The Whole Man

Over the last few months we feel that God has been leading us to minister to not only the spiritual needs of people (with evangelism and kids ministry, etc.) but also to their physical needs. The spiritual needs are by far the most critical because they are eternal, but meeting physical needs can open even more doors in people’s hearts to accept the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. We’ve been going out once a week to give soup or sandwiches to homeless and/or poor people in Antigua. In one night we can give away 40 sandwiches or more! One of our favorite spots to give food is behind the market where a group of people sleep out in the open, surrounded by garbage and a bunch of dogs.
Another “whole-man” ministry we were a part of was an evangelistic medical clinic in the community of Pastores on March 8th-12th. Dayle helped to cook meals for the medical workers and the kids and I were part of a drama team that shared the gospel with the people at and around the clinic. During the week of the clinic Alicia and Bailey and Christopher helped with language translation- the girls for the medical team and Christopher for the preaching. The team saw over 1100 patients and we figure that about 100 people prayed to receive Jesus as their savior!
On the first day of the clinic about 300 youth came to the clinic as one big group. They came walking toward the clinic wearing their white shirts- their school uniforms. I told our team that the fields were white to harvest, like Jesus had said in John 4:35. Because the clinic couldn’t handle such a huge crowd they had nothing better to do than to come and see our dramas (if they had come an our or two earlier we wouldn’t have been ready for them). So they watched our program, listened to the preaching and a group of them prayed to ask the Lord for salvation! If you would like to see a video of the clinic outreach go to iglesiadelcaminogt.com and look at the video posted under “Recent Activities”.