I was one of six young men in a motor home to crisscross the Western United States for three months driving to fraternity and sorority houses. We sold personalized engraved stationary.
Arriving on a college campus we would each go to a different house and ask for a table to display our stationary. When students came to lunch or dinner, we would take orders. By doing this we made enough money to support our trip and to get to see many amazing sights. It was a wonderful experience (but there’s more).
All six of us were Jesus Freaks. We celebrated Jesus and rejoiced in His presence throughout each day. When we were showing our stationary, we encouraged people and told them about Jesus and His love. When they were willing, we would pray with them. We would leave lots of small fliers about Jesus everywhere we went and ask God to use them to turn people’s hearts to Him. We all had many powerful experiences of seeing the living Jesus working in and around us. When we came back together, we would excitedly tell each other about what we saw God do.
As we traveled the country during in the height of the Jesus Movement, everywhere we went we amazingly met and hung out with people who were excited about Jesus. On Saturday nights we would go to Full Gospel Business Men’s meetings that were happening all over the country. Churched and unchurched Christians (businesspeople and hippies) would gather in cities and small towns to worship, testify, and enjoy Jesus. One of the most thrilling things about those meetings was hearing the group sing loudly in tongues (languages they didn’t know).
We visited Jesus houses where Christians lived in Spirit-led community, rescue missions, revival centers, worship gatherings, Jesus-focused coffee houses, Christ-centered bookstores, Jesus rallies, and out-of-the-box churches. It was an amazing time of experiencing Holy Spirit innovation.
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