"Hey, my name is Dylan [and I am in my fourth year studying Biochemistry at Carleton University] and during my time at University God has really changed me. When I had arrived I had never shared my faith. I used to be scared of evangelism, scared of awkward situations, scared of people’s reactions, and scared of leaving my comfort zone. Over the last few years I have been privileged to see God work in the lives of some of my friends. And I say it like that because really, it was God who was working, not me.
What if I said you could eat lunch, reply to a text, use a booklet about the gospel and see someone come to know Christ as their Saviour? I would think no way that’s too easy!
But that’s pretty much all I did this last year.
The story starts at church on a Saturday morning. I had just had worship practice and had a meeting in a couple hours. Our church was having a luncheon for international students. I hadn’t planned on going, but the opportunity presented itself so I wanted to make the most of it. I’d been on a couple short term mission trips and was really impacted by God’s heart for the lost. I wanted to play an active role in God’s work and so I just prayed for tge chance to make a good friend that day. Normally I am a bit reserved when I meet people, but for the gospel I was willing to do whatever. Lol.
I quickly met a guy who was on exchange from China. We got to talk and make fools of ourselves during ice breaker games. Lol. At the end of the lunch there was a short talk about how to handle stress and then a guy shared his testimony in Mandarin, so I just prayed that God would use it to impact my friend and the others in the crowd since I didn't really understand. I don’t know much Mandarin, but for sure I heard ai (God’s love), and zui (our sin), so I was sure the gospel had been presented. I had to go to my meeting, but I made sure to grab his cell number and contact info so we could stay in touch. Hopefully God would present another opportunity.
Over the next week I had text him a few times to see what was up, but he never really responded. One day I was at work and I got a text from him asking what was happening at church this weekend. Here was another opportunity and it was obvious he was interested since he asked about church rather than just replying to one of my texts. Haha. So, I told him about church service, Sunday school, etc. But he didn't really know what those were so I thought we should meet up, I asked if he was free on Friday and we could talk about why people go to church and he said he was free.
So, this was awesome. xP. I’m pretty sure he heard the gospel the other day, he was probably very open to hear more of the gospel, and was now scheduled to meet up. I was praying I would be able to share the gospel again and answer any questions. Day of I brought a bilingual gospel tract and a friend. We started talking just about Canada and school and stuff. But I really wanted to go deeper. I was going to ask what that guy's testimony was about, what he had talked about and also explain why people go to church, in other words, the gospel, how we go to church because of what He has done for us already through sending His only Son to the cross.
Things went really smoothly and we got to the booklet. He was really interested always asking questions that would be answered on the next page. xP. We got to the fourth point about having to make a personal decision: how can I do that? He asked. By prayer: how can I pray? He asked. And at the end after making sure he knew what everything in the prayer meant and assuring him he could take time and think about it, he still wanted to accept. XP So we prayed with him. After he couldn’t describe what he was feeling, but just that “I know something amazing has happened. Wow”
I really didn't do that much. I just asked God to work, look for opportunities and then watch Him work and use what He had already taught me.
Col 4:2-6
So I encourage you to pray for these chances with friends, to prepare yourself so you can explain the good news, and watch for the opportunities God will provide. Make the most of every opportunity."
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