My dad has always told me that it's easier to get people to open up to you if you ask questions instead of making statements. Today, it hit me how true that is!

We hit our first big stop in our journey today, Atlanta, Georgia. Knowing that we were going to have to approach complete strangers in the streets of a city that is alien to me was a bit of a stressful thought at first. However, on our drive south this morning, Randy and I prayed and asked the Lord to give us boldness and remove our fear of man, and by the time we actually arrived in the city we were both pretty at peace with our mission.

Everyone we talked to in the city today was quite polite, which to be honest was a bit of a shocker to me (I mean, if a person had stopped me in the street like that before I knew Christ, I may not have been very apt to talk to them)! Sure, we got shot down a few times (and by a few times I mean maybe 60% of the people we asked, haha), but even those folks were kind about it.

The people that did agree to speak to us on camera were an interesting group. We asked several questions of nearly everyone, including:

"Who do you think God is?"
"Have you ever seen God work in your life?"
"What is your opinion on the church?"
"What do you think of the term 'sin'?"
"Specifically, what is your opinion of Jesus?"

The way many of the conversations went, it seemed that people were quick to say they believed in God (some even said they followed him), but when the issue of Jesus came up people were much more hesitant or even outright stumped by the question asked. This should be a fascinating issue to explore more deeply in future interviews.

We did have a couple of people tell us they were Christians, one of whom we found out attends Randy and I's home church, NewSpring (this person was from SC)! My first thought was "what a coincidence," but in reality, I'm sure it wasn't a coincidence at all. :)

Regardless of the individual answers to the questions we asked, one thing that was clear was that it was easier to talk about our faith in Jesus by simply asking questions of people first. If we had approached people and immediately made a series of declarative statements, many folks probably would have been far less open to talking to us. However, after our interviews, we always ended our question session by asking if we could pray with our interview subjects. Every single person said yes, regardless of whether they had claimed to be Christian or not. Through this, I think we were able to plant seeds, which I pray the Lord will help grow. I'm certain that some people walked away thinking about Jesus, which is never a bad thing.

Now we are sitting at a friends house in Newnan, Georgia (where we learned the Walking Dead has been filmed! haha) planning for our day tomorrow. We're excited for what the Lord has in store. Keep praying that the Lord will grow and stretch us into who He wants us to be!

We love you guys!

All the glory to God,

Tim and Randy