Labor Day in Pismo Pt.2
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It was hot! No, it was really hot! I don’t care what the weather station says; it had to be at least 100 degrees in Pismo Beach on Sunday afternoon. I’ve never felt it that hot there before. The only thing that made it bearable was the slight breeze that was blowing. Everyone was trying to find shade.
Around 3:30, the tide was out quite a ways. This made plenty of room under the pier for people to pack themselves in the shade with their lawn chairs and beach balls. The heat didn’t slow foot traffic on the pier or around the plaza either. But every small sliver of shade was occupied.
What an amazing day! My son Sawyer and I showed up around 3:00. We were to meet brother Josh there. I’m not exaggerating; it took twenty minutes of driving around and around the parking lot until a parking space opened up. When we found our space I thanked God for His provision. Then it hit me. This is the last big summer evangelism opportunity for this year. It also occurred to me that brother Robert and brother Andy said earlier that they wouldn’t be able to make it. A bittersweet moment for sure. Bitter because I so desired the awesome fellowship in sowing the Gospel seed with all my brothers. But sweet because God did bring Sawyer, brother Josh and myself to experience this beautiful day.
Josh caught a wave or two before starting. So Sawyer and I walked the sidewalk, trying to stay in the shade along side the buildings, passing out tracts and fishing for some 1-2-1’s. We had two solid encounters before my cell phone rang. It was brother Robert. He indicated that he was going to get away after all. He said, “I’ll be there in a bit.” My heart rejoiced.
Sawyer and I continued to hand out tracts and fish for 1-2-1’s. As we were finishing up another encounter, Sawyer said, “Dad, Andy is here.” We ran and caught up with him. What a blessing – we were all there. Sawyer, Robert, Andy, and Josh all made it to Pismo. The only one who missed out was brother Matt. It was still very hot when we all hit the plaza for some group fishing - 1-2-1’s and passing out tracts to those sitting on benches, sidewalks, and those who walked by.
The fishing was great! Listen to the podcast - you’ll hear me casting my line. "Hey, did you get one of these?" You’ll hear several people turn down the offer of the icebreaker tract before I “hookup.” This encounter is with three young adults.
By the way, during the encounter, you’ll even hear a small child ask me for a tract. You’ll have to listen closely. I call the little child “sweetie” not the older girl in the group of three I’m witnessing to. She even asks for another one for her older brother. How cool is that, children asking you for Gospel tracts. Believe it or not, it happens a lot.
Please pray for Daniel, Jeremy, and Evelyn. They listened intently and had the “deer in the headlight” look. Towards the end of the encounter I asked them what they thought of all that stuff. Daniel piped up and said something like, “Personally I don’t believe in God.” Daniel was the one who really reminded me of myself before God saved my soul. Daniel had a black Marilyn Manson T-shirt on, all the piercings, black fingernails - the whole shot. He was hard on the outside, but soft on the inside – I could tell. He seemed to have a tender conscience. After reasoning with him for a bit about the fact that a creation must mean there is a Creator and speaking about where conscience comes from, he said, “it makes sense.” Maybe he was just being polite. Maybe he just wanted out of there. But maybe God was giving Daniel understanding. Again, pray for these young people.
A word of warning - five minutes and ten seconds into the encounter a loud car drives by and distorts the sound a bit – it’s only for a second or two.
After many 1-2-1 encounters in the plaza area, we decided to do some open air preaching. Andy and I prayed for a bit before he led the way. One of the things we prayed for was a good heckler – someone who would maybe disagree and be loud enough to draw in a larger group of people so we could preach the Gospel to them.
Almost as soon as brother Andy opened up, a gent named John began heckling. John is a Vietnam veteran. You can see a picture of John (sixth picture down). He’s the older gent with white hair and beard, sitting on the left side of the bench. Andy is a Desert Storm veteran so he found something in common with him. The vociferous dialogue went back and fourth pretty good between the two of them. People began to stop and listen.
Please pray for John, he heard the Gospel again but seemed pretty hard towards God.
Check back later for PART 3. Let me give you a hint. Let’s just say, God answered our prayer AGAIN.
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