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Real Expectations
“For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:14)
Wow, this verse has carried us many days since we last wrote. Our goal as we said in our last letter was that our team would give five hundred students an opportunity to hear the gospel before the end of the semester. Annie and I personally had several opportunities this semester to share. Annie shared with thirty eight students and I shared with thirty four.
We are very thankful that twenty nine came to faith, but it showed us the reality of this verse that the gate is small and the way is narrow and real expectations are that few will find it. Even though it is so hard to see students reject this, we continue to spend time with them if they want to be with us and come to our classes and student meetings.
Another time Annie and the girls were planning a time to bring in a local cosmetologist to share about make-up. Afterwards they would share about the more important topic: inner beauty. Annie took the stage and shared about how important inner beauty is and Father’s love. Two girls kept interrupting. One kept talking about her viewpoint of the topic and was not giving Annie an opportunity to share what was fully on her heart so girls could hear this important message. Annie came home and said how hard it was because of these two girls. You just never know how God is moving; the very next day some of the staff girls followed up with these two girls and both of them came to faith and are really walking in a relationship with our Father.
Our plans for the summer
Next week we leave for a southern city of our country. There we will have a week of seminary classes. We are required to continue our education and have requirements to fulfill in order to stay on staff. Our organization brings in a teacher for that time and we have exams at the end of the classes.
Our student center is finally finished and we will be preparing to open it in July! Right now we are meeting and discussing how to use this new tool to gather students for the fall semester. We will also be giving aid to the families left without homes from the war last June.
We want to end by saying thank you for your continued support as we work together and these stories couldn’t happen without your support
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