The Lord has been showing me a lot lately through taking me out of my comfort zone in the ministry we have been involved with recently. We have been doing door to door evangelism here in Rwanda and we have also been leading Bible studies in the mornings and sharing at church in the evenings. I am going to begin with the evangelism.
As I said in my previous blog I have not done very much in evangelism ministries. So doing door to door evangelism has defiantly taken me out of my comfort zone, but the Lord has showed me so much through the experiences I have had. It has been really cool to see how the Lord has been using me even though I am so much of the time out of my comfort zone. One of the major things the Lord has been reminding me of is that evangelism is the primary reason God has called me into mission work. Sometimes I find that I can get so caught in a desire to meet people's physical needs that I overlook the primary goal of sharing the Gospel and bringing them to the Lord. In Tanzania I had the opportunity to lead a lady and her daughter to the Lord and it was an amazing experience. Although I have shared my faith with others I had never lead anyone to the Lord. Even though it was out of my comfort zone and I had not done it much before the Lord used me in that and it was amazing to see.
I have also had the opportunity to speak in church on Sunday evening and share during the Bible study this morning. I have never been very fond of public speaking and I get really nervous when I get up in front of people to speak, especially if I have to speak for an extend period of time. Even with how uncomfortable I am getting up in front of people and speaking He has used what I have had to say. I saw that happen especially today when I talked about fear. After I was done speaking the pastor asked if anyone had testimonies and one woman in particular shared how what I had to say impacted her. It was a great affirmation for me to her what she had to say and to see how God used me in that way. I tend to not have a lot of confidence in what I have to say and trusting that the Lord is going to use my words but He has been constantly affirming me in that and it has been awesome.
