To fulfill her Service Learning Requirement, Californian Global University student, Cynthia, found a way to teach her Missionettes an unforgettable lesson. In the games and activities that go along with the Fall Festival at her church, Cynthia wanted to bring an age appropriate message of salvation.

She began with a chalk board illustration showing that sin has caused a chasm between God and man. Cynthia related God’s amazing plan to send His Son to be our Savior. She drew a cross bridging the chasm explaining that Jesus lay down His life to pay for our sin.

Cynthia then carefully taught the ABCs of salvation:

1. Admit that we are sinners (Rom. 3:23)
2. Believe in Jesus to forgive our sins (Acts 16:31)
3. Confess our sins (I John 19)

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Have you ever wondered what became of some former friend, perhaps one you ran with before you were saved? Was there someone with whom you could not continue to be close because your life paths took different directions?

After studying Global University’s course, The Bible and the Church, Global University student, Woyesa T. of Ethiopia, couldn’t stop thinking about a former close friend of his. Many years had passed since they parted company, and yet Woyesa could not escape thoughts of this friend. Woyesa spent days in prayer for this man and his family. He wrote his friend a letter, not knowing how it would be received. Woyesa asked permission to come to his friend’s home and pray and read the Scripture with the entire family. He was overjoyed when his friend finally wrote back that he could come.

God led Woyesa to begin ministering to this family through the scripture passage, John 20:19b. “...when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you!” Woyesa pointed out to the family that God is a God of peace.

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A unique requirement of Global University’s courses is that the student must find a means to apply in real life what a particular course is teaching. Challenged by what she had been studying in the course Cross Cultural Communications, GU student Jessie from Alabama joined a team traveling to Kenya. There she found many opportunities to put into practice the concepts she had studied.

In churches, Jessie testified, preached, and worshiped with Kenyan brothers and sisters. She taught in the Bible School and held mini-crusades. In orphanages she played games with the children, prayed for them, and hugged them. She assured them that God wants to be their loving Father who will never abandon or abuse them. On the streets, in the slums, in humble homes, Jessie blew bubbles to make children laugh, changed baby diapers, ate meals, and shared her water. She and fellow team members made food for 150 people and with it fed over 400! Jessie told the people that Jesus loves them so much that He died for them on the cross. She taught the love of Jesus in words and demonstrated it in her actions.

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Life of Christ Course Has Eternal Impact

The Global University course entitled Life of Christ had a major impact on a young student named Landon McAllister., His new understanding led him to impact the lives of over 100 children and adolescents.

Landon explains, “This course helped me by letting me see a wide range of Scriptures about Jesus, going in-depth about His life, death, and resurrection.”

Armed with a fresh awareness of the scope of Christ’s ministry and life, Landon organized his first outreach at a youth camp. He coordinated a drama to be preformed and a sermon to be delivered to a combined group of 80 children and teens in July of 2007 at the Circle Square Ranch in British Columbia. Seven children and youth were added to the Kingdom of God as a result of Landon’s willingness to pursue a greater understanding of Christ.

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Victor, a Global University student in Kenya, had been studying the course Paul’s Salvation Letters: Galatians and Romans when he went to minister to a group of about 60 people. Many were discouraged after an incident of mass killings in their area and some were grieving for loved ones who were among the victims.

How could Victor minister to such hopelessness? How does a person bring answers to the questions such an event inevitably rouses? He directed them to God’s Word.

When you cross deep rivers I will be with you, and you won’t drown. When you walk through fire, you won’t be burned or scorched by the flames. Isaiah 43:2

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