Monday, June 2
Today was a good, fun day. We started out learning about evangelism techniques in the classroom, but then headed out to Dollywood for real evangelism, needless to say I was pretty nervous. We went around Dollywood riding rides and walking around looking at everything, when we would see someone standing around waiting, we would go and speak with them (we didn’t want to bother someone who was doing something other than waiting). I was extremely surprised at the ignorance of people to the Gospel. Almost everyone we talked to said, “good works” gained you access to Heaven. I was stunned. I guess I never thought about how lost the lost really are. It was very saddening to me. I didn’t really dive into evangelism to anybody, just small talk and asking questions about their faith. Our leader wanted us to become comfortable with talking with them first. However, I was a bystandard in many deep conversations, in which I learned a lot. I now thank God so much more for His grace on me that I know about Him and what His Son did for me, as well as His helping my heart grow in concern for the lost. Oh thank you, Jesus.
Your Growing Brother in Christ,
Lane
P.S. On a fun note we rode the swiveling tea cups. Three of us got in and cranked that thing round and round. If you don’t know about this ride, it is basically a cup you sit in that is on a rotation platform. On top of that rotation is the rotation that you control, how fast the cup spins. We cranked that wheel so hard, we must have been exerting probably 3 or 4 G forces. My buddies made the decision to ride it again, but I was a little skeptical because we had just eaten lunch. I made the bad decision to ride anyway. When the ride was about 20 seconds from completion, I threw up. It was first time that has ever happened to me on a ride. With that said, I had asked God the night before to humble me, because I wasn’t doing a very good job. What a sense of humor He has.
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