38 | Boggi Purevragchaa: Finding Family Thousands of Miles Away from Home
I came to America from Mongolia in 2013 with my five-year-old daughter and three-year-old son. We journeyed here alone as my husband remained in our home country, and our first experiences here were incredibly difficult. I found the United States to be vastly different than Mongolia, and not having friends or knowledge of the area led to many logistical challenges.
37 | Amos Crew: Reaching Skeptics Through Apologetics
God has always placed a burden on my heart to reach Muslims and atheists, so when I started my studies at George Mason University, I wanted to become more equipped to give a rational defense of Christian truth to skeptics and adherents of other religions. I felt God leading me to be a better witness to my friends through evangelism and apologetics.
44 | Bobin Johns: Finding Joy in Evangelism
In the past, I had been very shy about sharing my faith. Talking to someone about Jesus felt awkward; but the Holy Spirit convicted me, and I started praying for an opportunity to share what Christ had done for me. In His abundant mercy, God began to give me boldness to share the work of God.
36 | Chris Murphy: Cultivating a Habit of Bible Reading
My whole life I struggled with consistently reading the Bible. I had periods where I read large chunks for weeks at a time, but it was never engrained as a discipline. About a year ago, I was challenged by a brother to read scripture everyday, and he offered to hold me accountable.
35 | Lea Johnson: Freedom in the Ultimate Authority
I’ve seen God at work in my life as He gives me wisdom and understanding about worldly and heavenly authority.
34 | Kathie Virunurm: Seeing God Work on Short Term Missions
This past March, I had the opportunity to go to Bogota, Colombia, with seven others from Cru at George Mason University. From the very beginning of our visit, it was clear the trip would be challenging. Most of the students we met were atheists or agnostics. But over the course of the week, I saw God move in mighty ways.
32 | Mark Merling: Following God Where He Leads
Originally, I wasn’t that excited to come to Harvest Fairfax. My girlfriend at the time, now wife, Madison, was the reason I started coming to Harvest. I initially felt like I didn’t have the chance to choose a church that I wanted to attend, but rather I had a church chosen for me.
31 | Alex Meyer: Finding Christ in the Trenches of Motherhood
Alex was drowning in the demands, expectations and sacrifices as a new mom. Learn how the Lord met her in the trenches of motherhood and brought her into a new season of joy and her identity in Christ.
30 | Ashley Ayala: Great Expectations
God had been challenging Ashley to do hard things and be courageous for Christ. It wouldn’t be the first time she said yes with great expectations to an uncomfortable situation.
29 | Phil Simmons: Trusting God’s Faithfulness and His Plan
We were a thousand miles away from home and our families, our daughter had just been born, and I was suddenly without a job and church family. I was so discouraged that I swore I’d never go back to full-time ministry and resolved to find a regular day job and a local church I could simply join and volunteer at. But God convicted me that this wasn’t what He had in mind for me, and to trust Him in the process of pursuing another role in ministry.