What do you get when you mix together a group of missionaries that are bored and broke, and a free Saturday night? The answer: an awesome opportunity for God to work.
About a month ago a bunch of us were trying to figure out what to do on a Saturday night when none of us had money. Someone came up with the idea of going to the main plaza with a guitar and trying to make enough money to buy ice cream. We all thought that was a pretty good idea so Alex, one of the 40/40s, grabbed his guitar and Gary, another 40/40 grabbed his Cajon.
A cajon is a type of drum.And we headed out to the plaza. When we got to the plaza we didn't really have a plan. We were just going to do random stuff with a guitar case open in front with a sign saying "Donate Here". As we began to try to figure out stuff to do we were told be a police officer that we weren't allowed to do it there but if we move to a different spot farther up the road we could do it there. Ok, that seemed far enough so we moved. When we got to the other spot, another police officer told us that we couldn't do it there but if we moved farther up the road we could do it there. At this point I was begining to think that these police officers just wanted to get us out of their areas. But we moved again. At the third spot, Gary talked to a couple of police officers trying to get permission to stay there and sing. After a while a crowd started to gather around wondering what was going on. While Gary was still trying to convince the police to let us do it there, we got the crowd to start chanting "Let them sing". Once we won the crowd, we quickly won over the police.
To start with we were just being random. Gary and Alex were playing while different people were dancing. Once we ran out of random stuff to do everyone started singing random songs. The thing is that the only songs all of us know are worship songs, so this random night was quickly turning into an evangilism opportunity. Sammy, one of the Peruvian 40/40s, took over the guitar and Gary continued on the cajon while the rest of us sang. The whole time we had a good size crowd so when we ran out of songs to sing, Gary went to one half of the crowd and Nelson, another Peruvian 40/40, went to the other half. They talked about why we were here, what Extreme Nazarene is, and about the love of God. When they were done talking we took people's names, addresses, and phone numbers, so we could visit them.
In all of this three things came about. One, we had a blast just hanging out and goofing off together. Two, people heard the Gospel and were receptive to us visiting them. And three, we still made enough money for ice cream for everyone. It is awesome to look at what God can use to do His work. He used a bunch of bored missionaries on a saterday night. He can use you too, you just have to be willing.
