La Fontaine Evangelism Report By SR Precious

On the first day of school, I preached during Assembly. It was impromptu, I wasn't told before but it was announced during Assembly, I took the chance and I preached about sin this message pleased only a few, as I was on the podium, I could hear some whispering that she shouldn’t be allowed to lead devotion during assembly.

The following day, I preached in class and continued doing the same that whole week. The week that followed after I preached to a girl by the name Ano she had confronted me challenging the existence of God and blubbered about how the heavens and the earth were just created by an illusion which made no sense as I listened. I chose not to react as violently as I was feeling, but instead elaborated to her about my salvation: how I was saved, from my sins, God's redemption and the power of the cross. I told her that no one had the power to remove my sins, because even those close to me couldn't remove them. I then asked her that if God doesn't exist by what mighty power, courage and strength do I conquer these sins which seemed to be incurable. Surprised by this response, she started frowning and showed irritation, driven by my confession of faith that I had uttered. I continued challenging her that if she believes that God isn't real, she should take a look at my life and explain how I overcame certain sins which seem to be unconquerable to teenagers she replied with a simple its fine. I went on further to say go and look for a million questions that prove the inexistence of God and I'd be more than welcome to answer them all. She hasn't come back to me since. After this incident occurred, I continued preaching for the rest of that week. I shared about my life's journey with God and the man called Jesus who does wonders.

On 17/01/25 Br. Tadiwa and Tamiraishe joined our school for their A level education. That very same day they boarded the school bus, and I joined them on the bus. I asked one of the staff members to preach on the bus and she told all the pupils to maintain silence and listen attentively to the Word as it was being preached. Upon arrival at school the member of staff and a few students thanked us for the wonderful Word and some even said Christ had remembered La Fontaine. 3 girls received Christ.

On the way home they preached again in the school bus and some were now talking but we remained unshaken. The following day we preached about holiness making reference to the bible verses when it talks about, "let your yes be a yes and your no be a no", 2 more girls received Christ as their savior despite the noise that was going on in the bus. Afterwards, we adapted another way of preaching, since some borders had no access to the school bus, we began going class by class sharing the Word of God. Up until we closed school, we never missed a day during lunchtime.

Firstly, we preached in the form one class. When we entered into the classroom, only one student was inside, despite this we started preaching to him in no time, two more pupils joined and we preached about holiness and our life's journey with Christ as well as rapture, telling them that despite their age they can

be made holy by God, if a 3-year-old child can steal sugar and lie that he didn't, God can also use those that are very young. Only a few received Christ and none were girls.

On the way home we preached on the school bus and 1 girl received, we preached about all immorality, women dressing to attract, men facing challenges because of lust as well as accidents just because they fail to obey God. The word was so powerful that there was silence, some were offended by this truth, they ended up putting on earbuds and earphones so as to try and ignore the Word but to others, it was very helpful.

On another day after, some staff members were talking about soccer matches which was irritating to my ears because they were shouting and speaking at the top of their voices. And at lunchtime Mrs. Mufaro (the caterer) and (Br. Raymond) called us during lunchtime. In a polite and pretentious way, they said that students were complaining about us forcing them to pay attention to the word whilst we are preaching. We told them that no one was being forced to listen, we will be just talking about the man called Jesus and those who are interested will listen and those who aren't won't, and she told us that we must change the way we preach and we departed. We went to the form 2 block and preached, many seemed to be attentive as we shared and quite a number of students received Christ.

We talked about Jesus and whether we got a positive or a negative response it didn’t matter to us. We preached in the school bus until one of the teachers who had thanked us on the first day after we had shared the Word of God said isn't it wise to give each other chances, i.e. if two preach today then the other preaches tomorrow etc. we said, "no", because we can't tell God what to do and unless He tells us otherwise. We continued to preach the Word in the school bus the three of us every day. She also said that the staff members, too, are even complaining about hearing the word every day but that didn’t shake us at all.

As we continued preaching in classes and in the school bus the Chaplain became angry, very angry and he summoned Br. Tadiwa and said that the members of staff don't want you to preach in the school bus and he just said its fine and the conversation ended. When it was time to board the bus to go home, we preached in the bus, regardless of their annoyance. We knew we had to listen to God and continue preaching. Acts 4: 19. There were a few who continued responding to God’s Word, and a girl by the name Jacina received Christ again, which personally encouraged me to continue preaching because there was at least one person who God was after Luke 15: 7.

We continued with the same routine of preaching in classes and on the bus much to the displeasure of the Chaplain and school Administrator. They summoned Br. Tadiwa and Tami and asked them why they were still preaching and they replied saying that God still wants us to do so. Filled with anger the administrator said Are you challenging the school management? She went further to exclaim- its only because we aren't allowed to beat students otherwise, I could have beaten you; later on, she decided to call Dr Zinyama who is one of our guardians.

After this encounter on our way home we preached holiness and God not allowing women to braid their hair making reference to 1 Timothy 2 v 9. The female teachers who were on the bus from R.T.G tenant on the third seat and backwards said that we are all from different denominations we have got different doctrines, constitutions as well as beliefs so if you say that we mustn't braid our hair what do you mean? Because in Corinthians Paul talks about hair holding the beauty of a woman, even when you preach consider other people's views and beliefs and also if seventh day Adventist schools were to say all pupils who learn there keep the sabbath day Holy was it going to be interesting, "no", but the bottom line is don't preach about things that hurt others or what others consider to be ok but know what you preach.

We acted as though we didn’t hear anything. When Br. Tadiwa was preaching, he denounced her saying you aren't the one who told us to preach so you don't tell us what to and what not to preach, if God doesn't want me to preach about it, he will let me know, but who are you to tell us what to say and moreover who are you before God. He said this whilst he was preaching because the teacher had said it's not a discussion but I'm just telling you.

The following day we preached again on our way to school and back. This time whilst on the bus there was a girl whose mother is the administrator, she decided to borrow a speaker and as the brothers preached, she increased the speaker's volume to 100 percent and the main reason was so that people "listen to the music instead of the word." As the music was being played on full blast, she held the speaker very closely to Br. Tami's ear whilst he was preaching trying to annoy him, but he continued preaching despite the music being played.

The following day as I was preaching the music again was being played on full blast; but I continued preaching whilst the music continued playing. That very same day on our way home a male teacher fought the gospel; by saying don’t you see that preaching whilst the music is being played no one is paying attention nor listening and he also talked about "time", that when we are going home it's not the time to hear the word but we do have devotion time so you can make use of it but we kept on preaching and Jacina received Christ as her savior.

The next day; we were told that we have an appointment with Mr. Madya (the owner or CEO of the school from America). The appointment commenced at 15:00 pm and ended at 16:23. He opened quite a number of verses trying to manipulate us but all went in vain. He talked about the staff and students complaining about the word, and said that there is time for everything, so don't preach on my bus. I bought the bus so that my students could relax so stop preaching in my bus and if you do I will expel you from my school. He said that I gathered those people so that they could learn and not hear the Word, so don't try to cause unnecessary havoc in my school, go to other schools or places and gather your own people; and preach to them; but not the ones I have gathered.