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Summer 2009 | Volume 67, No. 4
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Students Witness the Power of the Gospel
by Benjamin Hawkins
Southwestern students experienced the power of the Gospel during mission trips to Monclova, Mexico, and East Asia over winter break. Throughout the week, Southwesterners in Mexico saw more than 100 people come to faith in Jesus Christ.
As one group was sharing the Gospel door to door, they encountered a woman named Olga outside washing her dishes. “When we explained to her that our mission consisted of bringing the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ, she told us an amazing story,” said Nelson Fonseca, a student in the College at Southwestern.
In a dream Olga had the previous night, her neighbor, who considers himself a sorcerer, accused her of throwing salt into his backyard and threatened to curse her with an illness if she did not confess. Olga declared in her dream, “Jesus is more powerful! Jesus is more powerful!” After hearing the Gospel, Olga prayed to receive Christ as her Lord and Savior, and Fonseca encouraged her with the truth that Jesus was indeed more powerful than demonic influences.
Another team traveled to East Asia, and they saw 28 people make professions for Christ.
Mark Carlton*, a student in the College at Southwestern, encountered an East Asian student on the second day of the trip. He soon found out that this student had been reading the Bible for one of his classes. Although this Bible-reading assignment was intended only to teach students about western culture, this young man suspected the Bible was true.
“After we had extended the invitation for him to pray to receive Christ, and he did, he was very thankful, because he had no idea how to create that relationship. He had read those things (in Scripture) and had a desire for it,” Mark said. “The ground was fertile. And God just led us right to this man.”
*Name has been changed for security purposes.
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