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Tuesday 22 May 2012

I Can't Get You Out Of My Head...

Friday 18th May 2012

Three of us (Charlotte - for the first time, Toni and Allan) set off from the Fraser's house, armed with the following clues that met with direct matches: near the Railway Museum, short blonde hair, age 31-41, steel (all for one person!)


We gave out many invites to King's Church (http://www.kingschurchdarlington.org/) and to Ignite (http://www.igniteyouthevent.co.uk/) before heading off to the railway museum area. We waited there for a few minutes before a piece of treasure came along who fitted all the clues above, which is either an incredible coincidence or God at work - we know what we believe!

We approached the young man (aged 31-41 approx) with short blonde hair, as he passed the railway museum, and struck up a conversation. We showed him the clue card and he said he worked in the steel industry, which was under the 'Unusual' heading.

After sharing our faith and that we firmly believed that God had sent us to meet him, his attitude changed from 'I don't think there is a God' to 'This is really weird, I'm not going to be able to get this out of my head', which we said is exactly what God wants! He asked more questions about God and Church, to which we were more than happy to provide answers.

We finished off by asking him if there was anything we could pray for. He said that all was well in life but that he and his partner are expecting a baby in two weeks and that could we pray for a healthy baby.

I don't think God has finished with him yet. In fact, I don't think he is going to be able to get Him out of his head!

Saturday 7 April 2012

Jesus is a Legend!


Friday 7th April

8 of us set off from the Fraser’s house on a Friday night: Toni, Allan, Richard, James and four first-time Ultimate Treasure Hunters: Ruth, Sean, little Richard and Sami (and Riley the dog)!

We found the following clues tonight: Victoria Embankment; a daisy up high; M (name); a natural beard; west-end of town near the ‘balloon shop’; pray for something emotional and that God is with him and knows about it; shadowy figure possibly wearing a dark jacket walking down the path on the ramp up to the train station, seen from between the blue bridges; white jumper; white stripes on an anorak

That is ten clues matched in total.

·         We started by giving invites to Church to many people: including one who had a daisy in her hair and another wearing a white jumper.
·         In the west-end of town, just near a balloon shop we noticed a man with a natural beard but he headed to a cash machine so we waited, as we didn’t want to spook him out. As he turned around we introduced the treasure hunt and went straight in to the clues. He met the first three clues which included his name. We asked him if he had any emotional issues. He said he had some mild emotional issues: that his brother had just come back from Afghanistan. He suggested that was a fourth match. We asked him if we could pray with him. He said ‘No’ at first but later changed his mind when offered again. We prayed for peace and for God to make Himself known in his life and wished him the best for his future.
·         After a few good conversations and invites to Church with people who didn’t specifically match clues we split in to two groups to head off to location clues: one group going to Victoria Embankment and another group to the blue bridges near the railway station.
·         At Victoria Embankment we found a group of youths. We approached them and had a number of interesting, fun and challenging conversations! We found ourselves naturally split in to groups with different Hunters discussing with different youths. It started with one of them taking the mick, to us gaining their attention, to ending up with lots of respect between us all. They seemed to realise that we were just everyday people but with God in our lives. We talked a fair bit about Jesus and what He has done for us. We talked about suffering, that God can sort us out, and things like that. We had a lot of fun in with the serious stuff. The most noisy lad at the start was a little bit mocking, saying 'Jesus is a legend', but by the end of the conversation, when he heard about one person that filled a clue card he said 'Jesus is a legend' and he seemed to mean it this time!
·         We bumped into a load of young people on the edge of the Market place. One had some white stripes on his anorak. We chatted to him and he said he would appreciate being prayed for - to settle in to his new house and generally for his future. We had quite a bit of chat with a girl in the group and then we prayed for her.
·         We went down to station and as we cornered the road up to the station, we saw a shadowy figure wearing a dark jacket walking down the path on the ramp up to the train station, seen from between the blue bridges. He was quite affable, stopped and talked to us but did not want to be prayed for.
·         While we were waiting to meet the other group at the top of Victoria Rd we bumped into a couple and got talking. They asked us to pray for their relationship as they had only been together for a year and had nowhere to live. We prayed for them and gave them an invite to Church.
·         We gave out lots and lots more Church invites and had many other conversations about God and the Church (including with the young lady in the chip shop as we bought some chips on the way home).
·         Two birds killed with one stone: a brilliant Treasure Hunt and a really long walk for Riley!

Tuesday 24 January 2012

The Lady in Red... Hair

Paul H, Richard S, Toni and I set out on a cold - and I mean COLD - Friday night (13th January 2012). There were very few people around but we still met one treasure, a lady with distinctive bright red hair near Greek-style pillars (red hair and Greek-style pillars being the clue). Richard and Toni shared a little with her about God and Jesus and she agreed for us to pray for her, although she did not want to be prayed for there and then.
We also found several doors with triangular structures above them, and with yellow stars stuck on the windows of some of them (triangles and stars being the clues). The doors were locked and there were clearly no people in side. We felt it right to leave Alpha invites through each of the doors.
We also handed out several Alpha invites and King's church information cards.
Seeds sown...