28 October 2012

You just never know


There is so much to do here in NYC, and there are some things that are more tedious than others. When I first arrived, we had just finished a survey that mapped the spiritual atmosphere of the students and college workers of the city. It really is quite fascinating, and you can look at the NYC Campus Survey here. I don’t mind telling you, though, that it was very meticulous and sometimes agonizing work to get that compiled. I love the results, but the procedure has me looking at our next one with fear and trepidation. 

Well, had. I related how one Campus Minister used the summary in his report, and got a clear directive from his organization as to how to work more effectively, and he even received some much needed funding. Well, another story blessed me incredibly. In all the details of planning for One Cry next semester, Jeremy got a hold of another prominent leader of a college ministry that was holding an event around the same time. In conversation, he was surprised to learn that this campus minister was actually living in NYC, not in North Carolina, like we had supposed. And how did he get here? In considering his next steps, a copy of our summary was passed on to him, and while that wasn’t the deciding factor in his transplant, it had a huge influence.

One of the results of the survey was the glaring need for more workers in the harvest field. I’m not sure why I’m so surprised when God answers the prayers we pray that He in fact told us to pray (Luke 10:2)…

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