Fast Times at LaTrobe and RMIT

The past two days we have been evangelizing at LaTrobe and RMIT, universities in Australia where we are spending our team. These were our two first days of our normal schedule. We went to each campus last week to pray over them fervently and I believe many prayers were answered. It is amazing to hear our team come back each day and share their experiences on campus. Sometimes they run into a straight "no" from people. Yet, we continue to pursue others, trying to share the GOSPEL! The Gospel has already been proclaimed many times on these campuses in the past two days. More than that, we are building relationships with the students on these unis. There has already been a few times of exchanging numbers so that we can continue to meet up! Doing evangelism is very interesting, because there is such a unique balance. We yearn to love people. Every student we talk to, we want them to feel loved by CHRIST LOVE IN US. We hope and pray to build relationships, and not ones that they feel deceived in. We don't want them in any way to feel, and we don't want to be motivated by, that we are just being their friends to somehow trick them into believing the gospel. On the other end, we desperately want these students to know the true gospel. Some don't know it! We want to make sure they know the truth of the gospel that lies in Scripture! So, there is a delicate balance between building loving relationships and sharing the TRUTH! Help pray for every member of the team that out of their Spirit-filled life, we would be able to have discernment in each of these situations. Pray for all of our ministry on these campuses. Pray we would not be discouraged by hard soil, or jealous of how God may be growing someone else's ministry on the team. Our definition for successful evangelism is taking initiative in the power of The Spirit to share the gospel and leaving the results to God. Pray we are all reminded of this. And please continue to pray for my leadership, as I seek to lead the team. Some praises on my end: I have shared the gospel 4 times with students already and been able to answer many questions about Christianity. One person we talked to was an international from China. We got to answer his questions about the broken nature of humanity and how that is what makes Jesus' sacrifice necessary. While he did not come to faith, I definitely saw his heart move closer during that conversation. Also, me and my partner met two guys and had another great conversation. We opened with a spiritual survey to know their beliefs and then went right into sharing the gospel with them. Afterwards, we didn't just leave them like we didn't care about them. We stayed around and talked about Australian and American things for another hour. We exchanged phone numbers and it definitely gave me a sense of encouragement. As I end this entry I would like to leave you with a piece of Scripture I am currently memorizing (I pray it helps you as much as it does me) Pslam 130:
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; O LORD, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O LORD, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope. My soul waits for the LORD, more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with Him is full redemption. He Himself will redeem Israel from all their sins