i need a bit more practice

i led a discussion today at Evangelica, one of the two universities i will be working on this year.. it was a great discussion, we talked about the Vida Estudiantil (Campus Crusade) vision statement:

'ayudar a plantar movimientos in todas partes, haste que cada salvadoreno tenga contacto con un verdadero seguidor de Jesus'

or, in english:

'to help plant movements everywhere, until each salvadorian has contact with a true follower of Jesus'

we talked about whether this was important, if it was necessary.. i asked them if they thought it was even impossible.. i asked them what they saw in their country that needed change, and who they thought was capable of accomplishing it..

and i tried to do it all in spanish! it was really hard, slightly embarrassing as i stumbled over my words.. and i felt like i wasnt getting through to any of the students because of the language barrier..

we ended up having such an incredible discussion! praise the Lord for using my feeble spanish capabilities to bring about some truly thought-provoking dialogue.. we read the Great Commission, which you can find at Matt. 28:16-20.. Jesus calls his eleven disciples together, after His resurrection and before He ascends into Heaven, and tells them to go forth into all the world, teaching people about the incredible things Jesus did..

then i just encouraged them with this thought: Jesus used eleven men to change the entire world forever.. the world will never be the same because these eleven men were faithful to what Jesus had called them.. these men were simple fishermen and farmers, most of them with little or no formal education.. yet Jesus used them to do things never seen before in the world.. then i told them, 'you guys are leaders.. within the next five or ten years, you will be the leaders of your country.. you have the opportunity to change the course of history of your entire country!'

i hope and pray that the Lord will plant the right seeds in the right places, that these students will understand what a crucial role they play in seeing their country change.. please pray with me.. this is what we are here for, to help this come to pass!