While Reach a Tourist lasts more than 80 minutes, you can be assured that you meet people from all around the globe. Today, my group and I went around the streets of Zurich and met people from Hong Kong, Korea, Indonesia, India, China, Canada, the United States, and France. I may have forgotten a couple more countries, but needless to say, we have seen people from as far as the East is to the West.
This afternoon was more active than yesterday. People were more open to what we had to say and for what we had in our bags. I was able to talk to the couple fro Hong Kong. They were at Zwingli's church in which he started his part in the reformation. I saw him, really I heard him, take pictures with his camera using voice recognition. This was the starting point of the conversation as I had not seen anything like this. We talked about the cathedral and I asked if he knew the history behind it. He said that he didn't and when I asked if I could share some of it, he said that he would enjoy that. I started to tell of the reformation and how it played a huge role in understanding the Bible for the crowds and not just relying on the Priests to interpret. I told him that the reformation began in Zurich 500 years ago this year (yes, a year after Martin Luther). I told him that Zwingli had put his work in translating the Bible from Latin to German so that people could have their own Bible. I went on to tell a bit more of the history and what was inside the church. I say all of that because sometimes, the gospel is not just starting off with how Jesus died. Sometimes it starts as a history tour of a building that leads to more questions of why that history was needed in the first place.
We have two more days left in Reach a Tourist. I pray that every day God uses us for His glory.
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