{"id":12488,"date":"2022-12-02T15:11:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T15:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/?p=12488"},"modified":"2024-10-09T13:12:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:12:03","slug":"taking-the-good-news-to-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/taking-the-good-news-to-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Agap\u00e9 Students taking the good news to the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12488\" class=\"elementor elementor-12488\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d7b587 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d7b587\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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elementor-element-5482da6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5482da6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Lauren Graham<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2333c601 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2333c601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p><i>Lauren Graham is a second year Intern working with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/give.agape.org.uk\/belfaststudents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agap\u00e9 Students team in Belfast<\/a>. In summer 2022, Lauren was part of a team of Agap\u00e9 Students staff and students who went to the Middle East for two-and-a-half weeks to volunteer with the local Agap\u00e9 team. Here&#8217;s Lauren&#8217;s report, in her own words, about her experience on that Global Project:<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote><p>Last summer \u2013 the end of my first intern year with Agap\u00e9 Students \u2013 the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agape.org.uk\/student-global-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water\u2019s Edge Global Project<\/a>\u00a0was launched to bless the local ministry in the Middle East, where we already had some connections and wanted to develop a long-term partnership. I was working with the Agap\u00e9 Student&#8217;s team in Belfast and was so excited to learn more about this project and how I could get involved. I was really hoping and praying I&#8217;d get put on this team, and was overjoyed when I learned I would be going.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c939f28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c939f28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5faffd\" data-id=\"d5faffd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-044789a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"044789a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">I was rather apprehensive about the two-week trip as we were going to be working with people from an entirely different cultural background, and I\u2019d never really travelled so far from home without my parents. However, with the prayer and support of family and friends I left home knowing that God would be going before me, and all He required of me was to be faithful to the call to go. I was often reminded of the story found in Ezekiel, where &#8216;<i>God told him to speak, \u201cwhether they listen or not\u201d&#8217; (3:11). In other words, Ezekiel\u2019s calling was to be faithful, not successful.<\/i>&#8216; (&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theologyofwork.org\/the-high-calling\/daily-reflection\/called-be-faithful-not-successful\">Best of Daily Reflections:\u00a0<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theologyofwork.org\/the-high-calling\/daily-reflection\/called-be-faithful-not-successful\">Called to Be Faithful, Not Successful<\/a>&#8216;<\/span><i style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">,\u00a0<\/i><em style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">The High Calling,\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">Theology of Work Project.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">)\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">I was therefore trusting that God knew better than I did and would lead and guide me despite my doubts and fears.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e274d3\" data-id=\"8e274d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2c6356 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e2c6356\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2022\/12\/IMG_0527-scaled.jpg?w=1024\" title=\"IMG_0527\" alt=\"IMG_0527\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-775c6a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"775c6a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc2a7fd\" data-id=\"dc2a7fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-588083e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"588083e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">We arrived in Water\u2019s Edge* on 21&nbsp;June, and from the get go, everything felt so surreal. I couldn\u2019t believe God had called me to this part of the world \u2013 somewhere I never thought I&#8217;d even get the chance to visit \u2013 and I felt so excited to get stuck into ministry. We settled in for the first day and got our bearings, developed our relationship with the local team and committed the two weeks ahead to God in prayer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">The weeks that followed were nothing like I thought they would be. We&#8217;d planned down to the hour for our trip, but ended up taking things day-by-day as we navigated the culture there. We quickly learned that, in order to best bless the people we were there to serve, we&#8217;d need to be flexible and willing to change plans at the last minute.<\/span><\/p><p>For example, we were asked to help paint a local gym during our stay \u2013 something we hadn\u2019t planned for. This ended up being a real blessing to the local community, and we were able to invite local students to help us paint, as well as developing relationships with students who were coming to the gym as members. We were also able to paint a Bible verse on the wall in Arabic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a3b1bcd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a3b1bcd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cc7969\" data-id=\"7cc7969\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18915fe landing-page-intro elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-14333 elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18915fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Agap\u00e9 UK Global Projects<\/h3><p>Are you interested in going global, too?<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/agape.org.uk\/student-global-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to discover more about Agap\u00e9 UK&#8217;s Global Projects!<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35dc65d landing-page-intro elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-14336 elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"35dc65d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/arc.agape.org.uk\/living-and-telling\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/90\/2020\/02\/20170626_english-camp_208-2.jpg?w=270\" title=\"20170626_english-camp_208-2\" alt=\"20170626_english-camp_208-2\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d755161\" data-id=\"d755161\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620564d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"620564d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A favourite conversation of mine happened in a local caf\u00e9, when I was having lunch with a teammate and praying that we&#8217;d meet students there. A group of six Muslim women, around student age, came in and sat at a table near ours. I knew as soon as they came in that God had laid it on my heart to go and spark up a conversation with them \u2013 but how? I felt so afraid and unsure of how to engage them in conversation. A few moments passed and I noticed they were trying to take a group photo \u2013 I saw my opportunity! I got up (hit my knee on the corner of the table on the way \u2013 ouch!) and offered to take the photo for them. We got talking after that, and my teammate and I were able to hear about their views and beliefs about God, and, most importantly, got to share the good news about Jesus with them. The Holy Spirit was really at work in that conversation, and we left with enough contact information to point them in the direction of the local Agap\u00e9 team.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce9fe07 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce9fe07\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ae7cd9f\" data-id=\"ae7cd9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2ce00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae2ce00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another highlight was when we went to get local SIM cards for our phones. While we were standing in the shop, a young Muslim woman and her mother came in. The local team leader urged us to talk to her, so we invited her (and she came!) to our events during that week and brought along another friend, also a Muslim. They heard the good news about Jesus multiple times that week, and I learned that there&#8217;s never a wrong time to initiate a conversation about Jesus with someone \u2013 even in the phone shop!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-018f9cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"018f9cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-450474c\" data-id=\"450474c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ab279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55ab279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On our last night in Water&#8217;s Edge, we threw a British party, where we provided British-themed food and snacks, as well as iconic British party games like pass the parcel, musical chairs and a table quiz. This was such a blessed night, and again, we were able to share the reason for our trip with the students, in the form of a short presentation about the good news about Jesus. There were a mix of Christian and Muslim students there, and we&#8217;ve now formed relationships that are ongoing, even today, with some of those students. 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In late December, just before Christmas<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: unset;\">, we&#8217;ll be returning to Water\u2019s Edge. With the experience I gained from our summer Global Project, I&#8217;ll now be helping to co-lead the team there. This&#8217;ll be a super short project, so we&#8217;re praying that God\u2019s hand would be at work as we navigate spending our time and resources well.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9de2eb7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9de2eb7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e983c9e\" data-id=\"e983c9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-291579b elementor-widget 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Would you like to discuss anything in particular?<\/p><p>Just fill in the form below and one of our mentors will get back to you as soon as possible.<\/p><p>Our mentors aren&#8217;t counsellors, but they are ordinary people willing to join others on their spiritual journey in a compassionate and respectful manner.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d216cd landing-page-intro2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-14294 elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"7d216cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <div id=\"tmm-mentor-form\">Enable javascript in your browser if this form does not load.<\/div>\r\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/forms.run\/on\/e37a\"><\/script>\r\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d13b30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8d13b30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren Graham Lauren Graham is a second year Intern working with the\u00a0Agap\u00e9 Students team in Belfast. 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