River Festival Final Report

First of all, thank you so much for your prayers!  The Lord gave many opportunities to share with people at Wichita's River Festival through tracts and one-2-one conversations.

Throughout last week, aside from Thursday evening when events were stopped due to severe thunderstorms, there were many people in the streets of downtown Wichita for concerts and other events.  Several hundred tracts were distributed and 14 people let me take them through God's Law (the Ten Commandments) and the gospel.  Yea!!!  Lots of seeds were planted and lots of people have a very important decision to make now.

It was encouraging to see folks from a couple of other good, Bible-teaching churches out on the streets during the festival.  They were also distributing tracts and leading people through the gospel.  May the Lord unify us and send us all out together to make an impact for Him.

Looking forward, there are no other huge opportunities on the horizon.  A few car shows are scheduled where we may be able to pass out lots of tracts, but it's difficult to get people's attention off the cars long enough to talk.  So a couple of brothers from Calvary Chapel Wichita and I are planning to continue evangelism in Old Town, parks, wherever the Lord leads.

Thank you for reading!  God bless you as you step out of your comfort zone in faith.  Remember, Peter could not walk on water until he stepped out of the boat.
   

Another quick note about River Festival so far...

Well, my vision for what would happen at River Festival's first Saturday did not materialize.  That's good!  Instead of the youth distributing bottled water along with tracts, four youth from Calvary Chapel Wichita joined us in walking around to distribute tracts for a couple of hours in the morning.  They jumped in eagerly and passed out around 100-150 tracts combined.  When questions arose they turned to me or one of the other adults for advice about what to say.  We adults watched from a distance and passed out a few tracts, too.

Yesterday evening, after the lull during the middle of our 100 degree day, I went back downtown to the festival and fished for one-2-one conversations.  After an hour or so, the Lord let me have a very friendly, relaxed conversation with a couple of skateboarders and their four friends.  They were really nice kids and a couple of them had a good understanding of the gospel.  I simply tried to reinforce their understanding and thanked them for the conversation.  It was an encouraging time.

If the Lord tarries, I hope to have more reports about the River Festival soon!  Thank you for your prayers!