From a Junior Way Ambassador: I Realized People Need the Love of God

Please enjoy this personal account from a teenager who served as a Junior Way Ambassador with her parents in the Ambassadors of the Way Outreach Program.

As a Junior Way Ambassador, I learned to show and give more of the love of God to people and not be so fast to jump to conclusions. Acting with the love of God is important.

When I moved to our Way Ambassador state for the first time and started going to school, it was a shock for me. I moved from a small rural school to a big urban school. In this new setting, I did not expect to see the kind of need in people’s lives that I witnessed. It was a little scary and overwhelming. Honestly, at first, I was thinking, “I need to get away from these people! They are crazy!” Thankfully, I didn’t do that. Instead, I remembered what my parents taught me about loving and helping people. I knew that God was with me, and I started to get to know people even though their situations were things that I had never seen or dealt with.

As I learned and got used to more people, I made one friend who then led me to meet with her other friends. As we were walking to gym class, they started sharing real needs with me, going into more depth about some issues they were facing, such as drugs, trauma, and issues within their families. At first, it startled me to hear the things they had suffered through and were currently dealing with. In that moment, I had to learn and grow in my thoughts and not run away in fear because these people needed some of God’s Word in their lives, and I was there to give it to them!

One of my favorite verses that stuck with me during this hard time was I Corinthians 10:13.

I Corinthians 10:13:
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer [allow] you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

This is a verse I got to share with a couple of my new friends and even remind myself of. I know this verse, and God’s Word in general, helped so many people to stay peaceful when challenging things came up in their lives.

Not only was I able to share the Word with my friends and pray with them regularly, but they also came to fellowship and even brought their siblings to learn about God’s love and grace. One even took our ministry’s Foundational and Intermediate Classes. It is exciting to hear her speak in tongues, knowing that she is born again.

Now that I have realized people need the love of God, I am thankful to God that I have had opportunities to teach people about how big their God is and how much He loves them. I am so grateful that my parents took me with them to go Way Ambassador because, honestly, I loved getting to see the joy in people’s lives when they heard about God and His AMAZING Word!

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Way Ambassadors Bring Godly Solutions to Others

The Power of Prayer Works

As ambassadors for Christ we have many opportunities to bring godly solutions to people’s lives. James 5:16 in part says, “…The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”

We met a young man while shopping, and he decided to start attending our fellowships. After some time, we met him outside of our fellowship time for coffee. He shared with us some challenges in his life, one of which was a concussion he was dealing with. We shared with him III John 2, and that it was God’s will for him to prosper and be in health. We then prayed for him, and after some more edifying time spent together, we went our separate ways. A couple of hours later he texted me that much of the discomfort associated with his injury had subsided. God is so good and is always willing and able to bring deliverance as we get Him involved in situations and claim the promises in His Word through prayer. 

God’s Blessings Come as We Remain Faithful

Proverbs 28:20 reads, “A faithful man shall abound with blessings….” As a Way Ambassador, I have seen this truth bigger. One of the main requirements of our program is to be faithful—faithful to read the Word, pray, speak the truth, and, of course, walk in love—and as we do this, God brings the results.

One night early in the program, we were witnessing downtown and looking to bless people. We went into the local ice rink and we went up to the man at the front desk. We told him about what we do and asked if he would be interested. He looked at us and smiled and said, “No.” This was a temptation to be discouraged, but instead we decided to shake the dust off and keep pressing on! We went into the hockey shop where the store owner was playing his guitar. We started a conversation and when we mentioned our ministry, he set down his guitar and said, “Biblical research and fellowship ministry. Tell me more about that boys!” It turned out, we were just the people this man needed to talk to that night. He shared how our being there confirmed many things for him, and he was very much blessed by our time with him. This was a huge example of what will happen as we continue to trust God and be faithful to hold forth the truth in love. 

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In Their Own Words: Victorious Way Ambassadors

Following a successful tenure, here’s what these Way Ambassadors had to say:

“Since going Way Ambassador, I noticed personal growth in my goal to manifest patience and peace with myself and others. This allowed me to manifest God’s love to a greater extent.”

“Speaking the truth in love with great boldness was one of my spiritual goals for many years. The Way Ambassador outreach program provided all the necessary elements to accomplish that goal. Now with great joy, I can say I am bold and courageous to speak God’s matchless Word.”

“As a fellow worker with God, He showed me how to more effectively operate my ministry of reconciliation. It is always a joy to bring others back to the Father. I am thankful to be an ambassador for the Lord Jesus Christ.”

“I grew the most as a Way Ambassador in my ability to trust in and rely on God each day. It was a challenge at times because we are in the spiritual competition, but I saw God come through each day.”

