Spring 08' Outreach; Traversing to Kendal England; the Lake District

We headed up North to Kendal England (Lake District) for the 2nd to last day of our trip. It was a good time sharing with people on the streets. The drive was beautiful and very scenic. Lots of sheep up there in N. England; they run deep in regards to sheep.

Spring 08' Outreach: Got Gulyas?!?!

Got to spend some quality time with my roommate Adriel in Budapest before our flight to England b/f our 10 day outreach. I finally got to taste Hungary's most famous dish; Gulyas!!!
It was pretty good and it came in a really cool artistic Euro bowl. Adriel's a solid brother and i've been really stoked to share a room with him...

Spring 08' Outreach; Day trip to York England

We got to take a day trip to check out York; it was about 10 times bigger then i thought. I got to check out the Calvary Bible College College Campus upon arrival. The college rents out the castle which is a coffee bar/library for students. The campus owns flats on the other side of the street where students live. I have strongly been leaning toward spending next semester in York. I had an amazing afternoon talking with people (primarily teens/college students) about the Lord. Since England is deemed a post-Christian culture, it is amazing how ignorant many kids are in regards to who Jesus was, is and is to be. People seemed really open in regards to conversing about Jesus.

Spring 08' Outreach; Bradford England

While in Bradford we primarily served by 1) cleaning trash in peoples yards 2) spending time with community kids 3) on the streets sharing the gospel, playing music & performing a skit 4) spending time with men from the Agape house (substance rehab house); our host (Church on the Way) is really involved with the community!

1) We were able to clean yards (pick up trash) in a low income Muslim neighborhood, while offering baked goods; people seemed really blessed!

2) We also worked with various youth ministries which reached out to church and community kids. The Community kids were tougher then i thought they'd be; ie- a couple 9 year olds broke out into a fist fight during the beginning of our Friday night kids club. We were not allowed to take pics of the kids due to confidentiality. Might not have been good to have a nice camera with this crowd; these were some of the toughest kids i've worked with; very physically and verbally aggressive and generally speaking, intensely disrespectful. We learned much from the club leaders.

3) We spent much of our time in Bradford at Preachers Corner (see bottom picture) sharing and playing music. Preacher's Corner is a renown place where some of England's famous preachers of the past used to conduct open air meetings.