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who simply did what God told them to do. Imagine if you had not heard, how different would your life be? How different all of our lives would be if someone didn't take the time, listen and obey the call and go. All of these events are what are referred to as divine appointments. Each of us had one. It was the providence of God who orchestrated the timing and events for each of us and He continues to do so in each of our lives. A mission trip is an opportunity to experience God and His love, in a way we may not notice in our busy lives. It is an opportunity for you to become part of the bigger picture; a chance to experience life in such an exciting new way that it changes people's lives. All of these people and anyone who takes part in an opportunity have at least one thing in common. They all listened, obeyed, and were rewarded for it. Their reward may not have been money or status but they were personally rewarded by seeing the life of a person changed, forever transformed before their eyes as they allowed God to work through them. You have this opportunity by participating in this experience. You won't forget it. Those around you will see Him in your actions by your love for them, regardless of their condition.
CHINA - 2013
What are you going to do?
thought in human terms. 2 Cor. 5:7 reminds us though, that we are to walk by faith and not by sight. God does not care nor does it matter how many degrees you have or how much scripture you have memorized. What God cares about is whether you are available. If you will only make yourself available, God will use you just as He used others in the Bible. Isa 55:11 says so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it. If you are willing to be available God will use you. We should not discount even one person from our own judgment. Every human being who has a physical or spiritual need is a valid mission field and we should seek to fulfill the Christ's command (Mat 24:14) to go to all the nations and peoples wherever they are China is a country in great need. There are 449 people groups there and 406 are unreached. It is in an area of the world with the greatest concentration of unreached people groups. We should not discount even one person from our own judgment. This is a hard to enter country which means that open proselytizing is illegal. There are ways in which we can speak but caution and judgment must always be used. Even with this, the church is growing. This trip will offer a real opportunity to make a difference by simply meeting and talking about life. This trip is about relationship building that can be used by the field missionaries to follow-up with. There is a tentatively planned excursion on the last day to the sight see.
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active ministry to the local community and we will be going to work and support their ministry efforts. What you will do is come alongside of these missionaries as helpers. We will work in smaller groups once we get there, possibly doing prayer walks but primarily we will be doing outreach on the local University Campus. There is a hunger to learn English and that is our strategy on this trip. With the assistance of the missionary, we will go to regular gathering places on and around the campus to interact with the students who gather to have open discussions and practice their English. An opportunity to meet and talk with Americans is a very exciting thing to them as it allows them to try their language skills on real people. You will meet and get to know the people. It will be a relationship building time offering you the opportunity to show the love of Christ by your friendship and actions. This trip will provide an opportunity to see and experience what it is like to live in a eastern culture for a week. It will challenge you spiritually and personally. Expect great things. It will be equally challenging and exciting to the first traveler or to the experienced traveler.
CHINA - 2013
What are you going to do? What to expect?
You should expect to meet great people, make new friends and to grow ever closer to Christ in your personal walk. The temperature there is much like that of Louisville, Kentucky. At that time of year it should be cool but not cold in the day but it may be chilly at night. The days may be long but it will go by very quickly. When you are doing what He asks, what may seem to be difficulties don't really seem that way when looking back. That is when you will often see all of the things He did. There will be some guidelines that we must all follow for a couple of reasons. First we are visitors and guests, we do not want to do anything that may cause residual problems for the field works once we leave. Second they are there for your safety and that of the team. Please at all times listen to what is being said by your host leaders and do it. Your decisions may impact more than just yourself. You should expect to ride in a vehicle and do a lot of walking while making new relationships with people you never knew and to make great relationships where there were casual ones before. You will experience Christ in a way you have never felt before.
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need to begin to pray with one another and for one another. Prayer needs to begin immediately specifically for this trip and for potential team mates. We are always subject to spiritual warfare and we need to be sure that we are prepared both physically and spiritually for when the testing comes. Having said that it is of even greater importance to begin to prepare spiritually so that we can grow individually and as a team, seeking God and His direction. You should pray for, His guidance, His provision, His protection, and His perfect will in your life. Also you should pray that He will prepare the hearts of those you will meet in anticipation of great things. Expect great things and He will do even greater. Second, it is very important that you attend the meetings for some pre-trip cultural explanation and training. It is important that you understand the culture and the people that you will be ministering to. There is not test and you don't have to do pushups or run a mile. You just need to participate and get to know your team mates better so we all function as a team. It is also from these meetings that the sub-group leaders will be selected.