Evangelism was the topic at the Institute this week and we had the opportunity to get to go out into the community of Branson and share the Gospel with people. I ended up landing at Panera and sitting down to wait for some people that I might share with.
The first person I got to talk to was a girl named Tiffany. She had just moved here from New York and did not have many friends. I asked her about God and her views on who God was. She seemed to have a pretty God knowledge of who God was and I found out soon there after that she was a believer. We then discussed some of the tough things that she was dealing with on her transition from New York to Branson. I was then able to pray for her and invite her to attend Church this week at First Baptist.
The next person that I was able to get to talk to was a girl named Donna. She was very quiet but we had a great conversation. I found out that she had been living in Branson for several years. She was Catholic and has many beliefs that differed from mine. We ended up landing on Jesus and talking about Him for awhile. I could tell she wasn't very grounded in what she believed and I was able to hopefully speak some truth about what Jesus has meant to me in my life and what the Bible says about Him. It ended up being a great conversation and I got to pray for her.
I then struck up a conversation with another man who i began to chat with but then He quickly decided to leave as soon as I brought up the issue of God. 

This was a great experience for me and I was able to learn a ton about myself and other people as I shared. The biggest take away I had from this was the fact that I do not need to be nervous about sharing the Gospel because the Gospel will do the work itself. "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile" (Romans 1:16) This verse brings joy and satisfaction to me because I can rest in the power of God and know that He will do the work.