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Djembe Style
I walked around Lake Eola today and ran into a man who was playing the djembe on the bench. He said hello and asked if I knew of any drum circles around the area. I started talking to him and learned that he had been playing for over 40 years, including his own...
College missions
I've been going to different places for daily mass, and I ended up running into a student I met before the pandemic during mass one day. I felt like the Holy Spirit was telling me to encourage him in his faith, so I asked him how he liked going to mass. He was very...
Prayer with Tourists
I went to visit the tourists area around the shrine for evangelization. My idea was to strike up conversations while being there and offer prayers. A major feast day had passed, the feast of Angels, so the large statue of Michael the Archangel had flowers all over it....
Going after the One
I have been recently evangelizing every week, but there have been a few obstacles for it to be fruitful. It has been empty around local campuses in the beginning of this month, and there has been a lot of rain in the second half of the month. This past week, I decided...
Prayer Station
We went out again for the first time in months since the pandemic hit. I wanted to do something simple that would touch people’s hearts, so we went to Lake Eola to set up a prayer station. I created these signs that read “Can I pray for you?” and had some rosaries on...
Tourists: Young Women
This week we went out to the Orlando Outlets and we met two women on two different occasions during our time out there. We were walking towards the cafeteria when my teammate noticed these beautiful crosses being sold on one of the shopping stands in the walkways. We...