It has been a wild summer for Mission Adventures. We had a really great staff for the summer with lots of passion, energy and faith; which really helps to have a good summer, it just makes everything run smoother. We had about 9 teams come through and 101 students; teams from Colorado, California, Washington and Nevada.
One of the verses on my heart this summer has been Matthew 7:7 which says: seek and you will find, ask and you will receive, knock and the door will be open to you. As this was my fifth season doing Mission Adventures I had to really make sure I wasn't just skating along.
We have been writing the names of the people that have accepted Christ this summer on a chalk board in our building. In just a few short weeks, there are about 25 names on that board, praise God! We have seen so many people repentant of the lives they have been living and wanting so much for Jesus to come into their hearts and bring them true life and true meaning. We met a guy on the streets that was in a drug rehabilitation program, he had left a few days before. One of the staff got a word for him that he was running away from God and he broke down and gave his life to Christ right there on the strip. Another guy we met was struggling with alcoholism, after talking to some students he repented to God, accepted Jesus into his heart and called his mom to Apologize for the way he has treated her. God is moving!
I prayed at the beginning of the summer that God would open my eyes and use this summer in ways he hasn't before. I prayed that God would lead me to someone that was ready to accept Him into their heart and use me to bring them to Him. I have seen people come to Christ all around me, and God has used me to bring people to know Him, but I have never asked someone " do you want Jesus today and they said yes."
So...a few days ago I was in a mall doing evangelism with some students and I started talking to a 17 year old boy named Harlen who was with his mom' the conversation started because he was wearing a t-shirt of a painter that I like. I asked his mom if they had went to church and she said not really but she wanted them to go more. Then I asked Harlen what he thought of Jesus and the bible. He said he knew that Jesus died for him, he really liked him, but he didn't know much more. He told me that he had been going to a Christian ministry that has an indoor skate park that they let the kids skate in for free for an hour after an hour of bible study each Wednesday. So he said he has been going for the free skating, not really to learn about God. I felt God really press on my heart to ask Him if he wanted to accept Jesus into his heart today and he said yes! Praise God! He said the prayer with me to accept Jesus into his heart, then he let me tell him some more about Jesus and give him some bible verses to look up. We exchanged phone numbers and have kept in contact the last few days. I told him to find someone who he respects as a Christian leader to become a mentor in his life to help him grow in his relationship with God.
I tell you these stories to to gloat about myself or Youth With A Mission, but to brag on God. God is so so faithful, His power is limitless but the biggest thing that stands in the way of God doing great things through us is actually ourselves; our doubt our fear and our unbelief. I just wanted to encourage you all that God will answer your prayers, no matter what they are as long as it is on God's hear to happen.
God wants to move and do great things in your life, so the question is...will you let Him?
As of Tomorrow...Monday...I will be DTS staff. We will do staff training all week, then the students will start arriving on Saturday, please pray for the students to come that God wants to come and that they all arrive safely!
Thank you all for reading and God bless you all!!
Brett
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