Tirelessly, every Saturday and Sunday in a new place, a team of local missionaries, led by Pastor Vasily Khripunov, preaches the Gospel on the streets of different cities in California, holding meetings in local houses of prayer or missionary points. The past Saturday and Sunday, November 18 and 19, were the same for them.
On Saturday they were in the Missionary Center in San Jose, and held a special evangelism Thanksgiving evening. A well-known violinist, Aleksandr Popov came to the event with a group of his students and enriched the evening with their wonderful music. Among the guests of the evening, there was a man from Azerbaijan whose name was Eldar. He shared about how his wife constantly prayed for his salvation for over 23 years. Very often he threatened her to eventually kill her, but she boldly responded: “Very well, kill me. I will go to be with my Lord. But think for a moment who will be praying about you after that?!”. Praise the Lord, that the time has come for Eldar to come to the Lord and repent. Right now, he passionately testifies to others about Jesus Christ.
A guest from Russia, Vasiliy Chursin clearly presented the Gospel to the audience of many unbelievers, as well as many believers.
On Sunday, the missionary group went to the stadium of Santa Clara to a professional sports game, and as always, they stood at the entrance of the stadium. Suddenly, they were approached by police who said that they cannot preach there. At first, they were very disappointed, but the police officer led them to a different place which was a lot better than their initial spot. Over the course of a few hours, the team was able to distribute hundreds of Gospel tracts and have multiple conversations with people. They sowed the seeds of God’s Word and prayed for Him to bless the results.
Pray about this ministry, and about this group of missionaries who serve with the leadership of pastor Vasiliy Khripunov. Their ministry is very difficult both physically and spiritually. They have very little encouragement because they do not see immediate results of their efforts. But this ministry is so needed! Where else will you get these many people together! After all, for many of these people, this may be the only chance to hear the Gospel of salvation!
Olga Avetisova
