Outreach here at PAFCOE is going very well and our students
are being blessed with many good experiences! Most of them have at least one
Bible study with someone in their territory and some have several studies. All
are excited to share God’s Word with others! Here are some of their
experiences:
One student said, “I met 2 busy people who were selling food
beside the street. I gave them the short survey and found out that they want to
know more about the Bible! One of them said, ‘I want to read the Bible because
I have a friend that was a really bad guy before, but when he started the read
the Bible, his life was changed and now he’s a preacher!’ I asked him if he
wanted to have that experience in his life, too and he replied positively. The
man who was with him was not saying anything and I said to him, ‘Sir, you are
very busy!’ He replied, ‘No, it’s ok. I am here always every day.’ I did not
expect he will reply that way. I was so inspired that he was willing to take
time out of his busy schedule to study the Bible!”
Another student said, “This week we conducted a Bible study
with one of our interests. She was so receptive and loved to share with us her
experiences. She told us that she was experiencing depression before and had
attempted to commit suicide by taking all her pills at one time. Thankfully her
children saw her and rushed her to the hospital. She told us that God is really
good to her for giving her another chance to live life with her family. She
added that our getting to know her was not an accident, but that God was using
us to study the Bible with her.”
One student said this, “This week when we went to do our
Bible study, our interest was not there, but her sister was washing clothes
outside their home. So we conducted a survey on her and she answered all the
questions and even accepted the offer for Bible studies. She left her clothes
washing to talk to us and after we prayed for her, she told us that we can
visit her anytime we come to that area!”
One of our foreign students told her story, “On Thursday, I
conducted my very first sit-down study! After going through the study, we
continue to share about our faith. Our interest is a very faithful Christian
and was so inspired by our study together. She told us personal experiences
about her health and how God has helped her. Then she started crying and I
wondered why? Because everywhere she goes, she sees people who don’t know
Christ’s love. Her tears really spoke to me about how God sees all His children
and He loves us so much that He also feels pain over even one lost soul!”
Another happy student said this, “My most inspiring
experience I have during this week is that our Bible students really enjoyed
our lessons and really can’t wait for our next ones! I’m so glad to be in this
ministry! I am so inspired of what God is doing every day in my life here in
PAFCOE!”
This was another’s experience, “This week when we went out
to do surveys, the first two or three times, no one wanted to take the survey.
We started to pray for them and by the fourth house, we met a young man who
asked us many questions like – who are you? What are you doing here? What is
your purpose and why do you have this question about the Bible? When we
answered his questions, we found out that he is an Adventist but for 6 months
had not gone to church because of his work. He didn’t even know where he could
find a SDA church, but he wants to study the Bible more!”
Another said, “We found a study with a man whose roommate
told us to go away! God wanted us to study with that man instead of his
roommate!”
Yet another shared, “God is so good to us this week for He
led us to a house that really needs Jesus! We knocked at one house and we
noticed that there was a little girl who had a big wound on her hand. We asked
if we could help them by using natural remedies. They agreed and the next day
we brought the things we needed and applied a charcoal poultice. Her mother had
a lot of questions about our purpose, ourselves and our religion. But she
became interested in learning more about Jesus! She was so amazed that someone
who help her child because they didn’t have money for going to the Doctor. She
was so thankful to God that He send us to help them and we were so blessed
too!”
One student said, “This week we found a very interested old
lady to study with! She was so happy to accept the study and promised she would
be there next week when we come back for another study.”
The last student shared that she and her partner met an old
man and his wife on their outreach and the old man used to be an Adventist, but
was not anymore. His wife is atheist but she was very nice to them when they
talked to the couple. While she talked with him, her partner talked to his
wife. They found out that the old man really wanted to keep his faith and he
always prayed that God would save he and his family together in heaven. The
student said, “It was such a heart-warming experience! I almost cried when he
started to cry.”
You cannot find a more greater joy than to share God’s Word
with someone else! More outreach stories will be coming soon!
