DTS Outreach Fall 2017
Report for the Week of 29 Oct – 4 Nov
2017
We have had a good
start this week and have had many good experiences.
We arrived on Sunday
and met Pastor Jeremias and some of the church members in the church. After a
snack, we went to the Retreat Center El Refugio and set up our stuff.
Monday was our day
off, but we actually spent half of the day buying groceries and some other
things for ministry. We went to the ruins
of Zaculeu, but they were almost closing, so we just drove around and then went
back to the Refugio. Some of us took a hike up the hill behind the house and
enjoyed the beautiful view.
Tuesday, we went to
the park and had a time of intercession and talked and prayed with people. We
shared Christ with 9 people, prayed for 7. Karin and Andrea led a man to
Christ.
Wednesday:
We split up the group.
Some stayed to prepare for the evening service and Simon was sick. The rest of
us went to the park. We used the Soularium cards to start conversations and
shared our one minute witness. We prayed
We talked to about 11 people and prayed with 7 of them. Again, one gave his
life to Christ.
That night, we lead
the church service. Vanessa gave her testimony and William preached about
Gideon. We prayed with about 19 people that they, like Gideon, be used by God
now, with whatever gifts they have to offer (“Go in the strength that you
have!” said the angel to Gideon.) Andrea and Josh lead the children’s ministry.
Thursday, we went
again to the park for intercession and evangelism. We had singing and
worshipping, when William told us that he had talked to the person in charge of
the Salon Municipal (municipal theater). He had been looking up at the concert
shell on the second floor that overlooked the central park, thinking it would
be great to worship from there, when he got the impression to go ask.
Incredibly, the man simply let us go up there and we spent about a half an hour
praising and worshipping and praying, using our portable speaker to fill the
park with praise. We spent time proclaiming God’s Kingdom over the park, the
city and the country. We really felt a change in atmosphere after that. We went
back down into the park and did skit and Andrea spoke to the people who had
gathered. We talked to 10 people and prayed for 9 of them. William and Vane
talked to some Jehovah Witness missionaries, who were very nice, but not very
open.
That night, Mary Jo
taught the cell group leaders and Sunday School teachers on children’s
ministries. The cell groups here have a children’s program during the cell
group meetings, so the cell group leaders came with the people in charge of
doing the program. It was a good message, especially encouraging the teachers
to lead the children to hear from God and minister to others. Mary Jo also
emphasized developing and realizing a vision for the children’s ministry, as a
church and also individually. Afterward, William taught about using puppets and
demonstrated with a short skit. Vane and Josh taught on object lessons. We then
prayed for and prophesied over about 20 leaders.
On Friday, we went to
the “Vino” cell group at 4pm. We went out in the neighborhood to invite people
to the cell group that evening. We started at 7pm and there were about 4 people
besides the normal members who came. We did the “Clincher” skit and Mary Jo
gave her testimony. Simon preached about freedom from the law and freedom to live
and grow in Christ. About 6 people wanted prayer to follow Christ whole
heartedly. Vane and Andrea lead the children’s ministry with 7 children.
Saturday, we woke up
early to move to the hotel we stayed at until Monday. Then we went with many
from the church to Cuchumatanes, a outlook above the city, to intercede for the
church and Huehuetenanago. It was a powerful time of prayer, where we
proclaimed God’s reign over the families, churches and the city. Our DTS prayed
as representatives of the believers from our native countries for Huehue. Many
had prophetic words. As we were finishing, Pastor Jeremias told me a church
member who had stayed behind in Huehue had called and told him that many had
felt a tremor, while we had felt nothing on the mountain.
When we got back, we
were pretty exhausted after that and we stayed at the hotel.
Sunday morning, we
went early to the church and danced and sang outside the church to invite
people to come. We met some Christians in the neighborhood and blessed them as
they went to their church.
We did the “Clincher”
skit and Josh gave his testimony. Then Vane preached on David and Goliath. Since
the church had only a children’s church for small children due to space
limitations, we arranged to go to a house to minister and split the children in
2 groups. William and Simon led age appropriate lessons, craft and games.
Sunday night, we made
oatmeal to bless the homeless at the bus terminal. Pastor Jeremias with some
church members joined us. Unfortunately, there were hardly any homeless there
that night. We did share with about 15 people and prayed for 10.
We have had a time of
worship and intercession almost every day and that has been a real blessing.
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