When we arrived we were given contacts from the summer team that was here in the summer for a short time. The summer team left us letters and pictures to deliver to their friends so we spent the first month and a half working hard to meet all these students, give them the letters and pictures, and being developing a relationship with them. Many of these friends have been open to spiritual things and conversations and clearly some are searching for purpose and significance in their lives! I was talking with one of the summer contacts, Fiona, and she was showing me some of her coursework. At the bottom of one of the page were a few notes. They were:
1. Astrology
2. Zodiac
3. Fortune telling
This friend also believes in the importance of dreams and believes one can learn from dreams. She is such a seeker who is wanting to research the Zodiac and astrology wondering if there's truth in these things!
There are many others like Fiona and we are looking forward to more conversations and pointing our new friends to the True God, the only One that can put to rest their searching giving peace and satisfaction.
We've also been busy meeting new students in cafes and lounging around campus. The Lord has led us to key people doing this as well! We've made so many more friends by asking God to lead us to people who are searching, interested in spiritual things and that can speak English!
With Thanksgiving being this Thursday we all wanted to celebrate this holiday in some way while were here so we decided to turn it into an outreach type event. We have invited all our friends to join us on Wednesday to celebrate! For most of them this will be the first time of having Turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy and pumpkin pie! So it will be fun to share this with them and experience their reactions with these new foods! We are excited to share this holiday with them and hopefully explain why we are thankful to God and what we have to be thankful for in Christ Jesus!
Signing off for now,
Dana
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