Evangelism; The Forks

So, previously for evangelism we've gone to St. Vital mall. This has been really successful the past few times, and has given us a lot of boldness and encouragement. This time around, it was time for a big change. A new step of faith; we headed into the heart of downtown Winnipeg on a Friday night, to the Forks. The thing about the Forks is that it's so diverse; people from every sort of background come and go as they please, and the spiritual atmosphere is... well... heavy. There's a store that has voodoo stuff and fortune telling stuff and whatnot.... Just to give you an idea.

Anyway, this entire week I've just been stoked. I knew that God was going to have us move differently in this setting, because the 'culture' wasn't nearly the same as the mall. Before heading to the Forks, I headed over to the Peters' house (as usual) to prepare with my good friend Cassia. As we prayed, we received a few visions. Mine (in a nutshell), was about us (as a community), being in a season of sowing seeds... not necessarily seeing a reaping of harvest, but boldly proclaiming truth and allowing God to build the foundation slowly.... Cassia's was sweet;

She saw a person standing on a bench saying "Everyone, listen, listen to what I need to say" and then the enemy grabbing them by the mouth and dragging them into a bush, beating them and saying "You shall keep silent, you will not speak" But the person got right back up on that bench and said the same thing... the enemy intervened again and did the same thing. The person laughed at the enemy as they Lord's voice thundered "Will you stand once more?" Annnyyyway, you'll see how this connects a little later... here goes with the start of the night!

We all met in front of the Johnston terminal and set off on our 30 minute prayer walk around the grounds. When we reconvened in the same spot, we started to talk a little about the night, and the groups and whatnot, when we heard off to our left; a man yelling, "HEY EVERYONE! IN A FEW MINUTES THERE WILL BE A BORDER COLLIE SHOW! COME WATCH!" All of a sudden it clicked in my head, "That's how we do it!!! We just yell and get everyone's attention"... I started to joke around (everyone knew I was serious about the fact that we legit needed to do this), "HEY EVERYONE! COME AND SEE SIGNS AND WONDERS! ARE YOU SICK, LET GOD HEAL YOU! COME SEE THE WONDERS OF GOD!" Seriously though... it didn't happen tonight, but it will! The Lord will anoint us! But, we then got the idea of hey! Why not worship God in public...that'll draw a crowd and we can prophecy, pray and preach in the midst!

So, we split off into groups; Shaun, Steph, Cassia ; Rebecca, Paige, me, Jehu. My group prayed for each other before starting and right off the hop, Paige knew that we had to talk to this one guy, so, off she went with Jehu. They shook his hand and begun... they were with them for quite a while; their story - They attempted to pray for him...he said no, I dont' believe in that. Jehu and the guy got into a 'debate' about his spiritual beliefs. He was agnostic, didn't believe God existed, but couldn't explain the phenomenon that is Earth... Jehu hit a dead end, the guy was basically at the point of 'yeah I hear you, but I'm still not going to believe you' when Paige jumped in and said, "no, you don't understand... I know God." This shifted things... they ended up getting the opportunity to pray for the guy (he was open and willing) and got him interested in searching out the things of God. How amazing!!?? Anyway, right after that, we got a call from Shaun telling us to meet them somewhere...and he had his guitar! Perfect! We whipped out some tunes and began worshiping and praying to the Lord. It was fantastic.

We were right on the path that people had to walk on to get by... and the Lord told me that we were creating a 'bermuda triangle', so I went directly across the path to create a triangle type of shape... and it was working... I could feel the shift in the spirit! A little while passed, and a man walked by... he was curious, but he didnt' want to come right in and join... he stayed off to the side, kind of tucked in behind a tree... he was there for a solid 20 minutes at least. Oh how the Lord was touching him, without any of us approaching him.  Shortly after, we began to sing a chorus "Bring salvations" (something like that) all I could sing was "Let them come" over and over and over again...the people started to come... I'm not saying they stopped ... but they were impacted. You could see it on there face as they walked through the crowd of people (us). You don't need to talk to people... worship invites the Holy Spirit who does all the work anyway!! So wonderful!! Thank you Lord!! We did end up getting the opportunity to pray for a couple of people, which is wonderful! I don't know how those prayers went... the people who did it weren't at the debrief unfortunately, but it was great that they showed up!

Annnd I do need to tell you an important piece!! Remember that vision at the beginning? Our dear Cassia stood up on the bench and began to proclaim the gospel to the air!!! Hallelujah, praise the Lamb. She was declaring truth to the heavens, shifting the atmosphere. A few people walked by as she was street preaching, but she was just given'er! It was fantastic... a little while later, Jehu gave it a go too!!! Oh, how we are growing. Oh, how we are impacting Winnipeg. Oh, how the Lord is pleased with us!!

Bless us Lord. Bless those stepping out in faith and doing this in their cities as well. God, anoint your messengers!