Baptism at the beach and street ministry

Yesterday we had 5 young people baptised at the beach. It was incredible for these young people to publicly confess their faith in Jesus. It was inspiring hearing their testimonies of their struggles and how God was faithful to them through it all.

Friday night we went out to reach out to the homeless. The local church has started to go out every Friday night to give people living on the street a meal and share God's love. We seen and heard many heart breaking things on Friday. We met a man who was in his 70's who had lost his leg during the civil war. He had been out on the streets for 8 days.
We also met a young man who has been on the streets for 9 years. Dave hugged him Pastor Oscar prayed with him and after the man said he had not had a hug from anyone in 9 years.
We met a young man who had just gotten out of rehab and had fallen again into the cycle of addiction. There was a bridge a block away from where we talked to him and we found out his father was shot and killed their years earlier when he was a boy.
We came along a group of men who were all huddled together for the night. One of the youth of the church had brought his guitar and he started to play a worship song. All the men put their plates of food down and we all clapped and praised God together.

In Luke 14:12 Jesus said " when you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbours, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. But when you give a reception, invote the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous". On Friday night we had a reception with the poor, the homeless, the crippled and it was one of the greatest nights of my life. I recieved my payment. The homeless blessed me beyond description and it was an honor to spend a Friday night with them.