“At the beginning of the program, my fears were to open my mouth to speak God’s Word and I wasn’t sure if my daily needs would be met. By faithfully applying the lifestyle of Way Ambassador, I was strengthened in my inner man and I boldly spoke the Word of God everywhere in my area. Also, all my needs were met, and I lacked nothing during those months.”

“In this program, we learned to meet needs in people’s hearts.”

“The Way Ambassador program helped me be free!”

“The Way Ambassador program showed me greater avenues of life in outreach, study time, and all that it takes to go two by two. I was blessed tremendously in a short amount of time. This program was designed for God and the individual. I saw great things by God working mightily within not only me, but also my family and my team. I’m thankful for the Way Ambassador program because we held forth the light of God’s love to those that were in darkness. If you want to grow, you gotta go!”

Proverbs 13:19: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul….

God Had Us in the Right Place at the Right Time

My Way Ambassador teammate and I decided to go to a store in an area that we hadn’t been to before. Before we went in, we prayed that we would find someone that day who truly wanted the Word. We walked around the store for a while and spoke to a few people, but nothing really panned out, so we got ready to leave. As we were leaving, we decided to go through the self-checkout lane which we don’t normally do. We both were wearing our Triumph in Christ hoodies from the Bookstore and the attendant working the self-checkout noticed them. He asked us what church we were a part of, and I started to explain the Way Ambassador program to him. He then proceeded to say, “That’s how I got into the Word in the 1980s! There was this group of people who moved to my city for a year to run home Bible fellowships, and they witnessed to me.” I asked him the name of the ministry and he said, “The Way International!” We were all shocked! He had been witnessed to by WOW Ambassadors and had been a part of the ministry for many years.

My teammate and I were able to have a great conversation with this man and tell him all about the movement in our ministry today. He was excited to hear about all we’re doing, and he especially loved hearing about the Young Adult Rock, because he had attended the Rock of Ages! He was so blessed to have found people who knew the accuracy of the Word again, and we shared with him that there are no coincidences with God! It was amazing that God had us in the right place at the right time to bless this man. We were so excited! That incident built our believing high and we went on to have even more successful outreach that day. Every time we visited him, he was happy to see us and to be able to speak the rightly divided Word with believers.

To me, this incident encapsulated the second pillar of the program, reaching out to others. My teammate and I were like-minded on what we wanted to accomplish that day, and with our united believing, God was able to go to work! This interaction helped set the tone for outreach for our team because everyone was excited by it. It also helped me to see the importance of not limiting my believing. I never imagined I’d run into someone who used to be in the ministry during my time as a Way Ambassador, but again, God had us in the right place at the right time.

One of the points under reaching out to others is “Way Ambassadors lovingly express God’s goodness and love.” I learned that outreach isn’t just getting people to attend fellowship or through the class, but also leaving people better than we found them. A seemingly small act of kindness on our part makes a big spiritual impact. Someone shared with me that we are reclaiming spiritual ground that the adversary thought he had won, and that really resonated with me. In our time spent as Way Ambassadors, I saw the culture of our city change little by little as we continued to pour on the love with everyone we met. We had the amazing opportunity to meet the needs of so many different people and I’m thankful for the guidance God gave us as we boldly spoke His Word!

Humble Hearts Must Be Waiting for Us

One Saturday we went out to witness two by two. Door after door, family after family, of all those approached, no one had been available to receive us or even listen to us. We refused to let discouragement prevail. We truly believed since we had gone out that morning, it was because humble hearts must be waiting for us somewhere.

It was then that passing in front of a house, we saw a gentleman sitting on the veranda. As we approached with God’s love, he was eager to receive us and give us a seat, and he was ready to listen to us. After about twenty minutes of sharing with him about God’s goodness and grace, he was very amazed by God’s Word on display.

He told us that he had been waiting for this moment for nearly seven years. That for nearly seven years he thought that his sins were so numerous and so serious that he could not even venture to say the name of God. He had many times thought of going to confess to the priest, or even go to an exorcist priest, but in his mind the gravity of his sins prevented him from doing so. He had fled his village because of the sorcerers, leaving his wife and children, and could not return. He was convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that God could not forgive him and his many grave sins.

After this, we further showed him from God’s Word about His grace and about being born again. On the spot, he confessed Romans 10:9 and 10. Big tears streamed down his face. He told us that while he was confessing Romans 10:9 and 10, he felt as if a great burden had fallen from his head. He said he was ready to follow us wherever we went. We continued to share the Word with him that evening.

To this day, he has become very faithful to fellowship in the home. He has already gone back to visit his village several times, and is preparing to bring his whole family back with him. What wonderful grace from God!

