We arrived in Hobart on a Wednesday night and the boys were there to pick us up. The first order of business was to meet our host church and acquaint ourselves with the people we would be serving. We had supper with the Hobart CCM Leaders who are ministering at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) sharing our struggles and successes.
When Thursday came along, Hannah and I were pumped up and ready to do some evangelism. That is exactly what we did. The team met up and had breakfast together as we planned our strategy for the day. As we shared a meal, we prayed, read Scripture and even prophesied over each other.
Our target area: Salamanca market and Elizabeth Street Mall (Equivalent to Bourke Street Mall (MEL), Pitt Street Mall (SYD), Queen Street Mall (BNE)).
Our tools: Tracts, Survey Form designed by Cornerstone Gospel Church in Frankston and prayer.
We started our evangelistic endeavours without much success around the Salamanca market area. Refusing to be disheartened, we pressed on in search of people who would be open to listen to the gospel. Eventually we met up with some CCMers at Elizabeth Street Mall and it was there that we began to see some fruit. We met several people who were open to the gospel and interested to come along for a service or a CCM event. A majority of those who were open were from mainland China. There was also a Japanese exchange student and a handful of Aussies.
After that, we followed David Mounster (Evangelism Leader in Hope Hobart) as he went from street to street with a unique but amazing method of evangelism called “toasting”. David would talk to many young people (primarily rebellious teenagers) and asked if they would like to be ‘toasted’. He describes it as a spiritual experience that is better than the highs of drugs, cigarettes or alcohol. If they agreed, David would lay hands on the youth and ask God to reveal himself. Many youth experienced the touch of God in different ways, such as peace, exhilaration or a current running through their bodies. If anyone was injured, David would pray for healing and there have been many testimonies of youth with injuries (arm in a cast for example) receiving miraculous healing.
To Be Continued...
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