Highlights of Family Campaign--June 2017, Part 3

We spent Monday morning sharing at a public school in San Salvador.  Tuesday morning we went to a public vocational school in Apopa and shared in two different classes.  The lesson we taught was "Redeeming the Time," which came from the life of Samson.  The director of the school was so happy with the presentation that she invited us to return on Wednesday morning to share the lesson with the 7-8th grade students.  Since the school originally scheduled on Wednesday had not confirmed our visit, we were happy to return to the school in Apopa.

Thursday morning we went to the central park in Santa Tecla and shared one-on-one.  Obviously, the parks are quite a different environment from the schools, so the parents had to keep a close eye on their kids.  I was privileged to translate for the Batton family and both of their children.  Adam shared the gospel using his soccer ball and Ana, aged 6, shared the gospel with the evangel cube.  She was so matter-of-fact with her presentation, "This part of the cube represents that you need to make a decision.  Do you want to reject Jesus and spend eternity in hell or do you want to accept Jesus and spend eternity with him in heaven."  As adults, we could do well to share the gospel like a child and not try to over complicate it.  

 

Friday morning we traveled to Aguilares and shared with a rural school.  Not only did the group share the lesson and gospel, they brought each child a new backpack filled with school supplies and at least 2-3 pieces of clothing.  The children were so excited--the smiles on their faces tell the story!

Time to Rest

The last two days of the campaign seemed to fly by even though we were very busy.  On Thursday morning we went, for the first time, to a secondary school called INCO (Instituto National Comercio.)  We were able to share in 13 classrooms.  The principal was so happy that he invited us to come back in January and spend two days in order to share in each classroom (morning and afternoon session.)  We met a senior who just happened to have her guitar with her.  She played and sang some of her favorite songs for us which all happened to be praise and worship songs.  

Thursday night we shared in Acacias, a private neighborhood in Lourdes.  The rain held off until we were loading up the equipment and the bus.  Everyone headed back to the church in Lourdes for a pizza party for the translators.  More than 100 of us enjoyed pizza, drinks and fellowship.  

We spent Friday morning at the central park downtown San Salvador sharing one-on-one.  You never know who you're going to meet downtown . . . business people who walk through on their way to an appointment, homeless who live in and around the park, people who travel an hour or more by bus to look for a job, students who hang out after the morning at school, just to name a few.  Stephen talked with four boys and I had the privilege to talk with a young couple.  

Friday night was the final night of the campaign.  We were in Aguilares and made it all the way to the preaching when the giant drops of rain started.  Pastor Bob wrapped up quickly and the counselor's got to work.  Fortunately, we had already rolled up and loaded the inflatable so it didn't take too much longer to load the rest of the equipment. 

We battled the rain in the evenings, but we never had to completely cancel a campaign.  It was an amazing week with more than 700 professions of faith.