Send Relief Serve Tour engages in compassion ministry, gospel conversations in Virginia Beach

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – “I’ve been on mission trips to different places, even local, and I’ve never been able to lead anyone to Jesus. They’d listen to me, and I’d ask, but they’d say, ‘No, I don’t want to pray.’”

For Evelyn Howell — a 74-year-old volunteer at Serve Tour Virginia Beach March 28-29 — this streak finally ended. She and other volunteers were sharing their testimonies with a man they encountered during a neighborhood grill walk when he decided to commit his life to Christ.

After ensuring he understood the importance of his decision, Howell asked the man, “Would you ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins?” The man did so happily, asking Jesus to be the Lord of his life.