As you know, there is a volunteer team here in Poznan for the week. Today, I was teamed up with 2 students, Hilary and Shaphan (Shay-fen). Our purpose was to walk around our selected area of the city and strike up conversations with Poles in hopes of sharing the Gospel. I was a little nervous about this strategy, thinking that Polish people would surely not be interested in talking with us. But, I headed out with a good attitude knowing that God can do anything with us and through us.
We decided that we would start going in small stores and begin conversations with the store owners or employees by asking them to tell us their favorite place in Poznan that tourists must visit. I would explain that my friends were from the states and were here for only a week and wanted a Polish person's opinion on where to go and what to see. We figured that we would allow them to share about something of importance to them and have that sense of pride in their country.
And it worked! Just like we thought. As soon as we asked them to tell us what is their favorite place in Poznan and where we have to go, their eyes lit up as they began to talk about their city.
I won't go into detail about all of our encounters today but I will say that we were able to talk to about 10 or 12 people in various stores and almost all of them were thrilled to answer our questions and were given a tract before we left. I think they really got a kick out of us Americans here in their country wanting their opinion.
I must admit that I am not necessarily a person who will just strike up a conversation with complete strangers, especially in Polish. But I did and I was so surprised to find that I was able to share with ease and felt extremely comfortable. The power and peace of God, I believe, filled my heart today and gave me the ability to plant the seeds of the Gospel.
We will be in that neighborhood all week and are hoping to get to talk to some of those folks again and follow up. I am anticipating how God will use us to touch the lives of those around us.
On Michael's blog there will be an audio file and slide show of one of my encounters today. I won't share here so you will have to go on there and listen for yourselves!
Thank you all for praying for us this week!
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2 comments:
Vicki,
That would definitely put me out of my comfort zone. Hey, based on your adoption news today, we need to talk. I have questions. Do you have a regular e-mail?
Could you have Michael send it to Mark.
Thanks
Nancy White
Wow, Vicki- I'm really encouraged by this group! Thank you for blogging about it. I must admit that I too thought this kind of evangelism wouldn't work in Poland. It's great to read that God is using you guys all over town! My prayers are with you all!!
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