Parris in El Salvador: preaching

Monday, August 10, 2015

Family Festivals in Costa Rica

Yesterday's blog post was about the schools in Costa Rica wouldn't allow us to distribute tracts or Bibles, but how God was still able to use the spoken lessons, testimonies and gospel presentation to bring many students to a saving faith in Jesus.

We had six family festivals while we were in San Jose--four in private apartment complexes and two in open neighborhoods. The festivals included the inflatable, clown, games for the kids, drama and the gospel presentation.

We were able to share door-to-door in the open neighborhoods, but in the apartment complexes we could only knock on doors and invite the families to the festival in their park. We couldn't be prouder of this team, 3 from Rock Harbor Church in Bakersfield, CA; 15 from First Baptist, Murrells Inlet, SC and 10 from Faith Baptist Church, Youngsville, NC. They faithfully followed the rules and sought out and shared with people who came to the park. It was awesome to see more than 100 people make professions of faith even with restrictions.

Please pray for the follow-up team as they contact each person who made a profession of faith and invite them to one of three receptions the church will be holding over the next two weeks.

Monday, January 13, 2014

Just Like the Good Ol' Days

We came on our first mission trip to El Salvador in March 2007, and we spent our mornings in the central park downtown. We set up a generator, sound system and a platform that the Salvadorans used to share a couple of math games to attract a crowd. After the game, one of the guys preached every 15 minutes or so. The rest of us shared one-on-one with the people in the park.

Since we've been here in El Salvador it has become difficult for the church to get permission to share in the park. On a few occasions we have received permission to share, but not to use the sound system. However, today was like the good ol' days.

Gathering a crowd with the math game