3 Swedes in Prague

A quick update on something AMAZING last night! We had a chance to talk to 3 Swedish guys and we were able to explain the Gospel story from start to finish, and they just took it all in and completely listened to the whole thing. The one guy's grandfather just died a couple weeks ago, so he was really struggling to deal with that, especially because his grandfather was relatively young. Anyway, we just talked about religion and stuff in general and we were able to hear where they were coming from. Then they asked us what we believe. Heather and I got to explain the Gospel story all the way through, and then they asked us some really good questions--like "Have you ever felt God, or is it just something you believe?" and other questions that were very much related to life. All of their questions were extremely relevant questions, and questions that probably almost every Christian has had to ask in their life.

They said that they had never heard Christianity explained this way before, and the one guy (Marcus-it was his grandfather that died) said that he really respected what we said and it makes sense. He said he respected it because we base our life on values in the Bible, and he simply bases his life on his own values. They had also heard some skewed versions of the Gospel, and we were able to explain what the Bible says and explain how Christians have messed up living life the way that we're supposed to and how that has resulted in messed up versions of God. They seemed to respect that we admitted that Christians have often done a poor job of representing Christ, but that doesn't mean that Christ is any less that he actually is.

Anyway, the conversation was really really good and the guys, especially Marcus were very receptive and we had a great chance to listen to where they were coming from and explain our own beliefs. And, on top of all of this, they are going to Budapest next, which is where we are going, so hopefully, we'll be meeting up with them again.

Please pray for Oscar, Marcus, and David. They are really looking for something--especially Marcus. We were able to give him a Bible (we also wanted to give him Mere Christianity or Searching for God knows What, but we ran out) and he really seemed to appreciate it.

Pray that we can see them again in the next week. I hope this post makes sense...I'm kind of rambling, but I'm really excited. :)