God Answered Our Prayers

Sharing the Word of God from house to house, my Way Ambassador partner and I were received by a man, a car mechanic by trade, who had just undergone surgery on both kidneys. We thus began a process of sharing the principles of believing and prayer with him, following his state of health day after day. Returning one day from a medical consultation, this man shared with us his concern on the recovery of these two wounds, one of which healed well, but the other on the right side was problematic and caused him a lot of pain and worry. We reassured him that God is the Healer, and said a word of prayer in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ.

Two days later, returning to visit him, we found in the house only his wife who, until then, was indifferent to us, but who that day begged us to wait for the return of her husband. Which we accepted. And some two minutes later, we saw the gentleman disembark from a motorcycle. I told the other Way Ambassador who was with me that something powerful had happened in the gentleman’s body because a two-kidney patient who was recovering from a surgery like his could not ride on a motorcycle.

Indeed, he himself confirmed that at his last medical examination, his doctor had just informed him that his two wounds were totally healed, that there was no longer any concern, and that he could resume his work as a mechanic as he saw fit. We praised God!

This miraculous healing of the man led his wife to open her heart to us by asking us to pray for her, because their only child was already almost ten years old and since then, she has not been able to conceive. She accepted our invitation to join her husband in our home fellowship meetings, and we also began to pray for her deliverance. God answered our prayers because the man and the woman are now graduates of the Foundational Class, and some time later, the woman gave birth to a beautiful baby.

Way Ambassadors Are Bold

Elements of the Way Ambassador lifestyle and strategy include working twenty to thirty hours per week and spending at least thirty hours per week witnessing and/or undershepherding. Visit our Ambassadors of the Way Outreach Program page to learn more.

I Knew I Needed to Go Speak

Early on in the tenure, my husband and I were at a local office supply store to print a few things. We were there fairly often because we didn’t have a printer. We struck up a conversation with the young man working the register, but with several customers behind us in line, we had to keep moving along. All I really knew was his name. The next few times we were at the store, he was not there. He kept popping up in my mind and heart, so I just continued speaking in tongues for him and continually believed for an opportunity to talk with him again.

About two months later we found ourselves at the office supply store again, and this time he was there and there were no customers in line at the register! I knew I needed to go speak with him right away. I walked up to him and reintroduced myself. I said, “You might not remember me, but we met a couple months ago here. I know this might seem random, but my husband and I are here to be the good news, to share God’s Word with people. Ever since we met, you’ve been on my heart. I’ve learned when God works in me like this not to ignore it!” I then explained when we have fellowship and asked if he would like to come. He said he did remember us, and that he would love to come! A few weeks later, he attended his first fellowship. He then registered and completed the Power for Abundant Living Today class, repeated it, and has since taken both the Intermediate and Defeating the Adversary classes! God’s timing is perfect. He will lead us to those hungry hearts as we listen to that “still small voice” and remain bold to speak!

Speaking the Word on the Job Works!

God worked mightily and opened doors of utterance in the workplace.

I happened to find part-time work with a retail company that had managers who were very accommodating of my needs as a Way Ambassador. It just so happened that the store where I worked was in an area that attracted tourists. People visiting from all over would ask me questions about myself. This opened the door for me to share why I was in town and to speak the Word to them.

In addition, many students and young people worked in the store, and there was quite a staff turnover. So, during my time there, I was not only able to speak the Word to my regular coworkers, but also to a continual flow of newly hired employees. I had opportunities to speak the Word to the various managers, as well.

But that’s not all! We all spoke the Word to coworkers at our jobs and to employees in other workplaces, such as the grocery stores where we shopped. As a result, several people attended our fellowships and events to hear the Word and learn about us and the Power for Abundant Living Today class. Now several of them are graduates of our Foundational Class (some have taken the class twice), and at least one is a graduate of the Intermediate and Defeating the Adversary classes! All in just nine months! Speaking the Word at appropriate times on the job works!

Powerful Unity and Strength

God is always at work, and it is exciting to listen to Him and move with Him. Before Way Ambassador, our family had never lived with anyone and really had no desire to do so. During the program, we were blessed with a lovely housemate, and the learning and growth from applying the third pillar of the program—living God’s love at home—wonderfully impacted our lives. I had the joy of experiencing powerful unity and strength within our home. This also led to a much deeper understanding of how the three pillars of this program seamlessly meld together and are all interdependent on one another.

As we lived love at home, we were more ready and more willing to reach out to others with full hearts ready to give. Gathering together daily and inspiring each other with the Word would comfort and encourage our hearts. We would share details about those we were reaching out to and made plans to support one another in God’s work. Our days would start and end with like-minded planning, prayers, and believing.

We were blessed to live in an apartment community where the grounds were beautiful to walk. There were peaceful courtyards with fountains and a few different pools to enjoy during the hot afternoons. We had many open doors to speak God’s Word right outside our door, and it was a joy to work together with our housemate as we made God’s presence known right in our community. We would get home after walking around the complex or doing “pool outreach” and share the names of all that we met. We’d run out to meet each other’s contacts and invite them over.

