On November 3rd, our team headed down to the University of Toronto campus and partnered with Campus for Christ university students to reach out to the students on campus. It was a stretching experience and one that was inspiring. Here is Abbey's reflection on her time:
Although I have been a Christian for 7 years now, one part of my Christianity that is the weakest for me is evangelism. When our India team and I went downtown to evangelize with Campus for Christ, I was pretty nervous. July 2011, I had the amazing opportunity to go to Haiti and work in orphanages, schools, and evangelize. Although I have evangelized before in Haiti, it is still a totally different atmosphere and experience. There is something about sharing the gospel with people in your own city that is so much more difficult than evangelizing in another country. I got paired with Michelle to evangelize and although we only talked to one person, just from that one conversation that we had, I feel so blessed. At first, I was pretty nervous about being able to hold a conversation with the intent of sharing with them about the gospel, so I was just planning to sit on the side and mainly observe. When the conversation started, Michelle was so open and friendly with her, and the girl that we talked to was so willing and open to talk as well. As I was sitting beside them, I was praying quietly in my head for the Holy Spirt to just be present and active in their conversation. The Lord really awakened that hidden passion inside of me that desires to share about Him. I was reminded of how thankful I am to be accepted by Christ, and salvation is not something that should be hidden inside of me. As our conversation progressed, I could definitely feel God's presence there. There would be moments where the Lord was giving me peace and I was relaxed enough to even join in for parts of the conversation as well. By the end of our conversation, the girl left almost accepting Christ into her life! It was amazing! I was so humbled to be able to see that there are people willing to hear about Christ! Michelle is even going to meet up sometime next week to catch up and continue talking with the girl. I wish I lived closer so I could meet up with them as well, but I can't wait to hear all about how the Lord is using Michelle to continue to touch the lives of the people in our city. Overall, it was such a humbling experience, and something that I would love to do again!
