here. She is not religious but have a n open mind to listen to the gospel which she found sensible and logical. She loved to take a tract for further consideration and faith action.

2) Then I was led to approach Meng Gan . a professional painter from Tianjin, China and have got PR to stay here since 1993. I roughly recall he was one of those supporters for a family Qin from Tianjin with the son getting brain cancer. He received Christ during the process of medical treatment but eventually still be with the Lord. But the whole family experienced peace. The Painter Meng was one of the people in the Chinese community to support Qin in many ways. I thought Meng eventually also became a Christian, but I just did not have time to verify this as his bus just came and end our conversation abruptly.

3) Next I was led to approach a Taiwanese girl coming for study She took a tract as her bus came too quick.

4) Then I had a long conversation with a man from Hubei Wuhan . He responded to the question if a good person can go to heaven by stating as long as one has inner peace , he will have no worries about any external environment. I took on to share the full gospel to him and the bus arrived.

5) Then I caught up with a lady Shinjuku from Tokyo, Japan. I shared my witness of making good friends with Japanese colleague in Tokyo to build rapport. And then I shared the nutshell of the gospel before her bus arrived and she thanked me also taking a tract to read.

6) Nest I was moved to approach a lady who was busy in texting on the iPhone, So I had to switch talking to somebody else first. However, Peace instead got the chance to start chatting with her but referring her to me when she noticed she is from Turkey. It was the sovereign power of God to lead me to end up chatting with her. Her name is Ozzie who actually has two nationalities of Bulgaria and Turkey. Thus, she is more an European like woman with an open minded who likes to travel around the world and so far already have visited 34 countries. She was delighted to find that I actually visited her home town at Izmir. Time left for the gospel is not much, but she seemed to be receptive to Christianity because of her Bulgaria life style background. She joyfully took a selfie with me and too ka tract to read on the bus.

7) Last but not the least, Ann first met and chatted with Emily from Beijing who got a job here on work visa. Ann already convinced her to have a go attending Church to pursue the true salvation of Jesus. I took on to share the full gospel with her which she responded positively to pursue and she took a "Good Person " tract from me to reinforce the gospel I shared with her.

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Wow, what a week.  This report is not going to do it justice.  Neither are the photos - when I was in Dunedin, I didn’t even have the focus to take too many photos, I was just having so many wonderful gospel conversations.

 

But yes, we were in Dunedin for the week, and then in Kaikoura on Saturday.  So a busy week, with the additional burden of travel.  But, well, well worth it.  Glory to God!

 

So, I ran some evangelism training, down in Dunedin, last Sunday, and so this week we were putting it into practice outside the University (it was orientation week), down at the Octagon, and in between (the bus stops were a great fishing hole too)!  All this in conjunction with Cornerstone International Bible Church, which is strategically positioned between these two locations.

 

So, like I said, I’m not going to be able to articulate all the wonderful chats I had, let alone the wonderful opportunities my coworkers told me about.  But here is what comes to mind.

 

Down at the Octagon I remember talking to a French tourist, a Czech tourist (closed), German tourists, a tourist from Canada, and a couple that were Dutch.  I shared with a couple of Americans - one was Jewish.  He became intensely angry when we started discussing how we know what is right and wrong in relation to Hitler.  I was quick to defuse the situation by making it clear I agreed that Hitler was evil, and he quickly rained himself in (he had lost a cousin in the holocaust), but then he quickly told me not to try to convert him!  When I challenged him to convert me, it was fascinating watching him make up a religion, and he decided it was ‘love’.  Well, that damns me, because I fail to love as I should.  He could see my point.  He was flustered, because he wanted to insist I was good, but I just kept showing him how I was bad.  I was able to touch on the gospel with him, but it came to an end when he nearly missed his bus back to the cruise ship he was on.

 

I had a long chat with a Christian Minister who was clearly missing the gospel.  Each time I checked, he would subtly point to himself for salvation.  He liked to talk, so I had to listen a lot, but I challenged him, because I love him.

 

A young lady had a click moment, when she finally grasped the gospel, after that, she nailed the check questions.  Later, she reflected, “why did you stop me?”.  That’s how I feel too!  Why me?  I don’t deserve it.  God’s grace is so good.

 

During one outreach, I saw Roger deeply impacted after 2 separate conversations.  In the first conversation he looked stunned. The young lady had come to tears as he ministered to her.  In the second, after talking with 3 young students,  he literally clicked his heels in joy!

 

I had great conversations with 2 separate sets of JWs.

 

A highlight chat for Andy was one when a young Iranian lady came who had to go to a lecture, but then came back!  She was full of questions as she wrestled with the truths she was hearing.

 

Many invites to church were handed out.  Many copies of the gospel of John, and gospel tracts were delivered to people.  What a joy!

 

But we were also focused on training.  Young Daniel was with us for the week.  It was wonderful watching him grow as he put into practice what he was learning on Sunday.  At the end of each day, we would have a time of debrief - an opportunity to rejoice and learn from each other's experiences.

