I have had the privilege, the last couple of weeks, to spend some time with HCJB Global's summer missionaries. What's a summer missionary? They are typically college students who have completed their junior year in school and who want to spend their summer overseas as a missionary. Many times they are here to see how they might be able to use their future profession in service to the Lord.
The students this year are from all over the USA. They come from Wyoming to Boston. Several of them are preparing for nursing and are working in our hospital. One is working in administration. Another is working at the same orphanage that Becca hopes to volunteer with this next year. Two more are engineers who are helping out with clean water projects for communities that don't have a clean water source.
I was able to share with them some stories of how God has protected us while we have been here. And I also encouraged them to realize that everyone they come in contact with is in a process of knowing God. And we never really know how God will use some little thing that they say or do to bring someone closer to him. We don't always see the fruit of our labor. But God can use even the little things to bring someone one step closer to Him.
Many of these students will likely return to missions after college, not only with HCJB Global, but with other ministries too. What a great opportunity we have to introduce these young people to missions. Won't you pray for our summer missionaries and ask that God will work in their hearts during their time with us?
Thanks,
Doug
