Australia: The Devil Fails, God Wins, and a Beautiful View, Day 8

Fresh off a day of gospel on fire, we decided to bring Christ to a third campus in Sydney.  Macquarie University.  Smaller than UNSW and USYD, but still plenty of people to present the gospel to. The weather was beautiful yet again and the people were everywhere. I was paired with Anthony and we made our way to a smaller part of campus. Most of our conversations were quick, but one mattered greatly. Why? Because we prayed with a young man to receive the Lord. God is awesome.

The devil was heated because of what we were doing. As Anthony and I parted from that young man, a security guard asked us if we were lost or looking for something.  I politely told him no and we continued on our way. I could hear him following us as his keys were giving him away. We can decided to continue anyway. Then I saw a student sitting alone and we decided to preach the gospel to her. As we did so, the security guard circled the area and spied upon us through the bushes. Eventually he came over an interrupted us. He asked us if we were students and told us that what we were doing had to be done through the university website. I told him we weren't students and he asked us what we were doing and told us again to go through the website. I explained and he told us we had to stop and for a third time he told us we had to register on the website to hand out flyers and talk to students about organizations not campus related. I apologized and we headed back to our meeting point. The funny thing is that even though Anthony and I were shut down, the rest of our group wasn't approached (thankfully) and two more people received the Lord making the total count 12 salvations. Sorry devil, you lose...again.

Once we were done at Macquarie, the rest of the day was a relaxation day. We took a ferry across the harbor to Watson's Bay. As mentioned before, the weather was fantastic and I was able to stand on the open part of the bow. It felt so good to be darting across the Pacific, feeling the sun on my skin, the wind in my hair, and the salt water kiss my lips. The entire boat ride was a blast.

PC: Tim Watkins

Once we landed at our destination, we took a short hike to reach the top of the cliffs and get a gorgeous view of the ocean and the city. Even though I've seen many amazing views before, just looking upon God's handiwork still puts me in awe.

Once we had our fill of the scenery, we had to head back. During this trip I have seen Sydney up close, from the water in early afternoon, and at the dead of night, but never at sunset...until now. I probably took 10 pictures because it was so incredible to see.

Our day came to a close with dinner and the prayer meeting. I was really excited when dinner arrived because it was 30 Domino's pizzas. I love Dominos; it was a taste of home. My mouth and stomach were once again in food heaven.The funny thing was that they were larges,which are the same size as a small in the U.S. of A. I'll save that pic for the album. I've been here over a week now and it's been a week and a half since I left (1 day of travel and you jump forward a day traveling here). Time flies and waits for no one. What an experience it has been so far and I'm loving every minute of it.