Under His Wings

Ministry has gone well. Our ministry team (5 students and 2 staff) evaluated today and realized that we had over 30 spiritual conversations in our first 2 days on campus and we were able to share the gospel with over half of those people. Last week 2 students accepted Christ. One of them at NYU Poly and the other at Brooklyn college. Today, 2 more students gave their lives to the Lord as other ministry teams spread out across Brooklyn and hit the campus.
Some of us came across the first believers we have met on campuses here New York during our time today. Many people ascribe to atheism, agnosticism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and others. We have even stumbled across religious beliefs that we have never heard of before such as Jainism, and Sikhism (religions connected to Eastern Beliefs). One day in our first couple weeks here I passed a man who was lying prostrate on a cardboard box as he took a break from working his hotdog stand and bowed repeatedly toward Mecca. It has been a learning experience for us all. Many of our students are developing a deep love for Asian students as we have the priveledge of having conversations about spiritual things, which many of them have never heard or considered. This afternoon a student and I shared the gospel with a women from East Asia. It was the first time anyone had clearly explained it to her. It is an amazing thing to see Christ through new eyes. I have heard it my whole life. I loved sharing with her and hearing her thought and questions as she finally understood. Please pray that she recognizes a need for God in her life.
Our students are hitting their first wall since arriving. Moral was low on campus as we encountered many obsticles with talking to people, getting into the buildings on campus, rain and long subway rides. It was a wonderful time to pray together and remember how God works through our weakness. I was so proud to see our students persevere without complaint. One of the girls even comented on how she sees no excuse to not share when she goes back to her campus because she has 9 months of opportunities and freedom to come and go on campus. Pray for spiritual, emotional, and physical renewal. I am also feeling under the weather and had to leave our weekly meeting early because of dizzyness and other flu like symptoms. There is much ahead this week included celebrating a friends wedding in another city this weekend. As the maid of honor I can't afford to get sick. :)
Thank you for your continued prayers. I can sense God moving through them.

Abigail