Weekly Blog #13, Sharing

I had to meet Tyler Yoder at the Atrium. We were going to go "sharing", in other words, giving the message of the Gospel to pretty much complete strangers. I arrived to a bustling lunch cafeteria. Chatter bounced off the walls, and the sunlight poured in through the many windows and skylights. I saw the potted trees, and wondered if the leaves ever fell of since they were there year round, or so I assumed. Tyler was late, and he needed to eat, so I sat with him while he ate his lunch and talked about papers we needed to write, projects we needed to start on, and eventually what we came together to do. Sharing. Both of us were nervous, Tyler may have been more experienced at this, but this was my first time. My heart was pumping much more rapidly than normal. Why should I be nervous? I was just going to be observing Tyler in action. I had no plans to speak, yet I was scared as a little ant scurrying to dodge the big foot from stepping on me. Before we set off on our mission, Tyler opened in a prayer, asking God to speak through us, and let His words come through us, not ours in our sharing. We got up, Tyler threw his trash away, and we were on our way. 

The Atrium has a bunch of tables and chairs, and most of these tables had more than one person sitting there. We were searching for an individual. Finally, we spotted one by the large, window wall. We introduced ourselves, and Tyler asked if he could ask him some questions concerning God and religion. I was nervous, afterwards Tyler said he was too, but he sure didn't show it. After a few of the questions we learned some things about our surveyor. He was Catholic, and believed in the Christian faith or so he said. Quickly Tyler and I realized his faith was not grounded in the main point of Christianity, the Gospel. He saw Jesus Christ as a moral teacher, not a Savior. So Tyler explained the Gospel to him, but time was running short, we had classes to be at in a couple of minutes. Tyler handed our surveyor a pamphlet explaining the Gospel, thanked him for his time, and left the student his email address.