Before the start of this year, our annual Studentlife outreach campaign had a major makeover. It became “On The Journey.” Our desire was to visibly come along side university students around New Zealand and help them start the academic year in “putting their best foot forward.” To practically assist them with this, we gave away thousands of pairs of jandals (what Kiwis call flip-flop sandals). In Wellington alone, we gave away 1,200 pairs to Victoria students! Through our tagline of “On The Journey,” our hope has been to communicate to students that we are a Christian group on campus who is on a journey toward knowing who God is and walking with Jesus Christ. It was so neat to see how excited students were to get a pair of free jandals from us. We had many great conversations with students around our table and subsequently as we followed up spiritual interest surveys. As a result, we connected with a lot of students who wanted to know more about our group and what it means to follow Jesus. Through all this I met two men, Evaristo and Geoff one day on campus during separate appointments. As I shared the gospel with them, they each expressed a sincere desire to know God and follow Christ. Each of these men paused right in the café we met at on campus and asked Christ to take control of their lives! Evaristo came from Tanzania to study here in New Zealand. He’s been attending a local church with some of my team mates now. Geoff is a Maori (indigenous people of NZ) student and is already taking part in a Bible study on campus. Please pray for these two men as they continue on the journey.
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