Testimonies

"It will literally change your life and strengthen your faith incredibly."
"You can hear the gospel, preach the gospel, and see the effects of the power of the gospel just in one week."
"There is nothing more important than your soul and the souls of others."
"It helps you to see the need for Christ in every place."
"Many people don't realize that evangelism is both easier than people think and way more impactful than they think!"
"The gospel is the power of God!"
"You will focus completely on God."
"There's so much potential for your own relationship with God. Because of the focus, you're forced to confront things you hadn't beforehand."
"It's the best thing that anyone could do with Spring Break. It is spiritually edifying, and hence far more necessary for life than the sleep you'll miss."
"It is a lot of fun and it grows your faith as you minister to others."

"God is good, all the time."
"The gospel is the power of God!"
"God sent me for a reason, but people don't need me: they need Jesus."
"The Lord accomplishes His will and does His ministry no matter WHAT!"
"Loving God and spending time in His Word and in prayer is a prerequisite for loving other people well."
"The MOST joy always comes when I remember that it's not about me, it's really all about Jesus."
"Fishes and loaves! We can do nothing by ourselves but God can make much of our tiny offerings of self."
"You don't have to be afraid to share your faith openly, people need to hear it."
"Everyone needs God even if they deny it."
"Mission trips are so valuable for growing in faith."

"It showed me how broad the impact of Christianity is through each person's perspective and testimony."
"Sharing testimonies, and time of praying for each other."
"We were able to come together and hear the needs of the people in the community as well as the needs of the people in the group. Spending the time interceding for each other was really encouraging."
"Everyone had a different perspective but the same faith."
"Having peers of all grades and men and women in my group showed me aspects in myself that I need to grow."
"Discussion of our experiences, sharing of the Word with each other, testimonies."
"Hearing about how God is at work in my squadmates' lives."
"Reading scripture together; sharing scripture with one another; testimonies."
"I was incredibly encouraged by our time of testimony sharing, because seeing God working in their lives before we served as a team truly knit us together in Christ."
"Everyone was vulnerable in an authentic way about their faith."

"It allowed me to focus directly on Christ rather than on worldly things."
"I really enjoyed hearing what others were experiencing or learning in their walks of faith. The testimonies were really effective at bringing us together."
"Intentional prayer (alone and corporate) was very impactful for preparing my heart for the works of ministry this week. Fasting helped facilitate that."
"It was amazing just to see the work of Christ in my life and life of others."
"Time alone in prayer and in the Word was my lifeline throughout the week. When I didn't make the time for it I really felt how much harder it was to have a heart of love for God and others."
"Fasting all day combined with prayer was extremely powerful in preparing and rooting me for the week of ministry."
"I'm usually a very shy person, but sharing in community really helped."
"God opened a lot of doors for conversations, and He often used the people we were trying to encourage to encourage me."

"Directly interacting with people in a Christian way has grown my faith by allowing me to experience and preach God in 'the wild.'"
"The prayer walk was so so impactful. There was such a joy in finding such a small thing to look at and pray for. It's made me more vigilant of who/what/where might need prayer in Hillsdale."
"It was really amazing, joy was filled in my heart to see Christ reaching out to other people through me and entire mission group."
"Anytime/place we got to specifically talk to people and share the Gospel."
"Jail and Drew's place were both encouraging to see believers living in isolated places, trying to still grow their faith and minister to others."
"Crossroads opened my eyes to needs in my community, challenged me to speak life into kids, and pushed me to use my talents to serve others."
"I most loved getting the chances to pray for people and encourage them in Christ, whether they were believers or not."
"God provided the opportunities and the skills needed, even if I didn't have the skills myself."

"The mission trip was helpful for growing my faith" - 27 out of 27 participants agreed or strongly agreed.
"I learned a lot from what other people shared, and it was a blessing to have spiritual conversations with other Christians with different gifts whom I could look up to as an example."
"I was encouraged to hear of the many different ways in which God had worked and was continuing to work powerfully in people's lives to save and sanctify them."
"Very much appreciated Chief's outline of Romans and his explication of the first few verses of chapter 1. Was convicting and encouraging to see how central the gospel is to everything and how it should dominate our life."
"I really appreciated the evangelism training and the focus on using the Bible and going through the Romans road. The more practical, the better!"
"I feel like I went into the mission better equipped and more confident because of the evangelism focus."
"Review and reflection of the day as a group was helpful to cement the lessons I learned from the trip."

What People Are Saying