I have never explored Sacramento before, so a couple weeks ago I went for a few hours just to look around. Before I left I asked God to give me opportunities to talk about the Lord with people.

I was walking around downtown Sacramento and this guy Ian approached me saying a sexual comment to me. I get really disturbed and can easily say something like "leave me alone". This time I didn’t say that even though I wanted to. I reassured him that what he was insinuating was not going to happen.

We were walking around the city and I asked God to help me show this guy who the Lord is. Not that long after, we talked about my tattoo on my wrist (which is a tree; half alive and half dead. It represents how I want to live my life; a Godly life that God intended for me or a life of poor, destructive choices.) We talked about my future trip on The World Race; serving people and talking about God. He was intrigued. We talked about it for a few minutes and then moved on to another subject. He soon asks me if we can talk more about God. That he saw the passion I had when I talked about God that he wanted to learn more. So I told him more!

We were walking around a street with parking when a car alarm went off. No one was around it and as we got closer to the car, it was so loud I stopped talking. In my head, I knew satan was there trying to stop this conversation from happening.

We kept talking once we passed the car and as we walked around, he sees this index sized paper on the ground out of all the trash and papers on the ground, and he picks this piece of paper up. It had a verse on it that he read aloud. I'm thinking to myself, God you are here with us! I talked to him about the spiritual realm and how the car alarm going off and the paper he picked up was part of the spiritual realm. He was amazed and I could tell the Lord was working in his heart. 

He made a couple more sexual passes at me and I thought maybe he’s just trying to make me stay longer with him. Maybe talking to him by myself in an area I have no idea where I am was too risky. I pushed those thoughts aside and knew that God was going to take care of me.

We talked for hours and I learned that Ian is searching for something more in his life. He heavily drinks and does drugs often, he's alone and listening to music that only makes him feel more empty inside. We talked about why we are on the earth and the purpose that God has for us on earth. 

The sun was setting and knew it was time to depart ways; but I hope that Ian will continue to search for God. That day, I asked God to give me opportunities to talk about Him and he did! He used me to shed light on someones life, to plant a seed in his heart and now God does the rest. Please be praying for Ian, that he would search and find God!

Sarah Nicholson