a weekend in Toronto

Jenny and I cruised'er from St Catharines wednesday night (with the help of Heymans) and landed in Toronto an hour or so later. We came for the weekend to visit Shawn and Hayley and their 3 children. The 4 days here were pretty sweet. It is nice to be around Christians whom I also consider 'believers'. There are many "Christians" whom I know who I WOULD NOT categorize as believers, but lets not go there.

So, the time here was spent trying to make the Cuthill's life easier. I hope we did that, a little bit anyway. We got to do some pretty cool things too. One day, we got a bunch (11 garbage bags worth!!) of donated clothes. So we went to a park and set up a "thrift-store" and sold all the articles for $1 each! Good bargain, and a great way to meet new people. We also distributed fun game things for hundreds of kids! Good times.

Today (in about 4hrs) Jenny & I fly east to PEI for the next 11 days. We pray and expect our time to be filled with a release of impartation and passion!!

day of street outreach in TO

Today was pretty sweet. Josh Heymans, Jenny (Hinn) Brown, and myself, cruised to Toronto at about 9am for a day of street ministry. It was an absolutely beautiful day, at about 20 degrees or so. We had 20 bags of assorted food with us and approached random people who were obviously staying on the street, and asked them if they wanted some food, and if they knew Jesus, etc. We were quite surprised at the amount of food these people received on a daily basis, and that they had obviously received this food from Christians, seeing that they all knew about Jesus. We gave out around 14 or 15 bags of food and had some decent ministry time. The highlight (or un-highlight) of the day was when Jenny and I stopped to talk to some Muslims who were giving out some free Qurans. We were talking to them for a few minutes, but neither of us were making much headway, so we took our Qurans and started walking away when we ran into a couple of Christian fanatics all dressed in white robes passing out gospel tracts. They seen the Quran in my hand and started proclaiming that Jesus was the only one who died and rose again (which is not even scripturally accurate; see 1Kings 17:17-23, 2Kings 4:32-37, 2Kings 13:20-21, Luke 7:12-15, John 11:39-44) and that all other's beliefs were wrong. Jenny and I got into a bit of an argument with them about the kind of people Jesus tried to reach while He was on earth. They thought that you should scorn unbelievers, while we thought you should love them. The last thing I (loudly) said as we walked away was, "I'd rather talk to the Muslims!" It was one of the most disgusting displays of Christianity I ever was personally involved with. It made me sick. The Muslims were so kind and open to talk, and were giving away free literature, etc etc, while the "christians" were proclaiming judgement, while they stood in their "white" robes. What a sight. Man oh man, it made us so mad. Even Jenny was gettin into the thick of the argument. It was awesome. After that we gave out some more food and had to rush back to St Catharines for 4 o'clock. My word was on the line!! Thank You Jesus, so much, for getting us back in time!

Then Heymans, Johanna and I watched Let's Go To Prison. It wasn't anything to write home about. What an awesome day though.