June 30 - Monday Messages and Testimonies

I have always thought of my testimony to be somewhat boring because I was raised in a Christian home and church - but WOW what a blessing that is!  So many people have lived lives that were not centered around Christ for so long - I am one of the fortunate ones to have know the love of Christ at an early age! Thank you mom and dad for loving me and showing me who Christ is and teaching me to love Him - I am so blessed to have you as my parents!!!

Monday morning we did some evangelism training with Garreth and Abi.  Street evangelism is a common way to preach the gospel to the people of London.  There are four things to remember when sharing the Gospel with unbelievers:  The Law, Eternity, The Cross, and Repentance and Faith.  Some of us wrote out and practiced saying our testimonies in ways that it would relate to people and ask them about their lives.  Others in the group learned how to create an illustrative message - this is using some object and relating it to Christ and a relationship with him - things like tape measures, cameras, footballs, etc.

After lunch we went back to Ealing Broadway (which is a Tube and Bus stop) and put into practice what we had learned that morning.  A few people stood on the red box (this is significant to another ministry started in Spain http://www.ontheredbox.com/en/) to tell testimonies and illustrative messages! Daniel got up and told his testimony!  There were a few people that would stop and listen to the stories, Daniel and I talked to one lady who said she was a believer and went to a local church!  How awesome is that? She was stopping to hear and said she was glad we were out telling people about Jesus.

We had a free evening because we originally thought that the USA was playing in the World Cup on Monday night but later found out it was Tuesday night - so we headed back into Central London.  It was raining when we got off the Tube, but we headed over to the London Eye!  It is a giant Ferris wheel with bubbles that you can stand in and ride around to see parts of London.  (If you have ever watched "The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" the London Eye is in the movie!)  Since it was raining the lines were short, but we were still able to see A LOT and the sun wasn't in the way :).  Here are a few pictures from that adventure!
 

 The Huge London Eye

 

Big Ben and Westminster Abbey - View from the London Eye

I am not sure what building this is :) but it was pretty from up high! 

 This is Buckingham Palace from the London Eye - you can see it far off in the second picture and in the first I zoomed in to see it better! 

A few pictures looking straight down! We were REALLY high up! 

Daniel and I in the bulb of the London Eye you can see Big Ben to the left of me!

As kids we always joked when we asked mom where we or she was going the response would be Tim-Buck-Two or Chinatown.  Well people I have been to Chinatown - Chinatown, London that is :)!  It is very close to Piccadilly Circus in Central London.  We went and had supper at one of the authentic restaurants!  I am scared to try new foods so I had their sweet and sour chicken - it was YUMMY!