This post, I will be sharing more inspiring experiences from
our PAFCOE students in their outreach!
God really worked marvelously for one student, who reported:
“After giving a Bible study on our outreach, we went to a place for me to
receive money. At first, I was worried because I had left my official ID at my
room and all I had with me was my PAFCOE student ID and my ID from the prophecy
seminar we were doing each night at the University of the Philippines. Of
course, neither of them are acceptable for receiving money. But God impressed
me to try to use them anyways and see what He would do for me. So I showed my
two IDs to the lady and she was very surprised! Why? Because she had received a
flyer for the seminar and she recognized my seminar ID was the same as the
flyer. And she had wanted to attend the seminar, but didn’t know where to go.
We told her the seminar was still going on and told her how to get there. And I
was so happy to invite her and encourage her to attend. But I was even happier
when I received the money that someone had said even though my IDs weren’t the
right kind. I really thank the Lord for His leadings!”
God’s protecting angels were over several students as they
were traveling to their outreach. One said, “We were really protected and even
saved from possible death on our last outreach day! Our jeepney crashed into
another jeepney in an accident at a large, busy intersection. Our driver had
ignored the red light and when through it even though he was supposed to stop.
When the light turned green on the other side, about 10 cars were headed
towards us and it was real chaos! Fortunately there were no big cars or buses
and most were able to swerve away from us and avoid a collision, but one
jeepney couldn’t and we collided with him. I could smell the fuel and yelled to
my partner to jump out! But praise God, no one was injured! We thank God for
His protection over us!”
One of our foreign students said, “This week, I had my first
time to do a Bible study because my student could understand English and I had
the opportunity! I was so happy! Even though there was very heavy rain on our
way back after outreach and lots of traffic, but I was full of joy in my heart!
Praise God!”
Another student added, “This week, when I went to do Bible
studies with my interests, they were so busy repairing their house from a
recent flood. So I thought I wouldn’t have a Bible study that day. But God is
so good! He brought us to the house of one of our church members whose parents
were not Adventist and we started Bible studies with them! The time flew by so
quickly that soon more than 2 hours had passed by! I was so inspired to see their
eagerness in learning from the Bible!”
Bible studies are found in unexpected ways, too! One student
said, “I was assisting the late comers in our church Sabbath morning to find a
place to sit as an usher. I met a man in his 60s and to my surprise, I learned
he was not an Adventist! He had the same local dialect as mine and we really
connected. I introduced him to my other friends and then invited him to join
our Bible study that afternoon, and he agreed!”
Another student commented on her experience by saying, “After
our class, instead of riding a tricycle to go home, I decided to just walk. As I
walked along, I was impressed to buy load for my cell phone, but I reasoned
that I still had a good amount and didn’t need any. But I decided to stop
anyways and the man asked me if I was a Seventh-Day Adventist. I told him, ‘Yes,
and only baptized last year.’ He was really amazed that I was already doing
outreach. He had noticed my Bible and my uniform with Amazing Facts on it. As
we talked, I learned that he was born into an Adventist home, but had been away
from the church for many years already. He advised me never to leave the church
as he had done. I tried to encourage him to return. God had a divine
appointment for me that day!”
And another said, “As we were walking to our outreach place,
I felt a bit sad and discouraged. But then I remembered one of the Bible verses
our teacher had required us to memorize – Psalms 126:5, 6. “They that sow in
tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed
shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” That
verse gave me hope! Just the next person that we met, we offered a Bible study
to and he gladly accepted! Praise God!”
And those were just a few of them! God has amazing stories
for you to experience too as you work for Him!
