This Big God
It’s not every day I (Zack) go to Daytona Beach (above, L), meet moonwalking astronaut Charlie Duke (above, R), and most importantly join 700 students from 60 nations. In other words, the Vision Conference was incredible!
“God is not just in our lives and our community, but He works all over the world,” said Andrea (pic. below). About her conference experience, she told us, “I saw people from different language worshiping God…the God of every tribe, every nation, every language. We are part of that big family that He has created.”
“I’m part of this big promise, this big God that loves all of these people from different countries. I love that about this conference, how people who have never heard of Christ come.” For many of the students in attendance, it was their first time to ever sing a worship song or see other people raising their hands to this God.
For almost all of us, it was our first time to sing in Swahili or Uzbek! One of the songs, “For this Purpose,” was translated into different languages each night and we learned together. It was a continually amazing, holy experience.
Discovering Their Destiny
Students were invited to write down their answers to these questions: “Who do you say Jesus is? What questions do you still have about God? What is your next spiritual step?” Their answer cards were put together to form a mural that spelled DESTINY, our theme.
As for Andrea, she said: “When I was not a Christian we were all in the darkness. My vision is to really reach out to those people in the darkness. That’s really hard in Malaysia,” she says, as Christians are a minority. “Some people get really in trouble if you actually share Jesus with them. But it’s something I think God is challenging me to do.”
Thank you for your partnership in reaching these students for Christ!
Praise Reports
•Vision Conference was a powerful time of lives being changed for eternity. At least 24 international students have come to know Jesus personally. Hundreds have heard the gospel clearly, learned many reasons why they can trust the Bible, and seen how the Christian faith makes sense.
•Andrea is getting a clear vision for her life as far as the work God is calling her to do.
Prayer Requests
•For the many other students who heard the gospel for the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd time but have yet to take a step of faith. Pray that the seeds that were planted would be watered.
•Pray for physical and spiritual protection for new believers who are from countries that are hostile to Christianity.
Check out the highlight video I made about the conference!