Post by Jeffrey Olver on Sept 4, 2005 15:04:31 GMT -5
Last night I had the privilege of hooking up with a team from Great News Network to hit the streets of Fort Worth Texas for ministry.
Several of us took turns preaching and going through the "Good Test" with people.
I was able to do the "Good Test" with a group of 4 junior high school girls. Three of them were arguing with me about their beliefs, ranging from evolution to reincarnation. One of the girls, who only piped up every so often, I could see was under heavy conviction. She would only look me in the eye breifly and smile when we started turned into a concerned look on her face.
In the middle of going through the 10 commandments for what seemed like the 100th time with these girls, using Jesse Morrell's charts and easel, Krista Friesen, a young lady out doing ministry with us came up and held the easel in place for me and whispered in my ear "Let me hold that so you have your hands free, there's a bunch of deaf people watching!"
This was an exciting opportunity! Both of my parents are completely deaf, so my first language was Sign Language and I know it fluently to this day.
So I was now able to speak to these girls (and the rest of the crowd that gathered) AND clue to deaf spectators in on what was going on!
Hell, Judgment, Salvation and Heaven were preached and the preaching was able to go forth for everyone present. After a while, my throat started to dry up, so I introduced Jesse who was able to continue preaching.
I quickly caught up with the four girls that began to walk away and challenged them with the Gospel face to face. I could discern that something was going on in their hearts, especially the one girl under conviction. Before leaving, I dared them to pray that night.
After that I was able to address the Deaf crowd and interpret for Jesse as he preached the Gospel to the crowds. After a while, I was able to talk to them one on one. There was a young man named Lee who was a Mesianic Jew and had a real passion for ministry to Israel and One deaf girl wanted to do the good test, but their group leader needed them all to get going to the Hotel they were at (they were in town for a student ministry conference). The girl who wanted to do the good test had told me she was a "little bit" of a Christian and was thristy for more! The leader of the group, a Christian, promised me that she would talk to the young lady that night about the Gospel.
To add to it all, another interpreter for the Deaf who was with that group, and also a Christian, felt lead by the Lord to talk to the lady friend of a man that was being witnessed to by Brad. For quite a while, I saw the interpreter taking the young lady through the Bible and witnessing to her. After the young lady left, the interpreter looked at me with tears in her eyes and said "That's the first time I've ever done anything like that!" And I could see that God ignited passion in her heart for the lost! I encouraged her to keep doing it and not stop! She walked away blessed by the Lord.
Many seeds were planted that night! It was an exciting time with many good crowds! I can't wait to go out again tonight!!!
Several of us took turns preaching and going through the "Good Test" with people.
I was able to do the "Good Test" with a group of 4 junior high school girls. Three of them were arguing with me about their beliefs, ranging from evolution to reincarnation. One of the girls, who only piped up every so often, I could see was under heavy conviction. She would only look me in the eye breifly and smile when we started turned into a concerned look on her face.
In the middle of going through the 10 commandments for what seemed like the 100th time with these girls, using Jesse Morrell's charts and easel, Krista Friesen, a young lady out doing ministry with us came up and held the easel in place for me and whispered in my ear "Let me hold that so you have your hands free, there's a bunch of deaf people watching!"
This was an exciting opportunity! Both of my parents are completely deaf, so my first language was Sign Language and I know it fluently to this day.
So I was now able to speak to these girls (and the rest of the crowd that gathered) AND clue to deaf spectators in on what was going on!
Hell, Judgment, Salvation and Heaven were preached and the preaching was able to go forth for everyone present. After a while, my throat started to dry up, so I introduced Jesse who was able to continue preaching.
I quickly caught up with the four girls that began to walk away and challenged them with the Gospel face to face. I could discern that something was going on in their hearts, especially the one girl under conviction. Before leaving, I dared them to pray that night.
After that I was able to address the Deaf crowd and interpret for Jesse as he preached the Gospel to the crowds. After a while, I was able to talk to them one on one. There was a young man named Lee who was a Mesianic Jew and had a real passion for ministry to Israel and One deaf girl wanted to do the good test, but their group leader needed them all to get going to the Hotel they were at (they were in town for a student ministry conference). The girl who wanted to do the good test had told me she was a "little bit" of a Christian and was thristy for more! The leader of the group, a Christian, promised me that she would talk to the young lady that night about the Gospel.
To add to it all, another interpreter for the Deaf who was with that group, and also a Christian, felt lead by the Lord to talk to the lady friend of a man that was being witnessed to by Brad. For quite a while, I saw the interpreter taking the young lady through the Bible and witnessing to her. After the young lady left, the interpreter looked at me with tears in her eyes and said "That's the first time I've ever done anything like that!" And I could see that God ignited passion in her heart for the lost! I encouraged her to keep doing it and not stop! She walked away blessed by the Lord.
Many seeds were planted that night! It was an exciting time with many good crowds! I can't wait to go out again tonight!!!