Antioch Belton On Mission Blog

We spent the last two days in and around St. Giles on High Street, downtown. We were planning on performing our drama on Saturday but because a brass band had a permit that day, we delayed the drama and instead, did some treasure hunting. Many of our team members had some significant encounters. Shelley talked to a lady from China whose husband cooks at a local Chinese restaurant. She was very receptive and agreed to meet at St. Giles with Shelley again on Sunday. She was very lonely and hungry for community. Brittany and Heath have been meeting with a girl who accepted the Lord on Saturday! They are continuing to communicate with her to get her plugged in to the local church here.

On Sunday we performed the drama. Although there weren’t as many people out on Sunday as there was on Saturday, we still saw a lot of fruit. Shelley met with the lady from China and the girl was very receptive. After going through the tract she said that she had previously prayed a prayer of salvation but didn’t understand how to be a Christian or to communicate with God. We plugged her in with Susie and another young lady from the church who will pursue her and take her throught the discipleship lessons. The team did some treasure hunts (even took some church members with them!) We opened air preached, which is unheard of here. Doors were opened. The pastor from the church here was able to talk with a guy for the Czech Republic who was very open. Norman will be meeting with him again.

We are having a blast. Tomorrow we start repacking to go back home and leave on Tuesday.

Our team spent the day treasure hunting in Elgin! Another beautiful day – we’re so thankful for the nice weather and sunshine. After our team time and a time of intercession for the city, we broke up into small groups, got lunch and went treasure hunting. We all had good conversations with people. We have found that many are willing to talk to us about spiritual things even though we’ve been told that Scottish people are generally closed. We have had such favor! Brittany & Heath were able to talk to a girl who was very open to their message, and wanted to meet with them later. They were able to meet with her again and will see her again today. Please pray for this precious girl! We are beginning to be recognized in the city, as some are coming up to us and asking if we have found any more people from our treasure hunt list! We will do an outreach in the square this weekend – please pray that many hearts will be open to the gospel!

We have had such great weather here! The sun was shining all day with the high in the 70s. We’re so glad because it means there are lots of people outside to talk to! After our team time and practicing our skit, most of the team went to visit a class at a local high school. Each person was able to share their testimony and answer questions from the class. Many of the kids were wondering what kind of snakes and bugs we have in Texas! We ate fish and chips that were really yummy and then went treasure hunting at Cooper Park – a great park in the middle of town with a pond, playground, skate park and cathedral! We talked and prayed with several people in the park and also invited some to our outreach in the city square on Saturday. Please pray that we will continue to find people who are open to us and the gospel! We had a traditional Scottish dinner with our friends the Mings – ask Dillon & Heath about Cullin Skink! Several of the team members went out again after dinner to talk to people on High Street. Thanks for praying for us and sending us! Jesus is worthy!

Our first full day in Elgin was long! In fact, June 21st is the longest day of the year – with the sun setting around 11pm! After our team time in the morning, lunch at Subway and an orientation time, we had a great time going treasure hunting on High Street. We had a couple of good conversations with some of the youth that hang out in the square and prayed with some young girls. Later in the evening, we had a meet & greet time with people from the local church and a sweet time of praying for one another. Then three of the guys went back on High Street and shared the gospel with a young girl who was very hungry, receptive and desperate for the love of Jesus! Please pray for Kelly as some of our team are meeting with her today – please pray that the enemy will not steal seed that has been sown and that she will have a revelation of God’s deep love for her! Everyone on the team is doing really well and we have all just about adjusted to the time change and the never-ending daylight!

Greetings from beautiful Elgin, Scotland! We are all a wee bit weary, but everyone is well! We truly experienced the favor of the Lord as we traveled. Joshua had the opportunity to share the Gospel on the plane, and we had absolutely no problems getting through customs and immigration at Heathrow Airport in London, and we were all able to stay together during the whole time. The scenary here is absolutely gorgeous and, to top it off, the weather is perfect with highs in the 50′s and lows in the 40′s. Gotta love Summer in Northeastern Scotland! We are ready to hit the ground running. Thanks to everyone who prayed and gave to make this trip possible!