Over spring break a group of about 18 students and staff headed out to Vancouver Island to do a week long missions trip to the University of Victoria. During this time they did evangelism on campus, hosted conversations about destiny and purpose in life and grew together in prayer and community. On wednesday, my staff team and I headed over to Victoria to join the team in a day of outreach.
While there, I had a great conversation with a guy who told me about his struggles with faith and sexuality. Raised a Catholic, he came to believe in his teens that he was gay and upon coming out faced rejection and turned to drugs. After hitting rock bottom he turned back to God and has found love, forgiveness and acceptance in his Catholic Church. While he still has lots of lifestyle and heart changes in his journey (as we all do!), it was really exciting to hear about the healing he has found in a relationship with Jesus and the beautiful community he has found.
I had another conversation with a student who had just returned from a medical trip to a country in Ecuador. She was searching for meaning and order in the chaos and poverty she had witnessed. As my partner and I chatted with her, we longed for an opportunity to share with her the great news of our suffering Savior. She was not, however, eager to hear about God. Please pray for students at Victoria that God would lift the veil on their hearts and allow them to see the truth of who He is.
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