 

It was wonderful to also work alongside: John, Gary, Jeff, Phil and Shane.  We had our differences, but iron sharpens iron!  And it was wonderful being able to catch up with the elders of Cornerstone - we so appreciated the support!

 

We travelled home on Friday afternoon, after a couple of hours of outreach in the morning.

 

On Saturday, I headed to Kaikoura for the A&P Show there.  Team: Joe, Elijah, Nic, Cam, Andrei, & Scott and Sharon down from Blenhiem.  Great weather.  And a wonderful view.  There were slow periods, but there were busy periods too.  Lots of great conversations.  I’ll let the pictures do the talking, but the highlight chat for me was with a young lad, I’d say he was 10 years old.  He was sharper than most adults I talk to.  Like an adult, he initially resisted the idea that he was bad, trying to justify himself, yet he was humble enough to follow along and hear the gospel.  He ended up sitting down on the grass, as I sat on my stool and we engaged.  Eventually he looked up at the chart and wanted to know what the other pages were about.  And so I was able to take him through all the check questions.  He nailed most of them!  And the one he got wrong only led to his understanding deepening as we discussed.  He accepted the gospel of John to read.  I rejoice thinking of the chat.  May God have mercy and save him.

 

All glory to God for using weak vessels like us in his great plan.  Thank you for continuing to pray for this ministry.  Join us in sharing about Jesus with those about you!

 

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A delayed report.  I was supposed to write this on Sunday afternoon (18th Feb), but I’m travelling at the moment.  We are currently down in Dunedin - having a wonderful time working with the church down here to reach people with the good news of Christ.  I’ll write about this in my next report.  But this report is going to cover the week 13th Feb till the 18th of Feb.

 

So, in that week, we had 2 street outreaches: Tuesday afternoon in Riccarton, and Friday afternoon in the city.

 

Roger was with me on Tuesday afternoon.  I know I “had a wonderful couple of hours on the streets having gospel conversations with a wide range of people.  What a joy!  I'm constantly amazed at the interesting opportunities God gives us.”  – because I copied that from a Facebook post I wrote the day after.  But I really can’t remember the details now - except I remember talking to a group of school kids.  They were being a bit silly, and yet they heard the gospel anyway.  They wanted to take a selfie with me after.

 

Roger, Andy and John were with me for Friday afternoon’s outreach.  I remember it was hot, and so I moved down Cashel Mall to get into the shade of the buildings.  The only conversation I really remember is the one I had with 2 girls down by Colombo Street.  One was Christian, the other was all over the place with her worldview.  I remember spending my time on various check questions for the Christian, and trying to get the other girl to articulate the gospel reliably.

 

Roger, John, and Andy all seemed to be having very interesting chats, I was able to snap some great shots of them - attached.

 

On Saturday morning, I did some online work, including training a young lad from Israel.  He had come to grasp the gospel last November, via the needGod.net content.  And he said it had taken away all his fear of death, in light of the conflict going on around him.  He wants to share this good news with others!  We did some role play, before getting him set up with the protection tools, and getting him to have his first online chat for himself.  It was fascinating watching who he was connected with, considering he comes from Israel - a whole different demographic from me in NZ.  He was able to have a 13 minute chat with 2 young Israleis.  They were very resistant to the idea of God being real, and the young lad wrestled with them on that for a bit, but I told him to ask, “so, are you a good person”.  It worked - he was able to get them through the law, and offer the good news, when they snapped away from their conscience and started suppressing what they know about God again.  Tough crowd.  But so encouraged by this young man willing to proclaim anyway.  God’s mercy is great.

 

In the afternoon, Roger, Andy and I drove down to Dunedin for a week of outreach with Cornerstone International Bible Church.  On Sunday afternoon, I conducted some evangelism training.  There were about 8 people involved.

 

Well, a bit of a messy report.  But hopefully, the pictures fill in the lack of details.  I really like the photo taken of Andy trying to push a Moeraki Boulder.  It reminds me of an evangelist trying to encourage the church in evangelism (maybe the broken bit of rock at the front represents the elders?  – that’s a joke, so please don’t take it seriously, I love the church, and I love the elders of the church!).  Yet, it really does feel like that sometimes: impossible.  Yet, Jesus said about salvation: what’s impossible for man, is possible for God.  I’m praying that would be true about evangelism too.  The harvest is ripe, and the labourers are few, pray to the God of the harvest for more labourers, and then endeavour to be part of the answer to that prayer! May God bless you in your feeble efforts, as he blesses our feeble efforts.  All glory to him alone!

 

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It was a beautiful Saturday and our larger-than-usual team assembled in the park near the Council Chambers.

We were blessed to have Barry join us, a warm and passionate teacher from a local Christian school.

Our crew of 8 prayed together and then split into pairs to cover the CBD.

Barry and Geoff soon encountered a Sudanese Muslim bloke. Like most Sudanese we’ve met, this man understood and firmly believed in his religion. This led to an interesting, vigorous discussion on the truth of Islam vs Christianity.

At the end of the discussion, Geoff encouraged the man to read the Gospel of John to discover Jesus’ true identity and the claims He made about Himself.

