Bonjour!
This is Becky here. We’re getting close to the end of our
first week in Paris and to say that this has been crazy would be an
understatement. Going into this trip I thought I was somewhat ready. Ready to
go sharing on campus, ready for the cultural change, ready for what God had in
store. But that was just the problem; I thought “I” was ready.
Mission trips are interesting things. They put you in a
state of total dependence like none other. They humble you and overwhelm you,
at least this trip has done that for me. I have spent this week in turmoil with
myself. Fighting my pride, fighting my fear, and fighting my anxiety about
going on campus.
Today (Thursday) is a French holiday so no one will be on
campus which means we have the day to get situated and focus on spending time
with the Lord as well as shopping for groceries and life group time. Honestly,
this could not have come at a better time. We’ve only been to campus two times
so far, but I could already tell that I needed to escape and get with the Lord
and get focused because I have been trying to do this all on my own. This
morning our roommates went to a nearby park and sat in an absolutely perfect
and picturesque day in Paris with open Bibles, journals, and hearts. It was
there that God began to make it very clear that this is not about me. This
trip, going to campus, even my testimony is not about me. We are not here for
ourselves, we are not here for Crusade or even for our families, we are here to
proclaim Christ and because He called us here and to bring glory to His holy
name. But even more than this trip, this life isn’t about us. It’s not about
what I want to do, or where I want to go, or who I want to be. It’s all about,
as a child of God, what God wants me to do, where God wants me to go, and who
God wants me to be.
I can honestly say that this week, in the two days we’ve
been on campus, we have seen God move. We have had the privilege of speaking to
students of all types and all nationalities from a sundry of backgrounds and
God is moving here already. People are willing to talk to us, even though
talking about God or religion, in the words of one young woman named Claire, is
taboo. I know I speak for the team when I say that we cannot wait to go back to
campus tomorrow and see God continue to work and open the hearts of these
students. We know that nothing is impossible for God, and because of that we
know that there are no hearts that are too cold or souls too hard or sins too
great to keep someone from knowing Christ.
Please join us as we pray over this trip. Pray that we would
be humble and broken before God, that we would remember our place, but that God
would move mightily through us. We’re asking God to save at least 8 people this project. Pray for big things. Pray that God would
revive the land. Pray that God would use us, just broken earthen vessels, to
bring glory to His name and to point people to salvation through faith in
Christ alone.
“But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to
myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from
the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the Gospel of the grace of God.” Acts
20:24
“Such confidence we have through Christ towards God, not
that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from
ourselves, but our adequacy is from God.” II Corinthians 3:4-5
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