Last month, our very own daughter, Sarah, went on one of our Cru Summer Mission Trips to West Asia! As a 20 year-old college student, she got an inside look at our international trips, and had a fantastic experience! We’ll let her tell you about it in her own words:
“Our main ministry on the trip was going out to local cafes and a University campus to make friends with students. Once we built relationships with students, the hope was to have spiritual conversations with them! I had the privilege of meeting a University student on our second day of ministry with my teammate, Riley. The English name we gave her is Ellie, so that is what I will call her here! For safety purposes, we cannot share her name or face. Spiritual things came up quickly and we eventually learned that Ellie really was not sure what she believed, but she was open. Riley and I had the opportunity to share the gospel and thanks to the GodTools app, Ellie was able to read it in her heart language. She was not ready to make a decision that day, but she wanted to hang out again!
We hung out with Ellie two more times and she came to church with us! At coffee after church, we introduced her to our local friend from a church there – we will call her Dani. Dani asked Ellie if she was interested in Christianity and Ellie responded “maybe.” We prayed for Ellie before we said goodbye to her and Dani plans to meet with her. I am confident that the Lord is working in her and that she is not too far from a relationship with Him. I am so honored that we got to be a part of Ellie’s spiritual journey!
Ellie was just one of the students our team got to meet and connect to local believers. Through this experience and many others on the trip, I learned to be bold in conversations and in prayer. I hope and pray that I can continue to practice boldness in these ways in my ministry at my church, in my family, school, and in every mundane moment of my life! Finally, getting to worship in a different language with people of a different culture gave me such a beautiful picture of what heaven will look like!”
“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.”
-Revelation 7:9
PRAISE & PRAYER REQUESTS!
- Praise God with us for the gospel going out all over the world through Sarah, and 1,592 other students just like her!
- Please continue to pray that those gospel seeds would grow roots and result in eternally-changed lives.
- Pray also for what the students experienced to forever change their relationships with God and service to Him.
- Pray for Sarah & Ethan as they are all moved in on campus at Biola and start classes on September 3. Pray for us as we already miss them at home and are also hopeful for this next season!
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