Hong Kong Christmas Outreach 2010 Newsletter

Greetings,

I have just returned from Hong Kong for the two and a half week “Christmas Outreach” with Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Hong Kong. It was an awesome experience, and our team saw 85 salvations through the work God was able to do through us! On this trip, we used dances and dramas to communicate the gospel message to unreached people groups in various sectors of Hong Kong such as schools, parks, piers, street markets, and more. Pictured above, I was in a drama called “The Tree” that shows a girl making bad choices in life, but then she is redeemed by Jesus. Not everyone in Hong Kong could speak fluent English, so it was amazing to see God cross language barriers via non-spoken dramas and dances to reach his lost children. The majority of people in Asia have never heard of God’s love before, so I am eternally grateful for this opportunity to share the message of true love with the 3600 hundred people who stopped by our performances.

After each set of performances, our team had 30-60 minutes to converse with the onlookers and help lead them closer to Christ. During one of these times, I found myself in a situation where I was alone with 8 students at Eduyoung College in Yuen Long, Hong Kong. I quickly learned that these kids did not speak much more English than “Hello,” so I asked God to redeem the situation and give these kids a good experience with Christianity. Not even a second later, Hannah, one of our team’s translators approached me and offered to translate English to Cantonese and vice versa. Through God’s provision, I was able to share multiple testimonies with these students and convey the true love and care that God has for their lives. This is just one instance of the thousands of great encounters that our team had. All in all, 3600 heard the gospel via the performances or one on one conversation, 85 were saved, 20 recommitted, and 4 were miraculously healed; God is so good!

Thank you all so much for all of your prayer and support; this amazing trip would not have been possible without your help.

Thanks again,

Paul Lattimer