Field Report: Northern Arizona
Missionary: Ryan and Kelly Ribelin – Chi Alpha Ministries
Target: Students from Northern Arizona University
“Can you read that?” I asked. “Yes,” the student said as he continued reading the cover of the bright green book standing up on our info table in the Student Union. He opened it and began reading the first page aloud. “I’ve never read this before,” he said. “Would you like to have it?” I asked. The young Arab man said yes. I clutched the book to my heart and said, “I will give this as a gift to you. This book changed my life.” Salim gladly received the book. As we continued to talk, I found out he is from Saudi Arabia, and is studying at NAU. In his hands he held his very first Arabic Bible.
A student from Saudi Arabia, a country closed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, just received a copy of God’s word in his native language. God is such a strategic God. Who else would have designed universities that draw thousands of students from closed countries to America where they can hear God’s word?!
This semester several students have given their lives over the Jesus and are growing by leaps and bounds. Lives are being transformed from inward-looking to outward-focused, from quiet desperation to overflowing joy. How is this happening? By the dynamic power of the amazing Holy Spirit!
Be Blessed,
Ryan and Kelly
Target: Students from Northern Arizona University
“Can you read that?” I asked. “Yes,” the student said as he continued reading the cover of the bright green book standing up on our info table in the Student Union. He opened it and began reading the first page aloud. “I’ve never read this before,” he said. “Would you like to have it?” I asked. The young Arab man said yes. I clutched the book to my heart and said, “I will give this as a gift to you. This book changed my life.” Salim gladly received the book. As we continued to talk, I found out he is from Saudi Arabia, and is studying at NAU. In his hands he held his very first Arabic Bible.
A student from Saudi Arabia, a country closed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, just received a copy of God’s word in his native language. God is such a strategic God. Who else would have designed universities that draw thousands of students from closed countries to America where they can hear God’s word?!
This semester several students have given their lives over the Jesus and are growing by leaps and bounds. Lives are being transformed from inward-looking to outward-focused, from quiet desperation to overflowing joy. How is this happening? By the dynamic power of the amazing Holy Spirit!
Be Blessed,
Ryan and Kelly
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