Dear family and friends,
Thank you all so much for praying for the event night we had last Thursday for our upcoming outreach in Central Asia. I saw God do amazing things through this evening. I am in awe of His faithfulness and provision in it all.
I’m amazed at everything that had to come together in order to pull this thing off and make it such a success. I’m also humbled in thinking that God used my team of 8 young people- who had never done anything like this in our lives- to mobilize the body of Christ here in Australia into responding to His invitation to join His work in the world.
It’s really incredible when I think about it. God has been speaking this entire 12 plus weeks of SOSM to us about “team” - working together in interdependence. This has not only moved from head knowledge to heart revelation for us, but it has moved to application and behavior. This night would not have been possible without the transformation God did in each of us to be able to work so well together in a team. We needed every person to pull it off. Some made videos and powerpoint and visuals. Some transformed a plain gym into an incredible atmosphere with wall murals with maps and stats and quotes and floor lamps for lighting and more. Some slaved in the kitchen to cook up traditional Tajik food (cooking for over 100!) Some worked hard on their speaking parts for the presentation we did on God’s work in the world and in central Asia and His invitation to join Him. It was truly a grand production.
The result? We worked hard and achieved each element with excellence, but it would all be in vain if God’s spirit didn’t move the way it did. We prayed so much, surrendering ourselves before God and trusting that we could do nothing on our own without Him. But He was so faithful to meet us. People were inspired by God’s call to go. Their eyes were opened to God’s work in a part of the world mostly ignored. Perhaps people of the Australian church are now praying for the first time for a country off the radar of most of the Western world. That amazes me. There are people interested in giving their lives more to missions. There are people inviting us to speak at churches and Bible studies to share more of our vision and our passion for the gospel to reach the least reached peoples of the world- that all may hear of God’s love. We even received over $1,800 just from donations that evening. God truly is providing for the needs of my team and is proving His faithfulness time and time again. I know there are deep-reaching seeds that the Spirit of God planted in the hearts of those present Thursday night. He truly inspired and motivated the people there.
Thank you so much for praying for this and being a part of what God did. I believe this night was a part of a greater story God has been writing to awaken the church in Australia into His heart for all the nations. You are a part of that. God’s Spirit is moving here. I believe He has asked me to come here and be a part of it for such a time as this. Thanks for coming with me through prayer and your partnership. I couldn’t do it alone.
For His Glory,
Christy
Enjoy some photos from the night...
Three of the girls on my team and I before the event night began- Kiki, Laura, and Jenn
my friend and team leader Bryan sharing our SOSM vision
one of our guests seeing where we are going on the massive wall
map that Eliane and I made together
My friend and I cooked a "taste" of central Asia for 100!
This is rice plov (rice pilaf), a very traditional central Asian dish! :)
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