DaVinci Code Outreach

So yesterday we went out to movie theatres with a survey to exit poll people who watched the DaVinci Code, have them take a survey, and give them more information on the truth about the DaVinci Code, directing them to the site www.discussdavinci.com. The hope is that through this, people will go to the website, seek to find out more about who Jesus said he was and what the Bible says, and then be able to present these people with the Gospel.

We started at around 2:30 and stayed out until 5:00 standing in the cold and rain (let no one say we are not determined) passing out surveys, magazines, and little business cards with the website. In terms of prayer, if you all could pray for the people that took the magazines and the cards to read and really think about the TRUE message of what Jesus proclaimed.

Also, we managed to get the contact information for about 30-35 people, and we plan on following up on that information, so if you could pray that the people would be receptive and desire to meet up with us to find out more about what Jesus claims about being the only way to God.

Thank you for praying for me as I stay here in Montreal, and I hope that God continues to bless you all as well.

End of Week One

Week One of Montreal Project is over and God has been good and faithful as he always is.

The highest priority of this week was to find a job, and God actually provided me with two! On Monday, I called a personnel agency (i.e. temp agency) and I was able to get a job right away. Unfortunately, the manual labour started to kill my knee and chest, so I started looking for another job, and just last Friday, God provided me with ANOTHER job. It was absolutely amazing and it's something I'll definately think back to and remind myself of when I begin to doubt God's ability to provide. Thank you all for praying for me in this regard. The Spirit is moving all the more powerfully because of your prayers.

As we move into the second week of Montreal Project, we begin some new training and more evangelism, pray that hearts would be open wherever we go to hear the Gospel and pray that the seed that we sow would land on fertile soil to really multiply a hundredfold. What's the point of praying if we don't pray big right? I have faith that God will move powerfully through our time here this summer to sow the seeds for some major revival here in Montreal and throughout Quebec.

I want to thank you all for your support and encourage you that God will bless your faithfulness. Thank you for serving alongside me by your bedsides and on your knees, for without your prayers and support, there is no power in what we do.

May God bless you and continually remind you that he is there for you.

Background and initial prayer requests

It recently occurred to me that the best way to get out my information to as many people as possible with prayer requests and what's happening would be to make a blog out of it. So here we are.

As you all know, (and for those of you that don't know) I am currently in Montreal serving with Campus Crusade for Christ on a summer project. Here I will be training in evangelism methods (in English and in French) as well as getting leadership training so that when I come back home I will be better equipped to help grow the Campus Crusade for Christ movement back at my home campuses as well as better equipped to serve in my church as well.

To that extent, we will be receiving theoretical (in the form of training nights and workshops and talks and such) as well as practical (in the form of evangelistic outreaches on campuses and personal initative evangelism in the workplace) training on evangelism and discipling.

So far, God has been good to provide me with a job to cover the expenses of the groceries and getting started, but it's a graveyard shift job with some seriously heavy manual labour (somethign I'm not entirely used to) so I'm still looking for a job during the day. That would be my first prayer request, because if I'm worrying about finances, it'll be difficult to concentrate on the true reason that I'm here in Montreal; that is to spread and share the Gospel with Quebeccers in Montreal.

We've also made contact with the students here in the residence that I'm staying in (Solin Hall, a McGill offcampus residence) and hope to build relationships with the students and share the Gospel with them as well. So please pray for that.

Our team is 14 strong, so pray that God would give us wisdom, courage, and strength as we fight to retake Quebec as a stronghold of the Lord. Quebec is strategically placed in Canada to really reach the Francophone world in Africa and Europe, as there are many international students from French-speaking countries such as Cameroon, Gaybon, Senegal, Morocco, and Tunisia (just to name a few). If we can reach these students with the Gospel, they can return home as a witness to their own people in these nations, some of which are actually extremely closed to the Gospel.

That's all I have so far, but I will keep you all updated as time goes by. Thank you for praying for me and supporting me, and I hope that God blesses you in return.