STUDENTS SPEAK OUT!

What did you learn on the Global Issues Internship that will change your future?

ALLIE: I LEARNED THAT GOD HAS A CALLING FOR ME TO WORK/HELP THE HELPLESS AND OPPRESSED.

ASHLEY: THIS IS WHAT GOD IS CALLING ME TO DO IN MY LIFE

SARAH: I LEARNED TO TRUST GOD EVEN WHEN I DON’T FEEL HIM
SIMPLY LOVING PEOPLE IS SERVICE

AMANDA: GOD IS TRULY A GLOBAL GOD, THAT HE TRIUMPHS OVER EVIL AND RESTORES THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN OPPRESSED. I HAVE COMMITTED MYSELF TO A “MISSION LIFESTYLE” I WANT EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE TO REFLECT GOD’S KINGDOM.

CAITLIN: HOW TO LIVE SIMPLY, LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY, AND TO DREAM BIG.

GABBY: MY LIFE NOW HAS A CAUSE/MISSION. I KNOW MORE OF WHO I AM AND HOW TO LOVE WITHOUT CONDITIONS

MARET: THE TRIP IS NOT OVER. SEEKING JUSTICE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A WAY OF LIFE, NOT JUST FOR A SHORT-TERM MISSION TRIP.

NATE: I LEARNED ABOUT SELFLESS LOVE AND SIMPLE LIFESTYLE

How did you see God work in your life and the lives of others while in Uganda?

ASHLEY: HE CHALLENGED ME SO I REALIZED THAT EVEN IF I AM WEAK IN THE FLESH, I CAN BE STRONG IN THE SPIRIT. FOR THE PEOPLE OF UGANDA I LEARNED THAT THEY MAY HAVE NOTHING, YET THEY HAVE EVERYTHING B/C THEY LIVE THEIR LIVES DEVOTED TO CHRIST.

SARAH: I FELT HIS LOVE FOR THE POOR AND SAW HIM MOVE SO CLEARLY, ESPECIALLY IN AWACH AND KALIRO.

AMANDA: GOD TAUGHT ME TO “LOVE HARD” IN ALL SITUATIONS. HE BROKE MY HEART FOR THE PEOPLE OF UGANDA. I WAS SO INSPIRED BY THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE CHILD MOTHERS WHO WERE CHILD SOLDIERS. THEIR ATTITUDE, BEHAVIOR, AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT IS TRULY INCREDIBLE. GOD IS RESTORING AND RECLAIMING NORTHERN UGANDA FOR HIS KINGDOM.

CAITLIN: HE IS THE GOD OF THE WORLD AND NOT JUST AMERICA. HE WANTS US TO BE A PART OF WHAT HE IS DOING AND HAS GIVEN US DREAMS AND PASSIONS TO PURSUE.

GABBY: CONVINCING MANY OF US OF A LIFE INVOLVING MISSIONARY WORK

ERIN: I SAW PEOPLE STEPPING SO FAR OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES AND GOD REALLY USING THEM TO SPEAK TO UGANDANS ABOUT CHRIST.

MARET: SEEING HIS RESTORATION OF THE CHILD VOICE GIRLS! ITS SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE THEM LAUGHING AND DANCING. GOD IS SO BIG. THE SAME GOD I SERVE IN THE U.S. IS THE SAME GOD WHO CASTS OUT DEMONS IN UGANDA! HIS LOVE AND MERCY IS SO BIG.

MEGAN: WE WERE ALL STRUCK WITH HOW BIG GOD IS. HE IS THE GOD OF ALL NATIONS. SEEING HIM HEALING THE NORTH, GIVING HOPE TO THOSE IN THE SOUTH, CASTING OUT DEMONS, CONVERTING PEOPLE AND ALL NATIONS PRAYING TO HIM ON PRAYER MT. I HAVE COME TO SEE HOW RELEVANT AND POWERFUL SCRIPTURE IS. GOD ANSWERS PRAYER!