Gypsy Repentance
I (Mike) made it back out tonight to Toppers with some guys from the Journey. It was encouraging to spend time together in prayer before going out on the streets to read the Word and share the Gospel with people. God is beginning to visibly move. The dam is cracking and water is starting to spout through tiny holes. Soon it will all come down.
Tonight was different. Something happened that we've not seen before. As Jonathan was talking to some particularly rowdy guys, one of them really began to engage him and listen. But this isn't about that guy. The older man standing behind him was listening intently to what Jonathan had to say. After a few minutes, the younger abandoned the conversation to return to the pleasures of sin, apathetic to the condition of his soul. But the older man stayed, gazing at Jonathan. He approached and spoke to him.
"I am convicted by the Holy Spirit."
Those were his words. And he meant it, too. He said that he knew that he could not go back into the strip club. And he didn't. He and Jonathan disappeared around the corner to go get food and talk – anything to distract him from being tempted to return to his friends inside. Over dinner, Jonathan discovered that Moondog is a gypsy who currently resides outside of Atlanta. Moondog called his family on his cell phone and made Jonathan talk to them about the Gospel and Jesus. It was amazing! 20 months of doing this and we've not seen that kind of Godly repentance in anyone. When they returned, Moondog would not stop thanking us and offering to buy us food and water. He was so grateful. Even when his friends begged and pleaded with him to return inside, he did not, but sent others in to fetch them out when the taxi finally came.
Pray for Moondog. Pray that God will continue this work in his heart. He is a natural leader and some of the other men who were with him who also were gypsies respected him and looked up to him very much. Pray that God will sanctify his heart and use him to reach the Romanian gypsies that he lives among as they nomadically migrate around the county looking for work.
Man, it was good to see God working so clearly tonight. Keep praying for Athens. The dam is about to break.
Tonight was different. Something happened that we've not seen before. As Jonathan was talking to some particularly rowdy guys, one of them really began to engage him and listen. But this isn't about that guy. The older man standing behind him was listening intently to what Jonathan had to say. After a few minutes, the younger abandoned the conversation to return to the pleasures of sin, apathetic to the condition of his soul. But the older man stayed, gazing at Jonathan. He approached and spoke to him.
"I am convicted by the Holy Spirit."
Those were his words. And he meant it, too. He said that he knew that he could not go back into the strip club. And he didn't. He and Jonathan disappeared around the corner to go get food and talk – anything to distract him from being tempted to return to his friends inside. Over dinner, Jonathan discovered that Moondog is a gypsy who currently resides outside of Atlanta. Moondog called his family on his cell phone and made Jonathan talk to them about the Gospel and Jesus. It was amazing! 20 months of doing this and we've not seen that kind of Godly repentance in anyone. When they returned, Moondog would not stop thanking us and offering to buy us food and water. He was so grateful. Even when his friends begged and pleaded with him to return inside, he did not, but sent others in to fetch them out when the taxi finally came.
Pray for Moondog. Pray that God will continue this work in his heart. He is a natural leader and some of the other men who were with him who also were gypsies respected him and looked up to him very much. Pray that God will sanctify his heart and use him to reach the Romanian gypsies that he lives among as they nomadically migrate around the county looking for work.
Man, it was good to see God working so clearly tonight. Keep praying for Athens. The dam is about to break.
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