God Uses Students for His Glory

Day two of the High School Mission Trip was a testimony to the Lord’s sovereign natue.  At the end of the day we are all left with a feeling of awe because of the way that we have experienced the Lord working around us. 

The day was under way around 9:00am as we stepped on to a job site of a ministry called Love INC.  We quickly discovered that this ministry was not called Love INC because they carry the incorporated status, their name stands for Love (In the Name of Christ).  We worked alongside the minstry’s leaders to help organize all of their goods.  Recently, Love INC received a grant from Home Depot to be the beneficiary of all of the local Home Depot’s returned goods….so we had an eventful day of organizing toilets, bath tubs, vanity’s, medicine cabinets, and the like.  Love INC processes requests from local churches to aid members of the community who need these types of goods but may not be able to afford them. 

In the afternoon, day two of our community block party was under way.  We had an exciting time of fellowship and outreach with many members of the community who currently are not attending church.  One family of a young man named Gilbert who was in attendance at the block party with his fiance and four children received a special blessing today.  As one Julie Durrwachter (one of our students) was making bead bracelets with Shania  (Gilbert’s daughter) she presented the gospel message to Shania using the colors of the beads representing sin, Jesus’ blood, new life, etc… and Shania asked Julie if Jesus could come into her life and save her from her sins.  Julie prayed with the Shania and she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior. 

At the same time Gilbert was speaking with one of our adult leaders about spiritual issues when he too realized for the first time that he was a sinner in need of a Savior.  At that time, our adult leader was able to present the Gospel and Gilbert too accepted Christ as his Savior.  God drew two members of the same family to himself at the same time!  He is awesome!  All glory to him!

While we were eating dinner at CiCi’s pizza tonight one of our leaders was approached by a man name Presley who stated that he was driving by and saw the name of the church (Carlisle Community Baptist Chruch) that we had written with shoe polish on the windows of the vans.  Presley stated that he had been having suicidal thoughts that evening and had just left the house to get away and go to the grocery store which was adjacent to the CiCi’s.  Presley stated that he saw our vans and wanted to talk about what was happening to him that evening and to have someone pray with him.  One of our adult leaders met with Presley and presented the gospel message to him and encouraged him.

We stand amazed tonight at the way God is moving all around us.  It cannot be explained except to say that He is still God, and He is still alive and working all around us.  We feel priviledged to be used by God in this way and we are giving God all the glory for drawing people to himself!