This week the NBA Finals games 4 and 5 were played in Dallas. We had the privilege of taking the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the streets of Dallas prior to each game. For game 4 we had 15 people with us. For game 5 we had 11 people. During the two outreaches we handed out 5,000 NBA Finals tracts that we had made as well as several thousand other tracts that we had brought.
During the two nights we preached the Gospel in the open air. We handed out tracts. We shared the Gospel with people one on one. We prayed for people.
A couple of things that really stuck out. Twelve year old, David, preaching in the
David Preaching!
open air. Wow! What a bold young man of God to proclaim life in Jesus christ. So enccouraging. Then there was the woman who listened to open air preaching fort nearly two straight hours and then asked for prayer to overcome addictions and walk with Christ.
On the night of the first outreach I had left my backpack with tracts near
Witnessing to Orin
where we were preaching. I was across the street handing out tracts. I ran out of tracts and went back to get more. Or so I thought. When I got there a large black man was right in Tom’s face as he was preaching. He asked him to talk to me until he was done preaching. What started as a lot of anger ended up with us praying for him and Orin saying he planned to go home and get right with God.
On the second night, in the midst of thousands of people I had this one on one conversation with two boys.
I am extremely thankful for all the fellow brothers and sisters in the lord who joined us. Adam came from Oklahoma City. We had several people join us who had never been out handing out tracts before. We had a couple of people we had not seen in awhile. We had a new person that we had just met. Very encouraging.
More pictures from the outreaches are available for Game 4 and Game 5. Be sure to check Ellen’s YouTube channel for more videos.
