Each weekend we invite you to join us on the Streets of Daytona Beach as we take the life-transforming message of Jesus to the lost and dying. This past weekend we assembled an awesome team that saw us out ministering until around 4:00 AM! (Time sure flies when you are serving Jesus)
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We took our team to Daytona's main nightclub strip and "set up shop" on the sidewalks in front of a night club popular with the college-aged community. There are (3) colleges here in Daytona Beach and several others within a half hour drive--so this place is usually teeming with 20-somethings on Satruday night.
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Joining the RAVEN TEAM this week were: Pastor Troy & Melanie, Pastor Alex & Holly, Pastor Terry & Eileen, Pastor Craig, Rusty, Sue, Cindy, Kayla and Amanda. They were all just awesome and did a great job in respresenting Jesus to many lost, confused and broken people.
One of the places that we often set up in front of is the all-night pizza shop adjacent to the Razzle's Club. This place was owned by an Egyptian man who always invited us to come into the restaurant and use his place as a "staging and rest" area for any of our street ministry at night. We found out that he had sold the place to a 29 year old Egyptian-born young man recently.
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I was able to meet "Hann" the new owner, who also invited us to use his place as our "base." I also ministered to him for about 45 minutes that night. He has recently gone through a divorce and was needing some ministry, encouragment and prayer. Pastor Alex spent a great deal of time ministering to his delivery driver who is Muslim (Hann attends an Egyptian Orhodox Church).
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One of the saddest things that we always encounted on the streets is the explotation of young women. Having my daughter (Kayla) and niece (Amanda) with me always blesses me because so many young women feel as though they have to present themselves as sex objects to receive any type of acceptance from young men. We continually strive to minister holiness to these young women and work to show them the value that Jesus puts upon them and the (eternal) danger that that face if they continue to walk in this deception.
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Two of our "new guys" (new to the team, but not to Jesus!) did a great job. Pastor Craig was continuously sharing his faith with people as they came by and Brother Rusty was relentless in calling people to reopentance ance faith towards God. Rusty was with me as we had to minister deliverance to "Greg", a homeless man who was oppressed by the devil.
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Please keep the team in prayer as we continue to attack these streets for Jesus and seek to snatch souls from the jaws of the adversary. If you are in the area, we invite you to join us on Saturday nights for a time of prayer and preparation followed by 'Taking the Gospe to the Streets'.