Evangelism (week 3)

My name is Brady and I am on staff for this DTS here in Pescara. I come (with my wife, Kaylyn) from Washington State in the USA. I did my DTS in Kona Hawaii in 2005. Throughout my DTS God spoke great things into my life and introduced me to great friends (two of which are here in Pescara. Beto and Raquel. Raquel is our school leader). I developed a heart for the nations and people of all nationalities during my time in Kona, as God gave me a vision of a map with the political boundaries raising up like walls between each nation. These walls prevented people from different nations from interacting and showing each other God's love. God then dismantled the walls and I saw how he sees people. God sees all people as his children, rather than English or Brasilian or American or Mozambican! Through this vision God taught me that a person's nationality is important to him, but not as important as the realization that all people are children of God!

Through staffing this school, I hope to see God strengthen my marriage and inplant within my wife and I a vision for future ministry.

This week our teacher was Enza, from a church in Bari, Italy. She taught on Evangelism and gave our team many practical ways to show Jesus to people we will meet during our outreach times. Enza focussed mainly on childrens ministry and evangelism, teaching us how to create balloon animals, prepare dramas and interact in a dynamic way with children. Enza passed on to us, a passion and understanding of how important childrens ministry is, as the children of today are the church of tomorrow.

Over the weekend, we had a chance to visit a church to assist them with their Sunday worship service. Our team prepared Sunday School, adult teaching, music, a video and one of our students preached a very well prepared message on hearing God's voice. This was a great experience for our group and shows us as staff that we have a great and gifted team for ministry!

Next week we are learning about the Father Heart of God from Mike Oman. Mike is a man of great faith and great stories. Stay tuned for the next entry to hear more about Mike's teaching!