Off and Running

Day 6 in Australia

We’re just rounding out our first week here in Australia and we’ve already been blessed by some amazing encounters on campus. The other night, Theresa and I both led small discussion groups on the campus of the University of Sydney. This was the first time we were meeting most of these students, so we started with a few ice-breaker type introductions to get the discussion rolling. To Theresa’s surprise, she had two newcomers in her group who were raised in a mormon family. They were here for the first time because they had recently begun to question their faith and were seeking some more answers about God.

So, we talked about the contrast between religions that seek to “reach God” by way of a demanding “to-do” type lifestyle (works based salvation) versus a genuine christian faith that seeks God by simply humbling ourselves to accept that Christ lived and died to accomplish all the work for us (grace based salvation). They said this made some sense because they've been feeling the burden of living a works based life. Needless to say, this is just part of a working conversation that's just starting out so we’re hoping to follow up much more throughout the year.

Anyways, it’s just exciting that we’re not even one week into our stay here in Australia and God has already led us to some awesome encounters with young people who are hungry for the truth! Praise God for exceeding our expectations and for the work that He’s doing here in Oz!

Now, we just need to find an apartment and a used car somewhere so ya'll can visit!