P:C - Conversations over a Cup of Coffee

On one of the days we had outreaches, I started to speak to a man in this thirties who decided to have a cup of coffee with me. We got talking, and he told me that he was in Mainz for two days because of a business trip. He wasn’t really interested in Jesus, but he started telling me about his life. He is divorced, he lost his young son one-and-a-half years ago to cancer, and that he lived in South Africa for four years. After our conversation he left, and I was sure that I’d never see him again.

The next day I went back to the tenet, and soon I found that he was there again. He had come back for more conversations and a cup of coffee.

That showed me how much people desire to be loved and listened to. As much as they pretend to be okay in society, they are lonely in their hearts and long for someone to care. I know that I was able to show Jesus’ love through simply listening.