Exciting
Nerve-racking
Determined to come
I cannot believe in five days I will be entering MONTH 11! My mind is literally melting from the prospect.
We completed African ministry last night with door to door and a church service for the youth. Jake and I visited a few people, but no one gave their life to Jesus. Until the last house.
We met Joseph, a 19 year old secondary school student with a Christian mother. I started talking to him about why he didn’t want Jesus, and he really didn’t have an answer. And then Jake told him, not suggested, but told him that he had no answer. That something was holding him back, and that that something was not worth it. Jake also told him that God does not want to control him, but to live life with him.
Joseph thought about that for a minute, then blurted out, “I want Jesus.”
Jake and I were shocked, so we asked him some more questions to make sure he understood what we were telling him. He understood.
So, on our last ministry day in Africa, a 19 year old man was saved.
Awesome.
Before this trip, I didn’t really believe that all this craziness was worth the one soul we might save on the way. Of course I knew that it was, but I was sure that I needed to see a few hundred more come to Christ for this trip to be worth it.
But in that moment, sitting in this house in the middle of nowhere, watching a young man transform in front of me…
It made this entire trip worth it. That one moment, watching a life being transformed because Jake and I were obedient…Watching his face light up in a way that only God can do…
I don’t see how I can ever be the same.
After, encouraged and feeling lighter than I have in months, we all arrived at the church. We worshipped, Matt and Lindsay preached, and we said our goodbyes.
(from left to right) Emily, Jacinda, Krystle, Annalisa, Me, Lindsay, Ashley and Jessica. We were at an orphanage. (Photo from Josh)
We had a dance party with the young women there. (Photo from Jacinda)
Rachel (the third on the left) works for our pastor.
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Remember this picture? It was in my first African blog…nearly 3 months ago. And on the 31st, my squad and I are flying back into Asia. My team and I are going to be in southern India. We are working with a…
DOCTOR! After waiting for 10 months, I finally get to participate in a medical missions month. I am SO EXCITED!!
Oh, and thank you to everyone that responded to my request last blog. I now only have:
$428.65
left to raise! If anyone else wants to pitch in, it would be greatly appreciated.
So, yeah. This is it for Africa. The end is literally near.
Tomorrow, my team and team Calvery are heading back into Dar es Salaam. Most of us are heading to a cheap beach resort for a few days to get ready for our final month of ministry and intercontinental travel on the 31st.
35.97 days until ‘S’ squad will be landing in NEW YORK!
Also, if you think of it, please be in prayer for my squad and I. Re-entering after so many cultures will be hard and awkward. Most of us are also flat broke!
We have a maximum of six more blogs to go through, and then this part of my life will be over. But just so you know, your support through these months has been invaluable.
Buckle up! It is time to rev the engine and make the last few days of this adventure memorable and full of God’s glory.
Until India…
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