GO ‘07
Do you ever worry about something ridiculous? Well, as GO ’07 approached, I found myself worrying like crazy. Oh, how ridiculous I can be! Let me explain…
Each fall, The Well hosts a missions fair to which we invite representatives from local, national and global organizations to join us on a Wednesday night following the gathering of The Well. The sole purpose of the fair is to better expose college students & young adults to the possibilities in missions open to them…beginning now. Some of the opportunities include spending a few weeks overseas plugging in with a well-established ministry, spending the summer as a camp counselor, spending an hour or so a week mentoring a local youth, spending the summer teaching English to children & adults who are so eager to learn, spending 11 months ‘racing’ from one adventure to the next while encountering different cultures and different opportunities to serve the Lord. The opportunities available to college students and young adults are as numerous as are the needs of the world. The problem is that most folks don’t know where to begin in matching up their desires & abilities with the needs & organizations seeking to address those needs.
You may be asking…so what does this have to do with you worrying? Well, I was worried that students wouldn’t show up to take advantage of GO ’07. You see, a local college was hosting a fairly large event on the same date…and the same time…as GO ’07. I was afraid that no one would come…and that the representatives would feel like their time was wasted…and that the representatives wouldn’t agree to come back next year. Isn’t that ridiculous?
GO ’07, from all accounts that I’ve heard, turned out to be the most successful missions fair yet. Successful because many students learned about the needs of the world and realized how easy it would be for them to spend a bit of their time to address the need. In the years past, many students expressed interested in serving in Africa…Asia…locally. But, this year, students committed themselves to serve for God’s glory.
Success…wouldn’t you agree?
All of us have been given the charge to GO. The question is not IF but WHERE does God want each of us to go. Please join with us in praying for the students who are making commitments and those who are still trying to discern what the Father is speaking to them about “going.”
--Leslie
Each fall, The Well hosts a missions fair to which we invite representatives from local, national and global organizations to join us on a Wednesday night following the gathering of The Well. The sole purpose of the fair is to better expose college students & young adults to the possibilities in missions open to them…beginning now. Some of the opportunities include spending a few weeks overseas plugging in with a well-established ministry, spending the summer as a camp counselor, spending an hour or so a week mentoring a local youth, spending the summer teaching English to children & adults who are so eager to learn, spending 11 months ‘racing’ from one adventure to the next while encountering different cultures and different opportunities to serve the Lord. The opportunities available to college students and young adults are as numerous as are the needs of the world. The problem is that most folks don’t know where to begin in matching up their desires & abilities with the needs & organizations seeking to address those needs.
You may be asking…so what does this have to do with you worrying? Well, I was worried that students wouldn’t show up to take advantage of GO ’07. You see, a local college was hosting a fairly large event on the same date…and the same time…as GO ’07. I was afraid that no one would come…and that the representatives would feel like their time was wasted…and that the representatives wouldn’t agree to come back next year. Isn’t that ridiculous?
GO ’07, from all accounts that I’ve heard, turned out to be the most successful missions fair yet. Successful because many students learned about the needs of the world and realized how easy it would be for them to spend a bit of their time to address the need. In the years past, many students expressed interested in serving in Africa…Asia…locally. But, this year, students committed themselves to serve for God’s glory.
Success…wouldn’t you agree?
All of us have been given the charge to GO. The question is not IF but WHERE does God want each of us to go. Please join with us in praying for the students who are making commitments and those who are still trying to discern what the Father is speaking to them about “going.”
--Leslie
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