Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Lanny Wake "The Man"




Look........!


It’s a bird..
It’s a plane ...
It’s a machine ....
It’s superhuman ....
It’s a Russian .....
It’s a Secret Weapon .

or

None of the above

We have been blessed by this man and his giftedness here in Galati. Lanny Wake has a heart for Jesus and a heart for sharing his faith. In what became known as the “It won’t work in Romania campaign” we tried tennis evangelism. It was a great success. Under the leadership of their pastor, Jay Raines ( a great guy) from Cameron First Baptist Missouri, we planned a tennis match in which we would present the Gospel and an opportunity for an in home Bible study. It turned out to be one of the most fascinating weeks of my entire Christian walk. By the end of the week we had met the Director for Trans-world Radio, the director of TV Galati EV television, the national director of United Parcel Service in Romania, we had the first ever repenters meeting in Zone 6. On top of all that through a series of incredible events that I will talk about in the future, we met the man who employees 18000 people here in Galati at the MITTAL steel factory.

By the end of the week Lanny, had played four matches. In this time, we collected 120 names of people of which 103 said they wanted to have Bible studies in their home! Around 78% of those we asked said “yes” to a follow up Bible Study called, “People who knew Jesus”. By the end of the week Lanny had lost all four matches …..or did he? It should be noted that the Awana leader, Nancy Miles and Whitney Wake, Lanny’s daughter were in charge of prayer that week……I don’t think their prayers were bouncing off of the ceiling….do you?
Please pray as we only now begin to follow up on this list of names that statistics say have 1 "Born Agian" believer! Only 1 out of every 100 people KNOW Jesus in our city! They all know about Him, they don't KNOW Him! Pray God will help me to find some national believers who will help me follow up on all these names....