Throughout most of high school I was focused on trying to be like the people around me. When the real question was, what could I do to figure out who I am in this life. What is my purpose here? Growing up as one of the few Hispanic kids in my neighborhood and being the only Nicaraguan kid I know made me feel very different around people. Even though I went through most of Glenbrook South High School with friends, family, girlfriends, parties, sports, and all the advantages I had living in this town, I still had this deep hole in my heart. It was as if I were heartbroken all the time but didn't know why. A sense of loneliness knocked me off my feet and held me there. I started to lose my motivation. It was because I never felt a love that …show more content…
I was introduced to an evangelical Christian youth group called Impact by my best friend Malik Lee. Impact is the youth group of Willow Creek Community Church located around the suburbs of Chicago. I never really acknowledged how Impact actually left an impact on me until I traveled with my youth group on a mission trip this past Summer. We were sent to the mountains of Cartago, Costa Rica an hour away from the capital, San Jose, to hold a Christian summer camp for the youth there. From playing soccer with the Costa Ricans, ziplining in the jungle, and many more activities made it a crazy trip. I was one of the only kids that was actually able to talk and translate in Spanish for my mission group. I could call myself a leader on this …show more content…
Christianity turned my life around. God filled in the hole in my heart. Only God could create a miracle like that. during the last service of our trip it hit me. My mind was all over the place like a roller coaster. My heart was thundering against my ribcage, steadily getting faster and faster. I learned at that moment that God offers a never ending love for all of us, that he gave his own son Jesus Christ to be sent to the cross to die, so that we could be forgiven. I saw this God change so many people on this trip. I was finally given the motivation that every teenager needs before they venture out into their own life. I felt I was given a second chance. I gave myself to God that same
Reach the Hispanic community not only in Chile but Colombia, in the US and Europe. We prayed about it for two years, and the Lord give us the grace to make us a vision a ministry and make of our ministry a Non-Profit Christian Ministry called “LatinoAmerican World Mission.” Faith leads us, and push us to the action, and now we are working with great people looking for great opportunities to glorify our God and reach Hispanics for
I finally accepted the fact that we were moving by the action in itself and I did not fall apart. Upon accepting this move, God gave me the strength I needed to make it through this transition in my life. There was no doubt it would take a long time for me to fully recover, but now I knew I would have the strength to make this
The day I quit drinking and turned my life over to the care of God is one of the most memorable days of my life. From the time I was 5 or 6 years old I can remember always feeling different. I was never certain if it were the fact I came from a broken home or maybe it was because we lived in poverty. Either way the feeling of being different was apparent.
After we were done for the night, I couldn't wait to tell Lisa what had happened. I didn't know it was called being saved, I just knew that something amazing had happened. We spent the rest of my time at college house that night praying, thanking him for his glory, and for finding me when I needed him most. The rest of my night, I spent calling my family and friends and telling them the amazing news. From that moment on I have been fully devoted to my faith.
But I didn’t knew this until God’s Word was explained to me through those first weeks I started to visit this church. I remember counting up the days after my conversion, because I started to see the world through Him. God kept revealing His Word into my life and strengthening me through my college years, my new work and my new responsibilities as a later youth
A trip to Racine, WI. Each time I got lost in the city, I said "I don 't want to go to Wisconsin. By this meant "I don 't want to get lost. " I had no idea, God would open a way for me to really experience going to Wisconsin and be hosted by an incredible person. It was an extraordinary time at the place where I visited, just can 't post pictures of that place, due to high security
While I was typing this to my aunt through Facebook, it got me thinking and realizing where I actually stood when it came to my religion. I was confused, worried, and curious. All those years at church in elementary school became unimportant. Everything I learned there was gone. I felt like I entered into a new world with much curiosity.
I realized that God is the ultimate brother in life, and he will always be there no matter if you need him desperately or not. I also can to the realization that I shouldn’t feel sorry for myself because there are many people who are going through much tougher times than me, and had no one to lean on. I now understand that I am blessed with a strong support system of family and friends, and they pushed me rely more on my faith as well.
Mission Trip Its summer 14 and I’m about to go to West Virginia on a mission trip called ASP. I’ve been waiting to go on this trip since I was 8 years old, and now I’m finally old enough. Everybody at my church who goes talks about the fin times fixing houses, how the hard work makes them feel like they’re on top of the world.
I felt the greatest joy that I had never felt before as I helped my friends to come unto Christ. My relationship with God became stronger. I will be forever grateful for the opportunity to go on a
I had to give up my part time job and leave my friends and family behind to face the unknown. It showed that I wasn’t afraid of taking a leap of faith in my own life in order to experience new
I was touched but still irresolute to be a believer. So I started to read Bible, join the fellowship on Fridays and come to the Sunday School. The more I know about Him, the more I want to become a part of His children. As a result, I was baptized in March of this year. I am so glad that I am saved and have a relationship with God through His Son—Jesus.
This went on for about three years and then God willed that I needed to go to the next
In January, 1994, someone invited me to an evangelistic meeting at Temple Seventh day Adventist Church in Haiti. I spent almost one month listening to the word of God. I found out that God can repair any broken person who came sincerely to him. I decided to give God total control of my life.
And it was painful, it was uncomfortable, but it was necessary. I was exposed to my faults and could see where I needed to change. That night I devoted my life to becoming a servant of Christ. I found my purpose, and that is to reach out to the lost, to the people in the same place I was, and introduce them to who God really is. I didn't really know what that meant at the time,