Treasure hunting is one of the tools we use when doing outreach in our local communities. The basic principle is spending time in prayer before going out into the streets. Asking God to specifically speak to you about who he wants you to find and talk with, pray with, or share with. I have seen him answer in different ways. Sometimes a name, sometimes a place, maybe a color, maybe all of the above. Today we were praying in our Masi meeting before going into our community. I got a picture of one of these little red motorcycles that the little kids scoot around on. We recently bought one for Finley. I am a little new at this and sometimes even a little nervous to share things. "What if Im wrong?" So instead of sharing, I wrote it down in my diary. Kids red plastic motorcycle. We walked around a bit. Saw a few kids, a few people. Saw two men sitting under some shade working on something. A big pile of yellow metal buckets in the front yard. The team had all walked past and almost walked by when I looked down and noticed a kid sitting on a red plastic motorcycle. I called over one of my teammates and showed them what I wrote down. She immediately knew what it meant and began speaking to the men in Xhosa. I dont speak Xhosa, but after awhile both men stood up and took off there hats. We prayed with them, that they would find work and be able to make some money.
I love being able to shake someone's hand and say God cares about you. He brought me here to tell you that. He wanted me to find you. Hes after you.
Needless to say I will come back next week and see if we can continue this relationship.
God cares about the people of the world. All of them. Wherever you are, you can ask Him and he will show you. Write it down so you can show the person. We have the privelege of being his hands and feet in this broken world.
Whose up for some treasure hunting?
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