Plow and Sow
We have begun to study the seasons of the harvest.
Yesterday (sunday) was Plowing.
Plowing is basically preparing the field, making better the soil, Pr-Walking basically. Pr-walking is pr-ing on site with insight. That's all I did yesterday. I pr-ed my Outreach Target Area (OTA) for several hours. All it is is constant diologue with G. My OTA for the week is the University. The park area is huge and there are so many people there. Plowing this field is like trying to plow a parking lot. Give me a jackhammer.
Today was Sowing.
Planting the seed. Sowing the word. At my OTA I found it difficult to find boldness and to approach people. I think it would be less difficult if my mindset was "Let's be friends" rather than "Let me convert you". Pr for me and that. However, the boys in my group, SB and TP met two guys B and PS, whom they were kicking a soccer ball with. These dudes were pretty cool. We went to a beer garden with them and we had a very interesting conversation with them about church in germany and life after death. They basically believe church is boring, and they don't like it because they have to pay a tax to the church which is 10% of their income. And its getting old cause the church in germany is doing now what it has been doing for the last 900 years or whatever they said. And they also don't believe there is any life after death although if they did they say everyone goes to heaven. And they wander, why do we even exist? Just to have fun?
It reminded me of the great need there is here and how so many people here believe that very thing and how hard the soil still is.
And I continue to Plow.
Yesterday (sunday) was Plowing.
Plowing is basically preparing the field, making better the soil, Pr-Walking basically. Pr-walking is pr-ing on site with insight. That's all I did yesterday. I pr-ed my Outreach Target Area (OTA) for several hours. All it is is constant diologue with G. My OTA for the week is the University. The park area is huge and there are so many people there. Plowing this field is like trying to plow a parking lot. Give me a jackhammer.
Today was Sowing.
Planting the seed. Sowing the word. At my OTA I found it difficult to find boldness and to approach people. I think it would be less difficult if my mindset was "Let's be friends" rather than "Let me convert you". Pr for me and that. However, the boys in my group, SB and TP met two guys B and PS, whom they were kicking a soccer ball with. These dudes were pretty cool. We went to a beer garden with them and we had a very interesting conversation with them about church in germany and life after death. They basically believe church is boring, and they don't like it because they have to pay a tax to the church which is 10% of their income. And its getting old cause the church in germany is doing now what it has been doing for the last 900 years or whatever they said. And they also don't believe there is any life after death although if they did they say everyone goes to heaven. And they wander, why do we even exist? Just to have fun?
It reminded me of the great need there is here and how so many people here believe that very thing and how hard the soil still is.
And I continue to Plow.
posted by D at 6:34 PM
2 Comments:
pr _is_ a jackhammer.. just want you to remmeber...
Hey girl! WOW that is interesting about the tax. And also what you wrote helped remind me as well how important it is for us to go there. I'll be at basecamp a week from tomorrow, and leaving on friday! Have a good week and you're in my prayers!
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