Coming into the race there was one aspect that I was not looking forward to. I did not want to go up to complete strangers and talk to them about God.
We have done so much evangelism the past 2 months it is crazy. As time has gone on I have gotten more used to approaching people, but I haven’t always been. For the past month my team has told me that I have the gift of evangelism. That I am able to approach people and talk to them about how amazing God is. I honestly doubted it. I could not see how I could ever be good at evangelism.
Eventually i realized if I got past the fear how amazing it could be. Sure there are going to be people who don’t want to talk to you or don’t agree with you but there are people who are willing to listen.
While in Memphis Tennessee we went to a mall to do evangelism. I was having a hard day and asked my squad leader if I could sit down at the food court and read my bible. She said that would be fine. About an hour later a security guard came over and asked me what I was reading. I was terrified that someone in the mall was complaining that I was reading my bible. To me it’s never a good thing when a security guard comes up to you.
Luckily that was not the case. After telling him I was reading my bible he proceeded by asking me what I would say to a non believer. I was so nervous that I am sure what I said didnt make sense. Luckily for me he was a believer. He shared with me that he likes going up to people praying and asking that question just to see what they will say.
That day in the mall I realized how much of an impact I can have by talking to people about God. I have opened up so much more after that day.
