"Share the Gospel story with strangers."

One of the things I loved about our short term mission trip to El Salvador was observing how God used each person to minister to others. This applied not only to the team members, but to the brothers and sisters in El Salvador. It was such fun watching the smiles and listening to the laughter of the children, while seeing the joy on the faces of those ministering to them. And the hosts seemed to derive such pleasure from serving us meals and waiting on us. Then there was the awesome experience of seeing the excitement as our team members moved out of their comfort zones to share the Gospel story with strangers. 

Grant and Trudy presenting the gospel and
praying together during a medical clinic.

The two most rewarding experiences of the visit definitely had eternal consequences. I watched as our bus driver, Oscar, watched all the interaction between us and the El Salvadorans each day,especially one day when we went door to door sharing the gospel using the Evangecube. He stood close by so he could hear each explanation to the people in the homes we called on. It was so obvious that he was wanting to be a part of this big happy "family," but didn't feel like he belonged. As our time grew short, we all began to pray a little harder for Oscar and when, at the Holy Spirit's prompting, one of our team members asked him "the question," he submitted his life to Christ! What a thrill that was!

The second event was when the young girl who had "attached" herself to me two years earlier, and who again became my buddy, came to the medical clinic that we held in the Chalchuapa Nazarene church. She had seen the doctor and then came to Grant and me for prayer (as was the custom). I presented the gospel, using the Evangecube and she accepted Christ then and there. That was truly a blessing!

I am asking the Lord to keep me alert to the opportunities here in my daily life to share Christ's love with each person that I interact with and to be willing to move out of my comfort zone as we all did in El Salvador. It's not as scary as we think. "Try it--You'll like it!"

Trudy