I am asking for you to join with me in prayer. Returning home God has provided multiple opportunities to speak about my experiences on the World Race. From meeting with people at my parents house, speaking to my grandparent’s Bible study group, to speaking at a co-workers church just this past Sunday, God has provided opportunities to share with others what He is doing around the world as well as what He has done in my life this past year.
A woman from my church here in PA gave me a word about a month ago. God woke her up in the middle of the night and had her praying for a few specific people. She shared with me that she felt that God wanted me to know that my workplace is my mission field. Since that time, God has opened some doors here. As most of you know, Erica (a co-worker and close friend of mine) also went on the missions trip and she also works in my department. She has been approached by a few people to share her experiences with others here at work. I have been invited to join with her in this opportunity. We were featured in an article in the monthly Diversity publication for February and we have been given one hour to speak at an affinity group meeting this Wednesday during lunch time.
Erica and I spent some time collaborating to write a short article for the diversity publication that was a good description of our trip depicting how many places we’d been, what we did, and how God moved in our lives. Unfortunately, we do not work for a Christian company and there are company procedures that mandate what is allowed for affinity group meetings and it was required that if the article were to be posted we had to remove all mention of God from what we had written. Needless to say, this was very disheartening, frustrating, and disappointing. But, we kept a positive attitude that if this article was enough to peak the interest of others to come to the presentation where we could share more about what God has been doing around the world and in us, then the article has served its purpose. As the presentation is just around the corner, we were just informed today that we wil have to revise the video we intend to show because there are Christian lyrics in one of the songs we used and that is not allowed. Furthermore, we are not allowed to mention God or Jesus or anything of the sort during our presentation. Our former frustrations all resurfaced. How can we share about our amazing experience if we have to take God out of it? How can we give Him the glory if we are not allowed to speak his name?
With this said, I would like to ask all of you to join with us in prayer. We know we are limited with what we can say during our 1-hour time slot. But, I believe that this opportunity is not in vain. Whether this presentation spurs an interest in people and there are spiritual discussions that follow or we are able to have a follow-up meeting off-site that we announce during the presentation, we are seeking God’s wisdom and guidance in how to best use our time during the presentation and to prepare the hearts of those who will attend.
Please join with us in prayer. The presentation is during lunch this Wednesday February 24th at 11am EST.
Here’s a peak at the video we prepared, showing a glimpse of our year. Enjoy!
