On the first evening of the seminar one group that went out on the streets had the opportunity to speak with a lady who was selling roses and variety bouquets at her flower stand.  Sitting next to her was an innebriated friend.  The first lady said she was a Muslim and had a very clear mind and after speaking with our Kazakh team member for nearly an hour, she prayed to accept the Lord Jesus as Savior.  Another Kazakh and a fellow Christian now plan on making follow-up visits to her flower stand.  Interestingly, her innebriated friend gave each of the three team members a bouquet of summer flowers for free.  She even hugged and kissed us.  That's the first time anyone has ever responded to us like that before!

As the week drew to a conclusion, on the last evening of street evangelism, another team chose to visit a nearby park.  There they found a lady sitting in an isolated section of the park accompanied by her drunken husband.  She had a very open, humble heart and had no problem recognizing her own history of sinful living, which she freely recited, exclaiming regretfully specific sins she had committed.  With a background of exposure to the Russian orthodox system, she said she still felt empty and the compassionate hearts of the team members guided her to consider God's love in Christ Jesus as detailed in the Bible.  This woman then decided to receive Jesus as Lord of her life, asking the team members not to say goodbye to her and make sure we called her and came to their apartment the next week to visit.  She prayed to receive Christ into her heart just as the nearby mosque's call to prayer went out over the loud speakers at about 6:30 p.m.

During the course of the seminar week, the Lord powerfully showed the young Discipling Center believers firsthand that He is still in the business of healing the brokenhearted and meeting people where they are at and saving them.