Sometimes it boggles my mind when I think about what it is going to be like going back to America. God has given me so many opportunities to speak at schools, banks, to the police yet I realized that's not going to be possible in America. I wonder what it is going to be like waking up and realizing that I am oppressed in my own country. We live in America the land of the Free but are we really free? Christian Speakers are rarely invited to public schools if even at all. Christians would not be able to go to a bank and speak freely about Christ. It would just be considered weird or even some kind of irritation. It would be stepping on other peoples toes. I think the American Christian has become comfortable. We hold the truth in our palms yet we struggle to share it due to comfort. I think back to all the opportunities I had while in America yet I never took them. So often I kept my faith to myself because I was scared to step on others toes. It was considered almost taboo to even discuss your faith in public. I remember hearing Pastor talk once or twice about sharing Christ with someone but why would I do that. I was comfortable in who I was and I figured I was fine. But now I realize we are called to so much more. I find that now I have a hard time not sharing the good news to others. At the beginning of the month I asked God for more chances to share outside of the planned ministry. He has revealed so many chances to me since I asked. In Rwanda, we normally have to travel by bus and even though it is hard to find people who speak English, God has placed people in my path. I do not think it is coincidence that God places me by people who need the most hope or encouragement. Every morning I ask God for things to look for during the day, I ask the Lord to lead me to people or places. Yesterday, I knew I was waiting for the phrase 'same color' and sure enough it happened. I was on the bus with my contact when I saw some girls pointing at me and giggling. I asked Boscow (a youth at the church) what they were saying and He said, “The girl said that she is the same color as you”. Of course she wasn’t the same color as me but God had placed me there to speak with her. She has a beautiful heart but due to the strain of life she really needed encouragement in her faith. So often we even forget to encourage other believers in their faith. We all have struggles but God calls us to lay those struggles on him and be so much more. I just encourage you step out of your box and share Jesus with someone. It does not matter if it is a co-worker, a neighbor, the person sitting next to you on the bus, the person behind you in the line at the store. Just try it. God will give you the words to speak. Just remember that God does not call us to be comfortable.
-Rebecca
