BJD Outreach

 

                                                                      Excitement flowed through the air as we loaded up the truck and gathered to pray for the students and staff before they left for outreach.  The 10 BJD (the dorm where I live) students and staff went to serve in Northern Thailand.  Some students have been on outreach before, others put their faith in Jesus in the past few months, so this is their first experience of living-out loving others outside of Bangkok (aka "mission trip").

They had a busy two weeks full of blessing some of the students' home communities.  In some hometowns they did kids' programs with skits, games, and stories about Jesus.  In some hometowns they spent long days helping harvest rice and other veggies alongside the locals and praying for those in need.  

It's not a simple task for students to return to their hometowns to speak of Christ.  For some, the evidence of Jesus changing their lives speaks for itself,  others face ridicule from family and neighbors for "being swept away with this Western religion." 

When everyone returned this past week, I asked one of the student leaders what his favorite part was.  He had a lot of good stories but the best part was "Seeing BJD students grow closer to God and grow in leadership."                                        Praise God for working in the lives of the students at BJD !