This week marks the beginning of classes at the University of the South Pacific! Students have flooded the campus. Because it's so warm year round, students are outside constantly unless they're in class. After Orientation last week, we have almost 1,700 new contacts to follow up with. We've sorted all of our comment cards into different categories and started pursuing the freshman who have indicated that they would be interested in hearing more about Student Life or a relationship with God.
Our team and the student leaders have begun to divide and conquer as we make phone calls contacting students to set up appointments.
Dave doin' work!
Mary helping some of the students leaders getting started
The guys, pretending like they're doing work
It has been such an incredible first week on campus for our team. We've learned a lot about Fijian culture and seen a lot of fruit in just a few days. Our phone bills are getting pretty high but students are responding at an incredible rate. The response to our phone calls has been jaw dropping to us Americans. Imagine getting a phone call that goes something like this, "Hi. I'm Brian with Student Life? Would you like to meet sometime to talk about God and how you can grow in a relationship with Him?". Most people would say, "No thanks", or "How'd you get my number?", or just hang up. That's not the case in Fiji though. These students almost always say yes! Fruit is literally falling off of trees into our hands! I've had the opportunity to meet and talk with tons of students so far and I'm booked the rest of the week with appointments. Our team is sharing the Gospel left and right! We've seen numerous people trust Christ for the first time as well as students who want to get their lives back on track!
Sharing the Gospel with my new friend Navi!
Mary sharing the Gospel with a few students
After we share the Gospel with students, we set up appointments to follow them up by teaching the basics of the Christian faith and how to grow in their new or renewed relationship with God. We're beginning to see that it's going to be a very busy year. We're praying that God would show us toward committed students in which we can make disciples. It's so important that we train and equip students to do what we're doing this year. Please pray that these new students would grow in their faith and become life-long laborers for Christ!
Tonight is the first weekly meeting of the year, called Connexion. We're hoping to see well over a hundred students come to hear about how to get involved in Bible studies, fellowship and most importantly, hear the Gospel. I can't wait to tell you more about what God is doing here in Fiji. I'm praying for all of you back home. Please pray for us and the movement here at USP. God bless!
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