The way I look at culture, sharing the gospel, the way I look at worship and the way I look at prayer has all been radically changed, and I won’t forget about it. This isn’t just some “emotional high” you get from going on a church retreat or overnight event, but God has shown me through the beautiful country of Hoduras is that a lot of the stuff we do in america all needs to be changed for the glory of God. We don’t need to be standing there during worship service thinking “I’m hungry” or “I’m tired”, but instead we should be raising our hands in the air and realize hoiw unworthy we our of God’s love. Instead of closing your eyes during a prayer so that, on the outside, it looks like you’re praying but in reality you’re mentally coming up with plans for the evening, we need to on our knees, crying out praises to God while puddles of tears fall down to the floor. Instead of making some cool event that has some catchy title to catch someones attention so that they’ll consider going to church ONCE, we need to be out there delivering the Gospel door-to-door to people who NEED CHRIST just as much as the people down here. Instead of looking at an international mission trip as your way of speaking about Jesus to others, we need to realize that (although this is an amazing trip to go on, and I encourage anyone who’s considering doing missionary work/ministry to do so) our home is our mission field, and that we should be waking up in the morning looking forward to finding ways to bring Christ in every aspect of your life so that others will be impacted. I know that every single person on this trip feels the same way. God is the only way any of us can make a difference.
-Collin
