{"id":1897,"date":"2012-06-13T15:17:32","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T13:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/blog\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2012-06-13T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-13T13:17:32","slug":"feedback-bosveldstereo-blikkiesfees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galmin.co.za\/?p=1897","title":{"rendered":"Feedback: BosveldStereo “blikkiesfees”"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday the 2nd June, our SOS-team from Galilee attended the BosveldStereo “blikkiesfees” in Brits.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the “blikkiesfees” was to collect (as part of the entrance fee) as many as possible tinned food for underprivileged people in that area, as well as an entrance fee of R10.00 per person. The Organizers of the festival allowed our ministry to set up a tent for ministry purposes for free and we praise God for this provision. Although the CMR (Christelike Maatskaplike Raad\/”Christian Welfare Council”) from Brits was mostly involved in this whole festival, it was quite sad to see that no other church from this area was involved or had a stand to support the event.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0 We pitched our gazebo before 09:00\u00a0and the ladies set up all the trimmings on the tables to\u00a0look\u00a0\u00a0a bit more inviting and professional.\u00a0\u00a0The festival started off at a very slow start from 10:00 as the high school in the town also had a major sporting event on.\u00a0 Slowly but surely the attendance picked up through the day but the people would walk in another direction as soon as they see our stand was from a ministry and we were not selling any stuff or food.\u00a0\"\"<\/a>(It seemed to us quite a lot of people are not really Christians and therefore we were at the right place at the right time).\u00a0 People as far as from Randfontein, Mooinooi and Rustenburg to attend the festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0We changed our strategy and then started to pass out our pamphlets together with a tract, the salvation doctrine with scriptures as well as an in-depth teaching about the God-head.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Various groups of people, especially a group of bikers \u2013 and I must add, not the Christian Bikers type \u2013 also bypassed our stand and some of them accepted the pamphlets and some dumped it later in the toilets.\u00a0 One lady came rushing over to our stand and requested the study material on the God-head (the Prophetic wheel of God) <\/em><\/strong>that we distributed to the people, as she was quite interested in this study.\u00a0 This study will clearly give you all the scriptures how this One God reveals Himself as the Father in the Creation, as the Son in the Salvation and as the Holy Spirit in the Church dispensation. \u00a0If you require such a study please submit a comment with your email particulars and I will gladly send you a copy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Our SOS- team ladies made contact with the women passing our stand and brought them over to have their hands \u201cmanicured\u201d with a combination of\u00a0brown sugar and olive oil. It leaves their hands \u201cbaby-soft\u201d and then rubbed with a nice smelling hand cream.\u00a0 While the ladies were treated with this free service, \u00a0our team would then minister to\u00a0them and pray for specific requests.\u00a0 Praise God for His Spirit is always faithful when you minister to someone and how He lifts something up or confirms another aspect in that specific person\u2019s life through the gift of prophecy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"At these festivals it is usually difficult to speak to the men, as they are not so open to the spiritual side of\u00a0\u00a0 life as women are.\u00a0 Being with other friends, they would shrug off any attempt to speak to them and rather walk away.\u00a0 But one man came to our stand and spend some time, then returned a few minutes later and talked to one of our team members.\u00a0 Later it was found that he only recently gave his heart to the Lord Jesus Christ and was very hungry for more of the Word and of the Lord Jesus Christ! \u00a0He returned a third time with his pastor \u2013 who was checking us out and I could sense he was afraid we would \u201csteal his sheep\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Later the same man returned again and we gave him a brand new English Bible which I know he would cherish in his future studies. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Galilee Ministries are not in the business to \u201csteal the sheep\u201d <\/em><\/strong>from other congregations.\u00a0 However, we are rather in the service of our Father, the Creator and Savior of all to unfold the good news of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ to the poor and proclaim liberty to the captives, to recover the sight of the blind and to set at liberty those who are oppressed.\u00a0 (Luke 4:18,19) \u00a0<\/p>\n

The SOS-ministry team<\/em><\/strong> is the operational arm of Galilee Ministries and the main purpose of this team is to:<\/p>\n