One of our neighbors had his mom visiting from Philadelphia multiple times over the months. Every visit, she came and joined our fellowship and was blessed to pursue fellowship in her hometown. Many times, our housemate and I crossed paths with the same people at different times and places. These individuals were comforted and thrilled to be encouraged and sought after by God on multiple occasions by different people.

The walk of love gives evidence to Who our Father is. We were fellow workers and this was a witness. Our personal spiritual growth naturally abounded as we lived unity and love and were reaching out to others. It is beautiful how the pillars are interdependent. It reminds me of how the whole Word fits together, how the manifestations of holy spirit all work together, and how the Body of Christ operates as one. Nothing is without impact on another. God is amazing as the great arranger.

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Way Ambassadors Benefit from Program’s Pillars

The framework of the Way Ambassador program is built upon three pillars: personal spiritual growth, reaching out to others, and living God’s love at home. Please enjoy these personal accounts from Way Ambassadors.

Personal Spiritual Growth

Confronted during our outings on several sensitive topics such as the trinity, water baptism, reincarnation, and dreams and visions, I learned to do research to have a deep understanding of the Word. I began each day to search the Scriptures through all the resources available to us in our ministry. I stopped choosing certain subjects to my liking, instead I searched to discover more truth from God’s Word to help me with the sensitive topics.

Reaching Out to Others

One of the benefits I received during the program came from having experienced the principle of going two by two. By practicing it, I was able to appreciate how two are better than one. This principle helped me see how God could work in each of us to accomplish His work. I benefited from great hands-on learning from the other ambassadors by seeing how they could introduce Word topics with people. There have been times when I have come to understand that if I were alone, it would have been more difficult for me to bring Biblical solutions to people. Going two by two was a win-win experience.

Living God’s Love at Home

Fellowship in the home is the best place where I experienced agapē love, mutual agreement, and full sharing, and this is what allowed me to support others and do everything I could to put the right atmosphere between us to move forward with God. It was a wonderful time, a learning and charitable experience. I continue to say thank you to God for all that I learned so that I will be able to continue to enjoy helping others with love without hesitation.

We Knew That We Were Doing Not Our Work, But the Work of God

Please enjoy this sharing from a person who served as a Way Ambassador in an International Outreach Country.

During the Way Ambassador program, I was able to see how hungry and thirsty this world is for the Word, and even more, how this world needs men and women to stand up and decide to go out and serve God’s Word in this great experience that is open to us.

During the nine months several facts allowed us to see the power of God in manifestation, especially two facts from the first days of the program. First fact, on the very first day, we had made an appointment in the afternoon to start reaching out. We witnessed an act that allowed us to see that God was with us and that He Himself had already reserved hearts willing to receive His Word. Indeed, as soon as we went out, we met a man who seemed lost. Then, approaching me, he asked if the path on which he was walking led to the main road. I said, “Yes! Going straight you will come across the main road.” Despite this, he seemed even more lost and preoccupied. It was at this moment that I was inspired to say to him the following sentence: “Or else you are looking for me? If so, you have arrived where you are supposed to be.” It was up to him to answer me, and he did with a smile, “Ha bon! What do you mean?” I replied, “Yes, we were going out to share the Word with the neighborhood, and we came across you who does not seem to know where to go. Can you give us a moment to share God’s Word?” He replied with a big smile and OK. He was the very first person we met, and do you know what? This gentleman was born again and attended our family fellowship the same evening. He was truly so blessed and edified by the Word, that he continued to come regularly to fellowship, and soon his wife began to follow him. This testimony was really the element that allowed us to carry out a campaign of victory, because we knew from that moment that we were doing not our work, but the work of God, and that He was present with us.

Another fact, also at the beginning of the program, is that we braved the weather. Indeed, the month of August, which corresponded to the month of launch of the program, is generally the rainiest in our city. One Saturday morning as we went out to witness door-to-door, we were confronted with this reality. We organized ourselves into teams of two with an umbrella for each team. We did not want to allow circumstances to stop us especially after the first testimony we had. However, the additional difficulty was that it rained intermittently. So we decided to make this a strength and we asked God this: “Father, whenever this rain resumes, let it find us sheltered, in the comfort of a home sharing Your Word.” God answered our prayer!

There are so many other facts that have strengthened us throughout this program. Testimonies of healing, family reconciliations, and the culmination was the official opening of a new home fellowship in our area. On a personal level, I am blessed in every way but even more so, I approach the spiritual competition with more confidence. God has done and continues to do great things in my life, and I know more than ever that He cares about the details of my life.