Sharing the Gospel with friends and family is often very different from sharing it with strangers.

I was reminded of that this past week while visiting long-time friends from India. As you enter their home, you cannot miss the space they have set aside in their living room for worship, with images of Krishna. It is clearly something that matters deeply to them and is part of their everyday life.

While waiting for dinner, I mentioned to Ragu* that my wife and I had recently been at a Burmese church camp and had seen a baptism. I asked Ragu* if he had ever seen a baptism before. The blank look told me I needed to start at the beginning.

So I described what happened and explained the meaning: just as Jesus died and rose again, this man was identifying with Him—dying to his old way of life and beginning a new life with Jesus.

It was not a full Gospel presentation. It was one step.

Later, I found myself wondering—was that the best moment to explain baptism? It was just the two of us talking. What if I had waited and shared it at the dinner table, where his wife and son could also hear?

A few days later, they invited us back for a games night. This time, I took that opportunity. I asked his son, who goes to a Catholic high school, if he had ever seen a baptism. He had not—so I described it again, simply and clearly.

But this time, I added one more piece. I mentioned that the man who was baptised had once been a Muslim and is now a follower of Jesus.

That matters.

For many of my Indian friends, religion is something you are born into—you do not leave it. So hearing that someone has chosen to follow Jesus begins to gently reshape that thinking.

I am learning that with friends, we are rarely sharing everything at once. We are placing one stone at a time—one story, one idea, one step—trusting God to build understanding over time.

So here is the question I am asking myself:
Am I looking for moments where others can also hear?
Not just one conversation—but shared conversations that reach a family or a group.

This week, who could you include?
What is one simple story or idea about Jesus that you could share—so that more than one person hears it?

P.S. Last week we began Session 1 of the MyFriends Lifestyle training. I recorded four short videos that give a glimpse of what we covered:
https://vimeo.com/showcase/12209224