The Oasis

A week-and-a-half ago, two guys asked if they could pray with us during the cafe evening at The Oasis.  The whole place was abuzz with refugees all over, playing chess, checkers, connect four, and jenga in the front room, watching the Jesus Film in four other rooms, with another hallway getting set-up for a small German class.  We found a back corner and kneeled in prayer together... first I prayed for them, and then the Farsi translator led them and they prayed together to invite the Lord into their lives. Praise the Lord. They had both been moved in their heart, in different ways, and wanted to pray with our translator and I a.s.a.p.  The one, let's call him Hassan, said he used to make fun of us, but God changed his heart and he came to see that this was THE truth... and that day, he had gotten a transfer letter from the officials, and wanted to pray with us before he was transferred to a different Austrian city the next day -- and yet that transfer was cancelled for him on the next day, so he is still here with us getting discipled now!  He was in tears when he prayed with us, and nearly in tears a few days later too, as he shared about Jesus in his heart, asking, "what is next? what do I do now?"  Pray for him.   And his other friend too, well, he had a vision the night before, which confirmed to him that Jesus was truly the way, so he too wanted to pray.  He had simply asked God, "who are you?"  and then the Lord was gracious to give him a vision, a glimpse of His light, which he found hard to describe (go figure).  And then I heard later that at the same time, there was an Arabic speaker who watching the Jesus Film, and he too wanted to pray afterwards, to accept Christ!  It was a special evening.  Pray for these three guys -- the Arabic guy got transferred to Linz, and we are trying to get his contact info so that we can connect him with some Christians we know there. -Ken