Tim and John

I had the most amazing evangelistic conversation on Friday. My roommate and I were at a conference in Austin, TX and we had a three hour break so we went to the mall to walk around. We walked for about 10 minutes and then decided to leave. On our way out these two guys working at a T-mobile Kiosk called us over to ask us what our bracelets were for. We told them we were at a Christian woman's conference. That began a 30-40 minute conversation about Christianity and the gospel. Both guys claimed agnosticism, but spoke like antagonistic atheists. It was obvious that Tim was very angry towards Christianity. He was highly condescending, mean and mocking. He would laugh at the things we said and make fun of them. The other one, John would laugh at Tim's comments, but he softened during the conversation and was much more interested in asking us questions and really hearing the answers. Tim said, "I have never seen anything in this world to make me believe there is a God." John told us about growing up in Indonesia and seeing all the destruction and oppression that religion brought upon people. I did not seem to matter what we said they had an "argument" for everything, but in all of their arguing they said nothing that was really against Christianity. They both agreed that religion was a crutch for people who couldn't take responsibility for their lives. Tim quoted philosophy telling us that all we could know for sure was that we were thinking beings and how were we supposed to know if anything was real, we could just be in a matrix. They both said that they had control over their lives and that made their own decisions and that if they were wrong about Christianity and went to hell that at least they made their own decision.
We told them about Christ and the gospel. We shared with them our believes. As much as they would let us talk we discussed the fallacy in their arguments. They just wanted to bring up absurd ideas. They were so empty and so angry. As we were about to leave, Tim was making really negative comments like, "Run along children back to your religion." I said thanks for talking to us and he said, "Thanks for wasting our time." I felt myself getting angry at him, so I reached my hand out and asked them their names. My heart has been so heavy for those two guys and I have not been able to stop thinking about that conversation. They hoped to knock us off our feet, to dispel our belief, but Melanie and I both left emboldened with a greater belief than before, so thankful for our salvation. They have faith in randomness, in self, slaves to sin and the world, not realizing that they, in their attempt to have their own "freedom" are found slaves. We are always slave so something and it is either Christ or sin. They think they have freedom, but they don't. I pray that the Lord will envelop Tim and John and that they will one day get on their knees and lift their hands to Him! It was an amazing experience getting to talk with them, one we didn't go looking for. Pray! Pray for opportunities to share Christ, it is amazing what the Lord will do!