What to Expect

As the time quickly approaches for our departure I am beginning to get a clearer picture of what to expect and what I hope to get out of this trip. 

As we discuss faith sharing and evangelism I am really hoping that this experience will help me to become more comfortable and more effective in sharing my own faith and experiences of Christ. I hope to learn new and effective ways of evangelism and how to encourage others to share their faith.

I also am hoping to learn new ways to help ignite the passions of those in my congregations. 
When I think about Paul and how often he talked about how it was impossible for him not to share the faith with others; I realize that evangelism is more than responding to a request from Christ to go,  proclaim, baptise and make disciples.  It is about being in tune with how the love of Christ is active in your own personal life.  I think as people become comfortable with their faith they begin to forget or take that relationship for granted.  Maybe people who have never known life without church forget how important and essential their faith is and have a difficult time thinking about what life would be like without it.  I am hoping that I will become more effective at helping people remember and communicate their own faith stories.  Once people remember why they need Christ and how essential it is for their everyday life it would be impossible to not want everyone you know to feel the same way. 

We never hesitate to share our favorite restaurant, movie, music, and the tools of life we don't want to live with out.  If we really feel like we can't live without Christ we should be just as willing and eager to share Christ with others too.