It's hard to believe this is our last week in the land of "4th Journey"! This week we will have final goodbyes with our friends as well as a final picnic where we will introduce students that we've met who are truly seeking God to the staff team that is here full time. At the end of this week our team will head to the capital city in our country for a few days of debrief and touring, then it's back home
It's been a crazy summer full of fun memories, sweet stories of seeing God work on campus, and deep growth happening in our lives. The students on our team are incredible - they are so passionate about seeing the Gospel impact this land where there are so few believers and where hearts are hardened towards the free gift of grace. We are trusting that while we may not see any visible fruit from our summer here, God is pursuing hearts of people here. We know that he is sovereign and he cares about this country - even more than we do.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Second update from 4th Journey
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We have had a great first couple weeks on campus here in 4th Journey. By the end of week 1, our team was able to meet hundreds of people, and had spiritual conversations with 79 people. With 32 other students, we were able to do a full Gospel presentation. We were also able to re-meet 4 students for a second appointment. We have started counting these individuals with pasta to give us a visual representation of the influence we are having here.
We also have written down every person's name that we've counted thus far so we can pray for them daily. We are definitely seeing the need to cover our work in prayer, that the Lord would bless our efforts and somehow break through the spiritual walls that people have constructed in this place.
We're learning a lot about the culture and language. For a vast majority of the people we've talked with, we are the first followers of Jesus they have ever met. Despite this, there are lots of lies they have been brought up to believe about the Bible, Jesus and the trinity. Please pray for God to open hearts and minds of people we talk to - there are so many obstacles to people understanding. We know it could take many months, maybe even years, for these students we've met to come to believe in Jesus and his work on the cross- if they do at all. But, this hasn't stopped us from pursuing people, because you never know who you might meet and how God might have prepared them to hear about Him.
The team is doing well and most of our students can't get enough of meeting with their new friends. Even though we have a small team of 8 male students and 5 female students (plus me and 3 staff), it is evident that the Lord brought the right students here. They are so passionate about living lives that honor the Lord and making new friends with the hope of sharing Christ with them. They encourage ME daily!
We're learning a lot about the culture and language. For a vast majority of the people we've talked with, we are the first followers of Jesus they have ever met. Despite this, there are lots of lies they have been brought up to believe about the Bible, Jesus and the trinity. Please pray for God to open hearts and minds of people we talk to - there are so many obstacles to people understanding. We know it could take many months, maybe even years, for these students we've met to come to believe in Jesus and his work on the cross- if they do at all. But, this hasn't stopped us from pursuing people, because you never know who you might meet and how God might have prepared them to hear about Him.
The team is doing well and most of our students can't get enough of meeting with their new friends. Even though we have a small team of 8 male students and 5 female students (plus me and 3 staff), it is evident that the Lord brought the right students here. They are so passionate about living lives that honor the Lord and making new friends with the hope of sharing Christ with them. They encourage ME daily!