Warming up the audience with jokes. Lord willing I'm going…

Warming up the audience with jokes.

Lord willing I’m going to speak at a GBI this month after flying in a couple of days before. I’m planning on not asking for a translator and then asking the pastor if he can translate as a joke. I wish I had a picture of the last preachers face when I did that last time I did that. I know the pastor from way back but hes become a scholar since so he might just do it.

What do you think of jokes before heavy messages? Should they be avoided or should u ease in to the heavy part?