Steiger Missions School ’23 Graduation Update and Venetian Travels

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Today I’ll quickly share about the final weeks of the Steiger Missions School (SMS) at which I was volunteering at this summer and some thoughts about application of the things God spoke to me about during the school. In another blog I will share about the travels I have had this past week with my dear friends and sisters in Venice, Italy! I will have lots of photos to share later, no time today!!

Ending with a Bang!

In my last blog I shared about the experiences of the students in the SMS as we traveled as a whole school to Amsterdam to share the gospel for a week in August. It was a powerful time and we literally got to share the good news with almost 2,000 people. Upon returning to the campus in Krogis, Germany, the students completed the other half of the school, learning more practical methods to use in their cities at home. The sessions for week six and seven centered on the topics of taking next steps at home (Knowing God’s will, surrender and obedience), mental and emotional strength, ”What is community?”, starting community houses, starting city teams and movements, how to fundraise, creating healthy connections between our home churches and Steiger, and the ingredients of ”re-entry.”

Some good quotes I want to keep with me are:

  1. Surround yourself with a group of people who are motivated to follow Jesus completely
  2. Don’t wait for it to ‘happen’
  3. Listen to the Voice of Truth: People might ask me, ‘when will you settle down?’ ‘When will you get a normal job?’ ‘Why do you have to be so radical?’ But God will ask me, ‘Have you done my will?’
  4. The coolest thing: When you do the best job you can do when no one notices
  5. Set aside time, Fight for that time with God
  6. Show, not tell, people the changes he has made in you at the school
  7. Ask God to give you an impossible step of faith to follow. If you want to see God move, you need to give him the permission and the space to do it… supernaturally!
  8. Practice what you read in the Bible, right away!

I believe my impossible step of faith is to begin living the missionary life even without a title from an organization, and to trust that God will provide everything I need as I do so! Please pray for me as I prepare to make this leap of faith!

Keep the Faith, Expectantly! I will write again soon!

Skyebird

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