"WAIT EXPECTANTLY"

It was our first time at KCC (Kapi'olani Community College) this summer and as we anticipated a crowded campus, when we walked on we could count the number of students we saw. It was almost like a ghost town. Disappointed, we decided to split our group of 13 up and walk the campus, decode, pray, and meet whatever students we could find roaming campus that day. Our first day on campus, Pang, Joseph, and I decided to walk around and engage with whoever we could find, as we got to know each other as well. Being on a campus that really isn't that big, we saw many of our other teammates roaming around just like us. As we walked around the entire campus in really what seemed like 30 minutes and being able to maybe engage in 3 conversations, disappointment only scratches the surface of what we were feeling.

Pang, Joseph, and I decided to take a step back and as we walked and sat in the big grassy area in the middle of campus, we started to pray and to really just try and hear what the Lord wanted for this campus through us this summer. As I was sitting in this little circle, scanning the handful of students on campus and even our own team walk around and try to engage, I began to just really ask the Lord to speak to me. Rarely do I ever feel like God really talks to me or gives me pictures (until more recently as I've begun to really trust and ask Him for these things) but, that moment, I audibly heard the voice of the Lord tell me these two words:

WAIT EXPECTANTLY

I began to sit and really pray through that phrase and what it meant for me and for us at that exact moment and what I realized was that God was asking us to wait... to be patient with His timing for KCC and the people there. That although we wanted to walk onto a campus full of students eager to hear about Jesus, it wasn't the time. The Lord was asking us to trust Him and to continue to have patience during this summer. He was also saying to me to not just wait and to be patient but to do it expectantly. To be expectant that He will do GREAT things! His dreams are bigger than ours, His plans are greater than ours, and His purpose is higher than ours. We need to wait, but wait with great expectations that He will fulfill His perfect plan!

Me at KCC

Our summer KCC team:
Grace, Joseph, Brendan, Daniel
Jasmin, Alex, Cassie, Melody, Pang, Chris

Grassy area where we play, meet, & pray

At the end of that summer, once staff left, the KCC team got to see the Lord work in amazing ways!!! Their own hearts grew for the gospel and the urgency to tell people about Jesus! They grew in their confidence of sharing the gospel and as they learned to wait expectantly, they met people of peace, students who were ready to hear, and some who made decisions for Christ, some who were really interested in hearing about Crusade, and ultimately what it means to really depend on the Lord. :)

AWESOMENESS! So, as we started campus this week at UH, I've been reminded of these two powerful words and am once again excited for all that the Lord is going to do - not only at UH, but, also as I get to continue the ministry at KCC this year! Please pray that I would be daily reminded to wait expectantly and that I would decrease, so that He may increase!

Love you all!!!!!