Awesome Day in Copenhagen!!

We just returned from an awesome experience in Copenhagen! A team of nine ship crew members (three Americans, two Germans, a Malaysian, a Colombian, a Spaniard and a South Korean) set out this morning to practice "open air evangelism" in downtown Copenhagen. J0hn passed his ship driver's test earlier this week to be an official "ship driver," so he drove us into town in one of our ship vans! This was the first time John has driven overseas so it was an adventure to say the least! When we reached town, our team met up with the Danish pastor that had trained us on open air evangelism the week before.

As you can see from the pictures, open air evangelism is similar to street performing. We found a spot that seemed to have very busy foot traffic and then set up our stretch board and worked to drum up a crowd. When several people were standing around, our Colombian friend began to share the message of salvation through Jesus Christ. John was the artist, so painted as our friend spoke. After the message, we had several interesting conversations and were able to invite many people to visit the ship. And the most exciting part is that through one of the conversations we had, a man accepted Christ as his Savior!! The gentleman is originally from Iran, but fled to Denmark over 25 years ago as a refugee. Our Danish pastor friend was able to connect him with a local Iranian Christian church, so we pray that he will visit this church to grow in his new faith. Praise God for using us to reach the Danes for Christ.


Buurrrrr! It's cold in Denmark! :)


Our Colombian friend Carlos speaking, John painting, and our Danish pastor friend giving moral support.


Gaining a crowd!


John is really enjoying having the opportunity to express his creativity!


Taa Daa! John with the Danish pastor that taught him the sketch.


Praying with the new Iranian believer.