Anne's Report

Hi
Well Saturday night came and the regular crew (Jason, Luke, Mark, and myself), headed down to Deep Ellum. Frankly, it was a very frustrating night. The devil was definitely working hard against us, not only on the people down there but on myself. It seemed like everyone we talked to was very closed off and unresponsive. Jason and I teamed up and we talked to several people one of whom was named Rene. Jason stopped to talk to her and she asked that we not talk to her because she had had a bad experience with someone that night who tried to talk to her about the Gospel and they were very abrasive, hard, and unkind. It reminds me that the Word of God is like a double-edged sword but that we should speak the Truth in love. I don't know the people who talked to her and whether they were truly abrasive or she was just convicted by the Holy Spirit. Either way it was a good reminder that we represent the Gospel and how we come across to people leaves them with an impression of how Jesus is. That doesn't mean we can be afraid of hurting people's feelings or sugar coating the Truth but that we should speak the Truth in love.
Shalom