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Summer 2010 Overview

I was trying to figure out how to convey to you want God did this summer but could not put it into words.  Then I read a post by Kristen, who is our Administrative assistant for Ambassadors.  She descibed this summer so beautifully and I wanted to share it with you. 

"There's no possible way to tell you everything, about the hundreds who came to Christ in Uganda, the orphans in Haiti who gathered around our team and prayed for them when the team left for the States, how the Peru team discipled local Christians and took them on a missions trip into the jungle to share the gospel in a remote village, and how the Mexico 5 week team saw God multiply water when they were giving it out on a very hot day. I could tell you the stories of people who were healed, of the foundations of a church built in Kenya, the Puerto Rico team that lived in a woman's shelter in the mountains of that beautiful island, how the Scotland team went out into Glasgow to feed the homeless and wrote their own dramas to be used in ministry, and the group in the Philippines made sure to tell the little girls something they've never heard before: that they are beautiful and loved by the Almighty God. The Bolivia team found a ministry called Manos de Amor and spent their days loving on the children there, teaching them about Christ; the Guatemala team prayed for a man who lost everything in the mudslide and when they asked him if they needed anything, he only said, "prayer"; our Jamaica team played soccer with blind children in Kingston; and the DR team met a little girl named Meraldy who captured their hearts. The Costa Rica team worked with a church who served them so profoundly all they could say was, "we went to serve them, but they taught us the meaning of servanthood", the Romania team got to meet and tell the gypsy king about Christ while being interviewed on national television, and the students in Nicaragua went into the dump to meet and share Christ with families who literally live in, on, and surrounded by trash. There's no way to tell it all."

 
In the participants own words, here's what they said when asked on their trip evaluations the following questions, here were some of their answers:
 
What was the biggest impact on you?
seeing people affected by poverty/death, who have joy in spite of it

playing with kids, forming relationships, church ministry, evangelism, etc.

God taught me the power of prayer
leading someone to Christ
seeing God heal people
realizing my own brokenness
living simply and realizing how much of my possessions are luxuries
choosing to surrender
hearing God speak to me for the first time

 
What was the coolest thing God did?
He saved people!
He healed people! Physically, emotionally and Spiritually!
He gave me the words/courage necessary to minister to people
I saw a depressed city smile
I was in awe of how God worked through me and my team
He broke my heart for those around me
He led our team
He brought groups of people (who spoke different languages) together
He showed me how much I have to be thankful for
He strengthened my relationship with Him
He opened my eyes to what is important
He brought me out of my comfort zone
He showed me what the Body of Christ really looks like
He gave me everlasting joy
He answered prayed
He multiplied things like water, balloons, etc.
He gave me peace
He brought life (when a widow in Haiti gave birth to her child, whose father died in the earthquake).
 
For more stories from the summer, check out these links:
http://10pp0630amb3.myadventures.org
http://10ug0630amb4.myadventures.org
http://10ke0616amb4.myadventures.org
http://10pe0616amb4.myadventures.org
http://10gu0616amb2.myadventures.org
 

We are so blessed to do this, to be able to go out into the nations and be a part of sending others overseas to share the good news of Christ, to be able to pour into the Church in America as well through the discipleship ministry of AIM.
 
We realize these are all YOUR fruit – Because of your prayers, because of your encouragement, and because of your financial support, God has used you to provide for us and give us what we need in order to live. The above stories are of how God used YOU in the nations… and in the lives of North American teens in America. Thank you!