Witnessing at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Last weekend I had the privilege of witnessing at the NASCAR races at Atlanta. Many of you may already know that I'm a race fan and that prior to my conversion I would have been found in the campgrounds at Talladega during race weekend. Because of this, God has given me a love for the unsaved race fans. This is my "cup of tea" you could say. I enjoy volunteering with Alabama Raceway Ministries at Talladega every year. But, one of the draw backs at Talladega is that I have to spend the majority of my time ministering to the needs of the fans and track support staff (i.e. feeding them); and I'm not able to to do a whole lot of evangelism. But, at Atlanta, MRO (Motor Racing Outreach) brought a group of people in whose primary job was evangelism. These were people who were trained in Biblical Evangelism, the Way of the Master way. So for three days I was surrounded by like-minded brothers in Christ whom had the same desire to proclaim the Gospel as myself. The fellowship alone was well worth the trip. The best part though was that thousands of people got to hear the Gospel!! In the 1-2-1 witnessing opportunities I had I heard everything from being a "good person" to being "good to animals" gets you to heaven. I met atheists to agnostics to a woman who knew "everything about the Bible"... everything that is except the Gospel. When I asked her the "What did God do so you wouldn't have to goto Hell" part, she didn't know. You could see the conviction in her eyes. God was definitely working on her.

      I carried about 4,000 tracts with me. Now they are all gone...completely out...none...zilch!! I feel naked walking around without Million Dollar bills or anything. Don't worry though...I'm ordering some more next week!!

      All in all this weekend was a powerful work of God. We have to remember we can do nothing good unless God is in it. We prayed and drew close to the Lord before we would go out. The whole weekend was a movement of God on our hearts and those of whom we were witnessing too. I count myself privileged to have worked alongside those guys proclaiming the Truth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I came back home even more "on fire" for evangelism!! I'm ready to shed light onto the darken world ... anybody want to go with me!!

P.S. Here are some pictures from our witnessing encounters:

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