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"Three
Colleges, Two Days, One Purpose"
January
25, 2004
Students involved in
World Gospel
Mission's college ministries on the campuses of Asbury College,
Circleville Bible College and Indiana Wesleyan University met together
the weekend of January 23 & 24 for a special time of challenge,
fellowship, and fun. This
year's retreat was held at the Ramada Limited in Florence, Kentucky with
skiing and tubing a short distance away at Perfect North Slopes
in Southern Indiana.
Dan
Searls, WGM missionary to Hungary, delivered two challenging
messages to the group.
Dan's messages dealt first with our
relationship God, and then our relationships with others. He began
by challenging those of us who, though having been saved from the
slavery of sin, may still be wandering in the wilderness and in need of
commitment to a marriage relationship with God, abiding in His Promised
Land. Just as many of the Israelites looked across the Jordan and
saw giants in the Land, many look with fear at the price of fully
surrendering. Once making that commitment though, many believe
their lives will be struggle free. Dan warned that just as the children
of Israel faced Jericho's in their Promised Land we are going to face
similar enemies which attempt to invade the place of our heart that
belongs to the Lord.
 Saturday morning Dan's second message was
a challenge to consider our lives as seed in need of planting so that we
might produce fruit. The planting process might be dirty,
uncomfortable and downright scary, but the choice to "remain on the
shelf" would deny the Lord the ability to reproduce our lives into more
souls won for His Kingdom.
In between our times of corporate worship
and sessions with Dan, students enjoyed fellowship with each other
and members of WGM's staff including VIA Coordinator, Meg Gettinger,
Task Force Coordinator Shushan Richardson, and missionaries Randy and
Peggy West (Special Assignment) and Chrissy Greenwell (Mexico).
The Lord blessed us with an injury-free
day of skiing, in spite of record-attendance-sized crowds at the slopes.
Many left with new friendships, a renewed spirit, and some even a new
direction.
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Don't miss the
photo gallery for more photos from the
weekend...
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