Day Two of school...

   Today, we started with worship led by Pastor Joel Brown from the Mars Hill Band "Red Letter", which was very powerful. Then we had class and heard two really powerful testimonies from two people who just became believers this year. Half of our day was spent on the streets of Seattle talking to people on the street, asking them these questions, in an order to see the needs of the community we were in:

What would you die for?
What does community look like and where do you find it?
Do you go to church? Why/why not?
Do you live downtown? Why/why not?
Do you plan on living here in the next 3 years?

   The answers were very interesting and gave us an idea of what kinds of idols people worship, and what barriers there are to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and how we can bridge those gaps and break down the barriers and reach people for Christ. It was a very powerful day all around, and I ended the day having dinner with my roommate David, and then we walked to the beach to get some pictures of the sunset, and then proceeded to get lost in the dark walking through the neighborhood hills trying to find our way back home. But God is faithful and He provided us a ride home, after we walked for over an hour, finding dead end after dead end. Here's some pics from the day. I will comment on them as I post them.

   One side note about Seattle. There was an FBI report done that stated that Seattle has the highest rate of human trafficking in the US, because we have the seaports, the Canadian borders, and bus/plane/train terminals. It stated that people will wait at the stations for young girls alone with backpacks getting off of buses, trains, etc, and take them and sell them. Very satanic and awful. So what has Mars Hill done about it? There are women's ministries, where the women go into strip clubs and where prostitutes are and talk to the women and share the gospel with them and pull them out of the bondage they're in. So please pray for this ministry as it can be very dangerous for all involved. I can't tell you what a blessing it is to see people living out their faith and doing things to further the Gospel and reaching out and making a difference in this city for Jesus Christ.  

...me getting ready to hit the streets for Jesus!

...one thing about Seattle you should know. They value their dogs more than children in the city. This looked like a kid jail in a park, where the dogs can run free. There are more "doggie daycares" than regular daycares. The city of Seattle is closing schools because there are not enough kids. The outlying suburbs have kids, but the metropolitan downtown areas have nearly NO children. The liberals that don't believe in procreating with all soon die off, with no offspring left to follow them. Very sad. This is what I am up here against...

  ...me and a statue of Jimi Hendrix...

...the local church with the rainbow banner...

...the sidewalk on Capitol Hill has sections where
you can learn different dance steps, this one is called:

..."OBEEBO", never heard of it...

...the Downtown Campus...

...and the sunset off Puget Sound, beautiful isn't it? ...more tomorrow!!