EXTREME DAYS

“Anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
Matthew 10v38-39

‘A life without compromise for Jesus’ was the theme of the Extreme Days, in which we were joined by 12 teens in the EFG church in Jena, a city in the east of Germany. Every morning, before breakfast, we each had a teen prayer partner who we met with to pray for the day. Then, after morning devotions and breakfast, the teens went off to school. Whilst the teens were at school, the team was able to go into several classes in the local Christian high school and teach a lesson. One of the activities in the lesson involved asking the students about their view of God – if they thought that He had any influence in their lives, and what they thought the purpose of their life was. It was interesting to see their response and, although it was a Christian school, hardly any of the students would say that God had a role to play in their life.

On the Saturday, the teens were involved in outreach during the
day. The first thing was to do some street evangelism, and the group was split up into three separate groups – face painting/balloon modelling, giving out coffee and Bible verses and Bible swapping. It was really encouraging to see the teens so excited about going out to do evangelism in their own city – pray that this enthusiasm will continue and they will be challenged to share their faith with the people around them.

The second part of the outreach was to go into an old people’s home where we had two separate groups. The first group went to talk to the old people, play games with them and share stories. The second group had prepared a 30 minute programme which involved drama, worship, prayer and testimonies. We then gave out flowers with Bible verses to each person.

The team with some of the teens from the week