We continue to hear incredible testimonies of salvation and miracles from the teams who have been with us the past few months! Together, we have made such an impact here in Southern Africa!
It is also always such a thrill to hear of the massive impact the trips have had on the young people who have dared to believe God and travel all the way to South Africa for their summer break!!
Several of the students have experienced radical transformation, divine re-direction and response to God's call on their lives...and even some have seriously given their lives to Christ for the first time while on the trip!!
Here are just a few of the testimonies from the missionaries!
"One of the last days of our trip, we went to a session were Rich spoke to us about God's plan and how we are a mere scratch compared to eternity. I began to feel God tugging at my heart, letting me know that I should really listen as He spoke to me. Rich kept talking and God kept insisting. By the end when Rich openly asked those to come forward who felt a calling for long term overseas missions, I headed up to the front as fast as I could. As I was praying up front with those who came forward and even still while back at my seat, I really felt myself surrender my life to God for the first time. Every previous plan I had for me, I finally gave over to God to do with as He pleases. If my life, that I have said to be to His glory, is only a mere scratch on eternity, how can I attempt to control any of it when Jesus gave His life for me?...I finally understood that full submission to God is the ultimate freedom!!"
"One night during worship God just touched me and I realized I had not been living for Him. So I just rededicated my life to Him and asked Him to speak through me just after I prayed in a way I myself could not and it was just amazing and overwhelming!"
"For most people getting up and leaving home is the hardest part of being a missionary, but after being in Africa for only 10 days, I've come to find that going home will be ten times harder then it ever was to leave home. Seeing people here appreciate even just such small little things has definitely changed my perspective of the American lifestyle...It breaks my heart to even think I could go home and forget that there are people in the world who haven't had the opportunity to hear about Jesus."
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