Fun Day, But There Is More.....

After preparing for Out Reach we saw God move upon many who matched clues! We broke into teams to find treasure.

My group found a few people matching the clues, a few were not interested in receiving a blessing when we told them they were God's treasure, so we moved on.

Eventually I noticed a woman coming out of a store carrying a multicolored purse and in the dark, it looked as though it was a laminated fabric purse which is quite popular. I called to her and asked if her purse was laminated and she said no, her friend added that she had taken off the lamination after buying the purse. Woo hoo. We told her she is the treasure we were looking for. She explained she was searching, raised a Buddhist, we told her Jesus gave us the clues and was looking to demonstrate Himself as read to her. She received what we explained, eventually her friend, who had gone to school with one of our team members, turned to A. that they needed to go. So, off they went, seeds planted for watering on another day.

We walked across a major street to a clothing store where we found R. who matched several clues. He was standing next to a frisbee, platform shoes, plaid shirt, khaki pants. He was wearing a peacoat and jeans which nearly matched the clue, peacoat and black pants. He was wearing blue, but volunteered that he intended to wear black pants but found the blue first. Ah ha, R. was the treasure! He allowed us to talk with for a while, he was busy with school, not attending church, God was not at the top of his thought life. We turned his attention back to the clues and that God was looking to get his attention. He accepted what we had to say, we talked a little more than parted. Seeds planted to be watered another day.

Hungry the group decided to eat at a local pizza place, the wrought iron work in front matched a clue, the name of the place matched another. Our server matched a few clues, which we pointed out on our clue sheets, we talked with him each time he came to the table, he explained he'd been thinking about going back to church, asked if we could recommend one in the area, which we did. While talking with him I noticed a family leaving whose daughter was wearing red shoes. They allowed me to explain we were on a treasure hunt and that they were God's treasures, that Jesus had chosen for them to be found. They accepted a blessing.