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Thomas

Class of 2012

Refugee Outreach in Middle East

Track: Compassion - Justice track

Region: Middle East

My letter to future Goers

By on October 2, 2014 Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Middle East

Hey future goers! Well, my two year commitment is complete, and boy am I ready to be done!... Just kidding of course :) It's unbelievable that two years has come and gone already. My time overseas has truly been the most personally impactful, and outwardly fruitful season of my life. I'd love to share some takeaways from the experience, foresight I wish I could've had going into my stint, and hopefully provide some encouragement to future goers. I'll try to limit myself, especially on the takeaways, because The Lord keeps showing me more things He has taught me! "… Read more >>

Tasting the Refugee Plight

By on June 25, 2014 Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Middle East

Over the past couple months I’ve experienced the refugee plight in a more significant way than ever before. I know my experience has been just a taste of what it means to be an outcast without much hope of a future in this world, but even a taste has been impactful. It has also served to bring truths of scripture to life in a whole new way. I’d like to specifically highlight one of these stories. As you may know, a few young Afghan and Iranian men from a refugee shelter made the decision to follow Christ, and a couple teammates and I have been supporting them through their… Read more >>

Exciting Developments

By on March 16, 2014 Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Middle East

In case you haven’t read any of my previous blogs, I’ve had the privilege of seeing a few guys from a young men’s refugee shelter come to faith. They’ve been growing tremendously in their walk despite the many challenges of being refugees. I’d like to share a snippet of recent happenings in their lives— A couple weeks ago *Ali had a fit of seizures and was sent to the hospital. He stayed there for about two weeks waiting for the mysterious illness to pass. While he was in the hospital, he had a series of dreams about Jesus, through which God tremendously impacted his… Read more >>

God's Hand in a Shelter

By on February 3, 2014 Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Middle East

God continues to have his hand on the young men of an unaccompanied minor shelter at which some teammates and I serve. The past month with them has been a joyful and painful experience. Joyful in that the core group of new brothers is growing tremendously despite the many obstacles of being refugees and without family. They have even begun a scriptural study of their own in the shelter after the lights go off, and other guys at the shelter have been joining in, hearing the good news for the first time! And painful in that the time has come for one of those guys, and… Read more >>

Obedience is Blessing

By on January 14, 2014 Track: Compassion - Justice Region: Middle East

Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and for the gospel, who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life." (Mark 10:29-30) Before coming overseas, leaving America and everything that was normal and comfortable to me seemed like a huge sacrifice. I thought I was giving up so much by diverting from my career plans and diving… Read more >>

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