Super Bowl Outreach Los Angeles 2022

Matthew Redondo

My team included Mike, Diego, Richard, Jacob, Shayna, Marisa, Johnathan, John and myself. After a time of prayer and training, we left for outreach at Venice Beach. We setup our table near a large opening on the boardwalk. We had a large sign that read “Need Prayer? Free Bible.” While amplification was prohibited, we began to preach on the mic and soon moved on to the large speaker. But as we started one of the local businesses started to play music loudly to drown us out. We continued to preach while several of the team were engaged in Gospel conversations. Eventually police came and said we had to move to the performance designated area. So, we complied and moved down to an area marked with a yellow square near Windward and Pacific. This ended up being a much better spot, with more foot traffic and in the center of the action.

We preached there all day and had a steady flow of people to talk to. Talked with homeless, young people, homosexuals, couples. Prayed with many and gave out much Gospel literature. When one person was leading a discussion, another person would rotate in and take over. This kept people engaged for a long time. When I was preaching one homeless man came and laid down at my feet. After a while he started to remove his pants and wasn’t wearing anything under them. At this I stopped, and we called 911. Marisa tried praying for him to be delivered from demons and he told us not to pray for him.

The next day after teaching and prayer we went to downtown LA near the convention center. The NFL experience was being held there and since LA’s team was in the game thousands of fans came out. There were literally thousands of people all day long to preach to. We preached for hours rotating every 30 mins and after a while set up a second speaker across the street on a little grassy hill. The sound literally carried through the tall buildings, and many could throughout downtown. When I was preaching another homeless man stood in front of me and started to do yoga and dance. Otherwise, the city seemed very receptive to the Gospel. We hardly had any hecklers, gave out many tracts and prayed with many. We did encounter hate preachers and tried to make clear we were not them. At one point I challenged them and ask why they didn’t use the Bible and they told me to leave.

On the last day since most teams were going to the stadium to do outreach at the game, our team wanted to go Hollywood Blvd. This area was particularly oppressive. Many of our team struggled with discouragement or physical discomfort throughout the day. There were also many homeless. We did get to preach right next to the historic Chinese Mann Theater and witnessed to many all day long. We didn’t have to compete with street musicians and were basically unhindered. Many people received Bibles, were prayed for, we even got to pray with 4 young men to trust Christ as Savior and Lord. At one point there was a man dressed as Jesus who we got to share the Gospel and exhort him to repent.

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