Warm Up Hearing About What Jesus Did at the Beach!

I still can not get over that God really does send people who will stop and listen to what we have to say. What an honor!

This is Tendai and Collins, two thoughtful young men from Zimbabwe who I talked to at the Beach. Tendai had somewhat of a religious background, because he knew about Jesus and the cross, but did not know how everything fit together. When I brought them through "The Good Person Test," both Tendai and Collins admitted freely that they're sinners who will stand before God, and they wanted to know what to do about that. What a JOY to share the Great News of grace because of what Jesus has done. Salvation through repentance and faith - I never get tired of that!

This is Tom, and Chris did a great job talking with him. Tom admitted to having a lot of strange lucid thoughts recently. You never know who you'll run into at the beach.

Isn't it GREAT that the Town of Hampton wants people to come out to hear the gospel so much that they put on free concerts like this just to attract people to come to the beach and meet up with my team??? :)

I can't thank God enough for the volunteers who come out and join the team. This is Lucas (in the chair with the broken foot). It was his first time out with us, but he did awesome! Hannah, (on the right), was very open and chatted with Lucas for quite some time. I thought it was funny that her friend had a t-shirt with a cemetery on it because that fit in perfectly with our florescent painting, to get people to think about what happens after death.

These sandcastles were like GOLD for evangelism!!! If anyone asked for evidence for God, I pointed to the sandcastles and asked if they thought there was ANY way those were formed by a wind storm? Everyone said, "No way. Someone made those." And then I'd say, "Compared to you, that sand castle is just a pile of dirt. We don't deny God for lack of evidence, but because we don't like someone telling us how to live." And that's when the conversation gets really good because you have their conscience bearing witness to the Law of God. Thank God for sand castles!!!

Was this a 'Pro-Life' sand castle? I contacted the Sculptor, and it turns out he was awaiting the birth of his first child, and that's why he sculpted that. Amazing!

A double rainbow on our drive to the beach one night. A reminder of God and His faithful promises!!!

Evangelism is so easy on the beach. It's very very common for groups like this one to stop and try to guess a series of riddles that are painted on the paint board. The answers to the riddles naturally lead to a back-and-forth gospel discussion, like the one Chris is having with this group. The tall young man on the right is Stephan, and he came back later in the evening for a very fruitful discussion about salvation, Jesus, the Bible, and other religions. Praise God!

Yay for OAC Staff Wives! This is Bonnie, Chris' wife, and she was out there talking with people and did a super job!

This is Tim, and he is a Jehovah's Witness, a dangerous cult that teaches that Jesus isn't God, but is an angel. He talked so fast to try to convince me. When he slowed down for a second, I asked him to look up some Scriptures in the Old Testament that teach that Jehovah alone is Savior, and Jehovah alone is Creator, and Jehovah alone knows the hearts of men. You can see him looking up the verse on his cell phone. When I pointed out that the Bible teaches that Jesus is Savior, Jesus is Creator, and Jesus knows the hearts of men, he told me that I'm not open to truth and rushed off. Still, he heard a little truth and I pray that the Holy Spirit will use that to rescue him from the cult he's in and bring him to the real Biblical Jesus. For more info on Jehovah's Witnesses, please go to: http://luke-15.org/resources/#WBTS

Chris sharing the greatest news they'll ever hear.

We do not just open-air preach. We get into a LOT of conversations. This is one reason why our volunteers are so critical. With enough volunteers, there are plenty of conversations to get into!

This is Bob, one of our volunteers. He has a great way of interacting with people, like this family.

Teens often comb the beach in packs, but they are some of the most open and tender-hearted people you will meet. I love it when I get to chat with groups of teens!

This is so cool. We use a small computer battery to power our blacklight for evening evangelism. One night, we realized we didn't have the cord that goes from the computer battery to the light. And it was getting dark fast! Praise God that one of us had a small all-in-one tool that had a pliers on it. We actually pulled the battery from one of our cars and dragged that heavy duty battery over and clamped it to the blacklight. And just like that we were in business!

It worked! On the bottom of the photo you can see the car battery connected to my blacklight. Not elegant, but it worked! :)

Here is a BIG CHANGE: When I started on the beach about 6 years ago, the Staff would try to get us kicked out. All these years later and now they are stopping to hear the message. Praise God!!!

This is Chloe, daughter of Chris and Bonnie, and even at her young age, she is not afraid to talk to people about Jesus!

People gathering around to hear the most important news they'll ever hear. Please pray that God waters the many gospel seeds planted at the beach this summer.

This photo is sad because it was on our final night of Beach Evangelism. I love conversations like these. And it happens a lot at the beach. But the weather changes in New Hampshire, so where we go to encounter people changes too. I look forward to Beach Evangelism in 2018!!!