hurricane of love from pittsburg
They came for the Go Forth Mission Conference 08, about thirty of them. Most were young ones. Some were on staff at Ywam Pittsburg, others were with the programs they had there. They came on a shoestring budget but not when it came to love and boldness. They hit the streets from Aljunied to Esplanade to the Merlion, like a short and intense hurricane, showing skits in the streets, singing in the open air, without police license (they were Americans!), and it attracted small crowds, and after the show and talk(interpreted into Mandarin), they mingled and interacted with whoever was around or wanted to talk. One of their leaders said, “Its like you don’t have to go all over the world; the nations are already here: Thais, Myanmese, Chinese nationals, Sri Lankans, Indians, Filipinos, Vietnamese….” The two Sundays they were around they brought some Myanmese, Chinese nationals whom they shared the gospel with, as guests to our services.
On Sunday, the Pittsburg group did those classic mimes of Ywam in the main and youth services and the youth pastor was so impressed with their evangelistic fervor and outreach that she organized an ad hoc training for the youths.
Later a big group went to the Philippines for a mission while others stayed on and later went across the Causeway. They left us a names list which we then invited to the Alpha Course about to be run in the church.
How were we hooked up with these Pittsburg folks? Well we support a missionary family based there that has close links with them. This family is a remarkable story in itself, but because their work is sensitive, no talk, lah.
We have been blessed by Spirit wind and fire.
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