I don’t know if you have been following my blogs over the past 9 months, but if you have you will notice one thing…I haven’t written a blog yet about someone coming to know Christ. Crazy, I know, I’m on an 11-month mission trip to multiple countries and I haven’t seen that life changing decision take place yet. I will say that a lot of our ministries have been caring for orphans, manual labor, or working with people who already believe in Jesus, but nonetheless I have been disappointed.
Who says God doesn’t answer prayers in a drastic way?
This last week our team went to a local school, ages 5-16, and performed a drama, worship, and gave a testimony. The pastor we work with, Ronnie, is an incredible man of God and is very good at always asking if people would like to accept Christ.
I’m glad he always asks that question.
Last week we saw 25 kids ask Jesus into their heart for the first time! 25! WOW! It blew my mind and expectations out of the water.
I was a little skeptical though. I had heard that Latin cultures were more likely to say a prayer and move on, so I asked our contact, who is American, and Pastor Ronnie what percent will stick with this decision. They both said at least 50%!
That means we welcomed at least 12 brothers and sisters into our family last week. It was truly a miracle.
The biggest issue is with follow up discipleship. Please send prayers up for these kids who might have no one to guide them through the process of what it means to live a life for Christ. My heart hurts for them that they don’t have the role models or relationships that will help them flourish.
Pray, Pray, Pray for them and Praise God for the unbelievable success we had last week!
