Oktemberfest Outreach 2017

We had a good group come together for our annual gospel outreach at the 2017 Oktemberfest celebration here in Marshalltown, Iowa. We gathered at our home on Friday, planning to head downtown around 6 PM. Mary had everything ready, including tracts for the team to take with them.

I took my light-up "JESUS SAVES" witnessing cross and a backpack full of tracts & some Bibles, and took my usual spot on the northwest corner of the Courthouse square, on the corner of Main Street and Center Street. I had several good gospel conversations, passed out a lot of tracts, and got thoroughly smoked out by the Bubba's Barbecue stand (the wind and his smoker were just right that night, and I was downstream of the smoke most of the night).

We headed back to our house around 9:15, and Mary had a great meal ready for us. We all sat around and ate, and shared about our experiences downtown. For some of the younger folks, this was their first time going out and sharing gospel tracts and talking to complete strangers about Jesus Christ. It's a joy to be part of their stepping out in boldness to reach the lost in our community. I pray that other Christians were encouraged to get out of their comfort zones and reach out to those around them as well, and we pray for everyone that took a tract, or that we spoke with, would seriously think about the gospel message and their eternal destiny, and we hope they reach out by faith to Jesus Christ and are saved.