On Wednesday morning, September 30th, I and 5 students from the Ministry Academy in St. Louis began the long journey to the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. On our way we stopped at Faith Community Church in Great Bend, Kansas where we testified and ministered at their youth group. We spent the night at Faith Community and then on Thursday drove on to Navajo Ministries in Farmington, New Mexico where we stayed during our time in New Mexico.

Friday morning we were able to testify and minister at the Navajo Ministries early morning devotional meeting. One of the Ministry Academy students, Jimmy led praise and worship at this meeting. They then asked us to be guests on the morning show of their Christian radio station KNMI which reaches into parts of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. In other words God sent out the air force to soften resistance before sending out the ground troops to minister at the Northern Navajo Nation Fair in Shiprock.

On Friday and Saturday we spent about 12 hours each day in ministry at the 98th annual Northern Navajo Nation Fair. Friday we shared the Gospel using salvation bracelets from our booth and walked about ministering to people and teenagers at the carnival. Many people prayed with us to receive Jesus that day. Saturday morning we got up early and met and prayed with Pastor Robert Tso at his church, Victory Life Fellowship, in Shiprock. Then we ventured out with backpacks bulging with Gospel tracts and we passed them out to some of the 125,000 Navajos lining the streets waiting for the big parade to begin. Most of the people we offered tracts to received them and it gave them something to read as they were waiting for the parade.

One of the highlights of the trip was when we were able to share with a 16 year old Navajo youth dressed in black. He told us he was a satan worshipper, drew pentagrams all over, cut himself, and had been suicidal. He felt he couldn’t receive Jesus because he was a satan worshipper but we were able to convince him otherwise and he prayed to give his life to Christ. We laid hands on him and anointed him with oil and then he fell under the power of God onto the floor near our booth in one of the fair buildings with people walking all around him. He began to shake and I then cast devils out of him. When he got up off the floor he was a changed man and his face wasn’t as pale looking as it was before.

On Sunday we returned to central Kansas passing through Wolf Creek Pass and the beautiful Rocky Mountains in Colorado. We were again privileged to stay at Faith Community Church in Great Bend, Kansas and minister at Marty Steinert’s youth group Sunday evening giving testimonies of what God did in Shiprock. Our students and the Faith Community youth group seemed to bond really well together.

All in all it was a fun and fruitful trip. The Ministry Academy students were a blessing to have on this trip. They worked very hard and every time they were given opportunities to minister and testify they did a great job. From the feedback I got and from what I observed it seems that the Navajo Nation, missionary work and evangelism got into their blood and they will never be the same.

I want to send out a special Thank You to Faith Community Church and Navajo Ministries for your hospitality to us on this trip. You are an important part of what God did in and through us.

Tags: evangelism, Gospel Tracts, outreaches, tools of evangelism

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