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.
No comments:
Post a Comment