The trio parted on good terms...but this wasn’t the only conversation Geoff and Barry got into today.

They also were able to connect with J-, who was currently homeless. Together they had an extended discussion and Barry was able to share the Good News about Jesus with J-.

We find that the homeless tend to be some of the most open to spiritual conversation. Yet they often struggle with crippling addiction and/or mental illness. Many of their life stories are a combination of their own foolish decisions..made repeatedly...and their genuine victimisation at the hands of evil people around them. Their stories are heart-breaking and yet they are some of the toughest people I know.

All of them are made in the image of God and are as equally valuable in God’s eyes as any doctor, lawyer or anyone else you can name.

We endeavor to connect with them and offer support where appropriate. While Barry was speaking with J-, Merv was busy speaking with K-, another homeless bloke.

K- has a big dog and a big beard. He is relatively young and he was keen to share his story. Merv sat with him for a while and I (Doug) continued to hand out Gospel tracts. It wasn’t long before I met R- at the corner of Ruthven and Margaret Street...the same R- from my last report!

Since our discussion last November, R- tells me that he has been “checking out Jesus more”. He is keen to visit a Church in Wilsonton and R- shared that he can’t get over “the fact that Jesus is such a loving guy”.

R- and I spoke for quite a while as R- walked towards the Base Soup Kitchen. I told R- that I too feel stunned by how loving Jesus is towards people. I also mentioned that I love how Jesus always tells the truth...that because He is so loving, He always speaks the truth to people.

Besides loving the fact that Jesus always speaks the truth, I find that mentioning Jesus always speaks the truth...because He loves us...is a helpful counterbalance to the modern idea that Jesus’ love for us minimises His desire to speak uncomfortable truths to us.

R- and I parted after quite a hike together and I pray that Jesus will draw R- back to Himself.

During this outreach, Merv and I also had an opportunity to hand out tracts at the Bus Interchange.
The Bus interchange is a great place to engage people with tracts because many people are waiting for their bus and they are generally bored out of their gourds.

While handing out tracts Merv and I met two friendly First Nations blokes who were heading home after a tribal meeting here in Toowoomba. We had a good yet brief discussion and we were also able to give out a number of tracts to people who were waiting.

While all these adventures were going on, Sarah and Elisa were faithfully engaging people on the north side of the CBD. One memorable encounter involved a young couple who Elisa and Sarah offered a tract.

They replied “We’re Muslim” to which Elisa said “Oh...you’re Muslim” and proceeded to offer them a Gospel of John in Arabic.

“No” they responded “We’re Muslim!!” and continued on their way.

Their attitude was in stark contrast to the vast majority of foreign-born Muslims, who want to discuss matters of religion and generally desire to convert us. In many ways, I respect this desire to convert us far more than the sluggish, shallow, brainless apathy towards spiritual matters that charecterise so many of us who have grown up amidst mind-numbing 24/7 entertainment and the stupefying effects of 21st-century secularism.

Nevertheless, God’s unstoppable purposes and love for humanity will overcome both the zeal of the East and the apathy of the West. His Kingdom will come and His will (will) be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

I’m looking forward to the day when we no longer need to pray the Lord’s prayer because its fulfillment will be in our rear vision mirror.

But we’re not there yet. In light of this upcoming Day...please pray for our team and everyone mentioned in this report.

Jesus is doing good things and He’s got even more good things in store for Toowoomba.







 

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Battle Log of Operation 513 for Toowong on Tuesday February 6th, 2024 from 1330 – 1500

Today, I had to do solo Street Gospel outreach. In the beginning there were overwhelmingly heap of people because of the first Semester week. I could only started by catching up with the last person in the long queue for bus. Then gradually the main influx period is over and I was left with few people around, but overall speaking, the divine intervention and election was still obvious. God led me to catch up with 3 to 4 Biochemistry and medical science students which are supposed to be the elite students who choose this medical related subject as the first degree and their springboard to finally be admitted to the Medical School of UQ.

Pray that the gospel message would help them aware that they are students of excellency but in God, they have to learn to humble before God for His salvation by grace. Recap below is the Battle Log of Hung

1) Mary is from Kiwi and was born there in a Chinese origin family. She was the first Biochemistry Medical Science student God had led me to meet one after the other. Her parents were from Mainland China ,so they are not religious. Yet Mary admitted she heard the gospel many times before. And she confessed the gospel message is self complete without any internal contradiction. It is all sensible and logical for any good by non-perfect person to ask for help from Jesus as our Savior.

2) Luke a local Australian Born Indian, also doing the Biochemistry Medical Science. He appeared open and receptive to the gospel message.

3) Then next was Holy again a local Aussie girl very friendly for a chat. She also showed openness and receptiveness to the gospel.

4) Then I connected with a young man from Tianjin, China. . He has been with UQ for 3 years doing engineering study. . He is willing to chat and voluntarily took a gospel tract.

5) Next was a Korean girl called Dabbie was who slightly indifferent to the gospel though still open for a chat.

6) James another local Aussie whose mother is Filipino and father an Australian. He is also doing biomedical science. He is not as open as Luke but still politely listened to the full gospels

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