Today was one of the most humbling experiences in my life. There's only one and a half weeks left of project. During our time on KCC these past 6 weeks, we've had many spiritual conversations, around two or three a day. I've watched as my teammates stepped out in faith as God led them to talk to students who truly needed to be reached. And God has even brought some of us into relationship with some students who have potential for starting a campus ministry here. I have even witnessed a student pray to accept Christ.
However, despite all the work God has done here this summer, today, as we arrived on campus, I felt worn out. Though all of our time spent here has been good and productive, it weighed on me that we only had one and a half more weeks on campus to meet students and get them involved in God's movement on their campus. Despite all the conversations I've had, I've only met one person who was already a Christian, and the task of meeting someone who is strong enough in their faith and build a close enough relationship with them to get them involved in starting a ministry within such a short time span seemed unlikely to me.
So Daniel, Chris, and I went out to pray and share our faith. I shared with Daniel and Chris how I was feeling, and afterward, we prayed. Daniel prayed for us to get into a conversation with a Christian with a heart to help become part of the movement, and I admit, I was afraid that God would not answer that prayer. Afterall, how many Christians have we met in 6 weeks, let alone one who would join our movement? Then Chris pointed out a guy sitting alone at the tables. Daniel and I started walking over while Chris stayed behind and prayed for us. As we walked, Daniel prayed, and I grew anxious because I was afraid the conversation would not go well.
We sat down, and Daniel asked if he had some time to talk. The guy was one his cell phone in the middle of a call, but he said he would talk to us after he was done. So we took our seats next to him, and I would later find out that Daniel was halfheartedly praying for his call to end. After we sat down, he returned to his phone call to find that it had dropped! So he shrugged, and we started talking. We asked him what his spiritual background was, and he said he was a Christian. As we dove deeper with questions about his faith, it became apparent that he had given his life to Christ two months ago. Daniel and I got so excited we couldn't help but crack a smile. We told him all about what we're doing here in Hawaii, our mission to start a ministry on campus, and he was very open to the idea of it. We pray to continue to be able to meet up with him during our short time here, and hopefully be able to get him involved in helping form a Christian community for the students of KCC. The conversation left me humbled. Throughout the entire day leading up the conversation, I felt defeated with only 2 weeks left, pessimistic of our conversation not turning out well, and doubting that God would answer our prayers. However, God humbled me and put to shame all of my doubts today. He showed me that prayers are indeed powerful, and God does come through, sometimes in subtle ways, other times deliberately and instantly. Instead of walking away defeated today, I walked away full of hope and renewed faith. Faith in God and in prayer, and hope that we can still accomplish much in these last days of project.
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