Our third week here in North Myrtle was one of the toughest of the summer- purposefully so. The theme was "Killing the Giants," which is a week we challenge students to share their faith more than ever before. The week begins with this vision: "“If you were to dedicate one week of your life to sharing the Gospel, what would that week look like?"
Students set personal goals for sharing their faith- number of conversations initiated with others, as well as number of gospel conversations (knowing that we can control the number of times we initiate, but we can't control the second goal of how many times we can actually share the gospel with someone). Students also set goals to kill their own "personal giants." For some it was sharing the gospel with a close friend or family member. For others, it was simply being able to share the gospel in full on their own, for the first time. Our outreach team also built an impressive 8 foot tall literal giant, who sat in our community area all week taunting students (see photos!). What a privilege to get a front row seat to students stepping out in faith and trusting the Lord to work in ways they never imagined. Our first big night of the week, we experienced a torrential downpour from Tropical Storm Bonnie that had been delayed a few days. But students didn't let that stop them from stepping out in faith. They went to local shops and malls to see what kind of conversations they could initiate: "Tonight we went into an ice cream shop where I was able to share the entire gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit despite being interrupted several times and me being basically a zombie after a long day at work. At the end of the conversation, Morgan who works at the shop prayed to begin a relationship with Jesus!" "Olivia, Thomas and I talked to an international student who had never heard about Jesus before. We exchanged numbers at the end (of the conversation) and she actually texted me tonight asking me how to pray to God!" "Zach and I went out sharing on the beach, which wasn't our first option since it was raining. But Zach started a conversation with a lifeguard named Josh. He walked him through the gospel and led Josh to Christ! He also got his number and they plan on meeting up to hang out since Josh lives in NMB." Most of our conversations happen with lots of high school grads and college students partying on the beach, celebrating the arrival of summer. But we also get the chance to talk to locals on the beach and around town. Joe, a fisherman, was approached by two of our students and after a long conversation, he had a better understanding of God's love for him and decided to place his faith in Christ: "Today I was casting for fish and haven't caught anything, but today God caught me."
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