University of Texas Outreach Ministry Report

By Francisco Nieves

09/17/2022

In a much-anticipated matchup, the University of Texas Longhorns faced their sister school, the University of Texas Road Runners out of San Antonio. San Antonio is only about an hour and a half from Austin and as you would expect a lot of the fans traveled the short distance to watch the game in person. For us, this meant very large crowds of both Longhorn and Road Runner fans. 

We arrived at Darrell K Royal Stadium about three hours before game time. I was joined by my good friend Tom McLaughlin and two of my daughters, Reyna and Adrianna. Tom and I set up as always on the corner of Trinity Ave and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. We immediately began open air preaching. 

Tom had prepared what he called a “stop-light” sermon, which was a short sermon about three-minutes long, that was saturated with scripture and presented the gospel in a very clear and concise manner. The goal was to preach the same message repeatedly whenever the traffic light turned green so that the crowds that were heading towards us could hear the entire message. It was a great strategy. Multitudes heard a clear and concise gospel presentation as they walked past us.

I had the privilege of preaching two messages, one from Luke 18:9-14-The parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, and another from 2 Corinthians 5:20-21-The Great Exchange. 

As always, the response to our message varied. There were some Christians among the crowd that were of great encouragement to us. I even got a few fist-bumps while I was standing on the stepladder. However, there were many that were opposed to the message. One individual even went to law enforcement and complained about us, so we had to stop preaching for a few minutes while we sorted out the issues with them. However, since we had done nothing wrong, the police officer allowed us to continue preaching without hinderance. 

We also ran into our friend the pedicab driver once again. He is always ready to give us the one finger salute and yell out some not-so-encouraging words to us. I ask that you please continue to pray for him. May the Lord bless his soul and grant him repentance and faith. 

Overall, we had a great time. One of our Friend’s daughters blessed us with some free parking passes to the game. Normally we must pay 25 dollars for parking every time we go to these outreaches. What was even cooler, is that the parking garage was right across the street from where we normally set up. It truly a blessing. 

Please continue to pray for us. There is no home game next week, so our next update will not be for another two weeks. God bless!

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