Ministry in Soweto

Great story of ministry in Soweto and some of the strange things we encounter here.  Don’t be alarmed it’s just life. 

So, about a week ago Georgia and I began our ministry in Dobsonville.  We were beginning to recruit people to help us with interpreting as we witness and for soccer clubs.  Our team leader asked us to help him out and go speak to a man who has been coming to church.  My plan was to talk to him, share the gospel, see if he was saved, and if he was, then I would talk to him about baptism.

Georgia and I arrived at his home where he and his girlfriend live.  OK, that is how it is here.  It’s strange, but that’s how it is.  We shared the gospel and how to study the Bible and things like that, but never got a clear answer as to if he was saved or not.  The girlfriend in the background kept saying he needs help, etc… and I thought they were going to throw down any minute.  So, we continued talking and I decided to explain baptism anyway just to make sure that they all understood what it was about and that the act of baptism did not actually save you.  We went through all of that and prayed together.  After leaving his home, we were going to set up some final arrangements with schools and he asked if he could come along.  So, we all left together.

On the way to the school, he asked if we could stop buy to see his friends and prove to them that he is going to church, because they didn’t believe him.  We pulled up to this house and noticed it was quite busy.  We followed him to the side yard (kind of an alley) and his friends came out to meet us.  In their hands were some interesting looking cigarettes, that didn’t quite smell like cigarettes either.  One guy stuck his lit “cigarette” in his pocket when he saw me.  That was actually pretty funny.  So, I began to tell them who we were and began to share the gospel with them.  As I was doing so, people kept coming into the shack in the back and left with plastic bags.  So, it seems Georgia and I were sharing the gospel in the middle of multiple drug deals. 

I guess God really can use you anywhere!