“Kids, what do you want Jerrah to bring us back from his mission trip?” Miss Anika often asks her children different questions concerning me or my mission trip, but their answer to this particular question really made me think about what the driving force behind this mission trip should be while I’m there: “Some pictures of you with new believers.” I was blown away at the fact that out of everything I could possibly bring back, the things of greatest value and of highest praise are the remembrance of the new souls that God has granted into his kingdom through Jesus Christ! The bible vividly shows us that this is one of the greatest things that heaven rejoices over in Luke 15.
In this month, more than in previous months, the gospel message has taken a more important place in my life after studying Romans 1:16-17. I learned that “the Gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, BECAUSE, it is God giving to us what He demands from us, which is His righteousness, as a gift.” I honestly know that I have grown closer to the Lord this month as I felt the weight of what this message means to me and also the need for not only South Africans to know, but the entire world! Furthermore, I also began to understand that God has taken these 6 months to prepare me for what lies ahead, in my own life, as well as in the lives of the students in South Africa.
Your prayers and financial support are really appreciated, and I know that Jesus has called you in some way to touch the lives of others for His name’s sake, and one of the ways you are doing it is happening through me by your investments. People can search the world for things to give their time and resources to, but if the hope of salvation and redemption from sin isn’t behind it, it becomes futile. So, as I step out on faith to get ready to head to South Africa in a little over a month, I can’t help but the think of all of you who have been and will be behind me as I go to fulfill the Great Commission of Mathew 28:19.
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