Mission to the Americas

I completed the first of two part evangelism series for a church in Panama. 

It was my second workshop in Spanish, and I want to give thanks to God for a growing capacity to teach in Spanish.  While the grammar was not 100% perfect, I was told that I was understandable, and the church gave me great grace.  My family was with me, and we were treated to excellent and warm hospitality.

Part I — focused on our motives for evangelism, (for example: Evangelism Motives) and a brief introduction to the model of Phillip and the Ethiopian. 

As part of the presentation, I explain some of the richness of the Gospel and God’s loving pursuit of us.

What surprised me however, was a visitor walked up to Pastor afterwards and said he was ready to start following Jesus. 

He had been invited by a friend to come and hear the presentation and somehow with my limited Spanish, the Holy Spirit had convicted him of his need to follow Jesus.

My presentation was but one part of this man’s journey to faith, but last night he was as ready as the eunuch was in the Acts passage to start following Jesus. 

All I can say is wow.

The next two Friday’s this April I’ll be conducting workshops on Evangelism at Oleo de Gozo church.

April 18 — the motives for evangelism and the Phillip and the Ethiopian.

Homework — looking for people that God points out.

April 25 — discuss the weeks experiences and coach on how to present the gospel.

The training discussion will look something like this:
http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2007/10/effective-evangelism-training-lab-time

We also talked about launching and forming an evangelism department (something like a committee, but not quite).  We talked about evangelism training groups
http://www.evangelismcoach.org/2007/10/personal-evangelism-coaching

In May, we have received invitations to teach at other conferences in Panama.