Over the past few weeks we have been busy with an
amazing teen conference, several women’s conferences, church services, and
visiting a summer camp for orphans. We
try to share insights that we get during the month in our blog, and with everything
that has happened, we have come away with many insights.
A group from Kyustendil (our home town and the church
we work very closely with) was able to attend the large teen conference called
Love Bulgaria that we were privileged to help with this year. The group was led by Roddy, who was
responsible for five other people from his church. Roddy participated in the sports
group for street evangelism. This is
when we go to a village and play soccer (football) involving the community with
the purpose of sharing the Gospel. Roddy
was always quick to volunteer and anything he could do to help, he came with a
heart of humility and love. As we did
the evangelism, Roddy was always obeying the leaders in charge of the groups
and as a member of his team he also participated in playing. Roddy made a point to pass to open teammates
and play any position on the field that would help his team win. Roddy showed no prejudice to any race and
always made a point to praise any good play on the field. Roddy was the first to volunteer to give his
testimony, and he shared his testimony on the last day of evangelism in the
city of Razlog. While Roddy was involved
with sports, he looked after his group from Kyustendil like a father looks
after his children. He made sure they
attended all events , he protected them, and made sure every need within his
group was taken care of with a heart of humility and love. As I watched Roddy, I was very impressed with
his behavior and the attitude he displayed all week. The week ended a great success!
One of the last things we did this month was to visit a
camp held each year near our town for orphans. We got to see the Bible dramas being told to
the young children and listen to them sing praise songs to God. The staff was made up of teens and young
adults from all over the world, coming together in love to share the Gospel of
Jesus. All the children in this camp
were very poor Roma children. They were
getting to experience the Love of God for the first time. The staff is from different countries, races
and denominations to share their love with children who have never experienced
love of any kind. You may be asking what
does this camp have to do with Roddy? Well,
Roddy is an orphan. Roddy is Roma. And Roddy’s testimony is that as a child he
attended this camp when he was a young boy and experienced the Love of Christ
for the first time.
The Love of God is the greatest evangelistic tool. “By this all men will KNOW that you are my
disciples, if you have LOVE one for another.”
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