Summer is definitely in full effect. We just finished our first week of LaunchBox 2015 l ast night. Pray for the students and these youth groups as they are launched back home to live on mission. We also had a Group Trek (the students from Central Baptist in Crandall, Texas) serve in Vancouver and return. Pray for them as well. Our JSIs are getting acclimated to life on mission in Madrid, and we have a team getting settled in on the front lines in northern Africa. Today’s update is from CB (one of the team leaders on that team).

It has been a little over a week since we have arrived in North Africa, and I cannot believe how much we have been blessed!  We have the opportunity to work with some amazing people who really care about the community and are seeking to plant ch’s. Please continue to pr that we would meet women who understand English and who are seeking to know more about the Son.

We have already been given a few opportunities to talk with some women and families with the help of some of the field team here. Our first opportunity was a few days ago when we were pr walking around our neighborhood. We walked past an older woman, and I decided to go over to her to practice my new Arabic greetings. I completely forgot how to ask her how she was, so I stood their awkwardly trying to remember the phrase. K (one of the girls who lives here) rescued me and began to talk to the lady, who spoke only Arabic. The lady invited us to sit down, and we ended up sitting with her for almost 2 hours.

K was able to share truth with the lady, her daughter-in-law, and some other women who joined us. Because it was only in Arabic, we did not get to say much so we pr-ed for K, that Father would allow the conversation to become deeper. K ended up sharing why she cannot accept their book as truth over our book. This family also has invited us back quite a few times. Praise Father for a good standing with some of our neighbors.

It is definitely a humbling experience to be used because of your weakness. Father has a plan for these people, and even though I am a fallen, broken person, he is using me to write part of His story. Please be pr-ing for this family, that they would all come to know the Son and would become our brothers and sisters.

Our second opportunity to share with others came last night when K, G, and I went to a Tea Salon. We wanted to meet some younger people who spoke English, so we went upstairs and sat down next to this group of teenagers. After a few minutes we noticed that they were trying to take selfies of themselves with us in the background. They seemed to be having trouble taking the pictures, so we encouraged G to offer to help them. She did, but she ended up having a lot of trouble with the phone, which led to some laughter and lightened the mood. Then one of the girls wanted to take a picture with G, so she did.

This led to us starting a conversation with them. We asked about the culture, about fasting, and their book. We got to share why we believe that the Word is true, and that we can never earn our way to Father because one wrong action condemns us. We also talked about Father’s sovereignty, and how JC said that he was the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one can come to Father except through Him. We are very excited about where this conversation will lead, because these 4 teens want to meet with us again to hang out. Please be pr-ing that we will have more opportunities to share truth with them and the full message, and that they would become followers.