Indecent Exposure, a Bar Fight with a Call to 911 and More Evangelizing

October 10-11, 2009: Phil and I met up to do some evangelizing while on Mill Avenue. To begin our night, we went to the front of the post office. Al Gordon, David Ardito and Richard were out there. Dave (who is with Jews for Jesus) and Shawn Williams also eventually appeared. Shortly after we showed up, Al and Richard went down the road a little further. Phil and David did some open airing, we handed out some tracts and had some conversations. I believe it was around 11 pm when we started heading toward the bars to do some witnessing. Shawn, David and Dave came with us. Along the way, a man pointed out to me a guy who while facing oncoming traffic was peeing in the street. I told the others. There was a police officer nearby and Shawn and David told him. He asked them if they wanted to be the victims of indecent exposure, they said no. The officer said he couldn’t do anything, but talk to the man then. Phil just figured the guy was drunk. We continued on our way. In front of Urban Outfitters, there were some people with some snakes. I gave one of them a tract and got some pictures. When we arrived near the front of the Mill Cue Club, we set up. I believe I started the open airing. Then Phil, David and Shawn took turns open airing as well. As I was talking with an atheistic man, another gentleman named Hector came over to join the conversation. A little later into the evening, he came and asked me for prayer about something specific. I asked Dave to join me and pray with him about his situation. If you are a believer, I request that you also pray for Hector. Eventually, Dave, Shawn and David took off. Not too much later while Phil was open airing, a man came up to him acting like he was ready to pummel him into the ground. Someone who was apparently with him was trying to pull him away (Luke 6:22; 1 Peter 4:14). Eventually, he did leave.

As the night continued, I noticed that a fight was going on in front of the Zuma Grill, a bar right next to the Mill Cue Club. I got out the camera and took some pictures. Then, I thought to myself, blessed are the peacemakers (Matthew 5:9) and went to see if I could do anything. I believe Phil was engaged in a conversation at this point. It seemed as if things were starting to clam down. However, it didn’t take long before the fighting started back up again. The security guy from the bar was getting involved. I decided to call 911 after realizing there wasn’t much I could really do. After I got off the phone, it looked a little like things had calmed down again. However, in actuality the guys who were fighting were just relocating to the right side of the Mill Cue Club. The police showed up and I took some pictures. The officers worked fast at neutralizing the situation and I praise God they did. Phil and I left a bit after 1:30 am.