Missions News: Outreaches

(Cape Town, South Africa, May 30, 2009)  A Youth With A Mission ("YWAM") team in Cape Town, South Africa recently led over 150 young people to the Lord by sharing the gospel while working as teachers in a local High School.

Landon Furgason, a YWAM missionary student participating in the outreach, explains:  "Every day we would teach classes in the High School and were fortunate enough to be able to share with the youth anything we wanted.  So we thought, why not accept that and fully blast the gospel into the youth of Cape Town!"

The team split up into groups of four.  Landon's group was assigned a class of Eleventh Graders.  "Every day my group shared testimonies and preached about God fully being the leader of our lives, and how if you let God lead your life then you won't regret it because God wants the best for us."

At first the students were like "deer in headlights," Landon recalls.  "Not making a move, nor talking amongst themselves like I would have back in the day." 

However, as the days progressed, the students began to show an interest in the gospel.

The first breakthrough came in Landon's class.   "I sat down with some boys that I knew were up to no good.  The kind that came in late and looked like they were into drugs -- they even told me so themselves."

"I told them about God's love and to my surprise they wanted Jesus in their lives.  So I took them outside so they could fully understand what it meant to have Jesus in their lives and to be led by Him." 

"As I prayed for one student to have freedom from his addiction to drugs, he let out a big sigh.  I asked him what that was about.  He said he felt free and felt a huge weight off his shoulders and like he was floating.  I told him that only God could forgive and set him free, and that's when he wanted to accept Jesus."

As the week progressed, so did the salvations.  "In one case, 22 students in a class gave their lives to the Lord," reports Landon.  "In the end, 153 young people accepted Christ." 

Landon was amazed at what God was able to do through him and the other students:  "Praise Jesus!  It was amazing to see how much the students changed once they accepted Him." 

"All the pain seemed to leave their bodies.  They all burst into the 'Jesus Salvation' song.  Most of the girls teared up as some of the guys walked around hitting their hearts saying, 'The hole -- it is now filled!  The hurt is gone!'" 

"I just sat there dumbfounded and in awe of what God was doing."  

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