MYC

Greetings friends!

Wow, so much has happened in the last week.

Last Monday was the start of MYC ( mid year conference). Our whole team piled into a huge bus filled with Aussie students and headed down Lake Hume.

MYC is the winter conference for all of the student life's ( what they call Cru here) in the Melbourne area. About six different  Uni's ( universitys) were represented, along with us 10 Americans.

Going into the conference I was a little nervous and uneasy. I didn't know any of the students ( about 150 total) and really wanted to start working. I wasn't sure what my purpose was there and felt like I needed to be doing more. This was something I really had to bring before God. Throughout the week God began to convict me about my feelings. He showed me that the motivation behind me want to get started on our evangelism was all messed up. I often place my value in working and getting things done. I wanted to start evangelising because it made me feel better, not because I actually cared about the students. Ouch, that was convicting.

He also showed me the importance of just getting to know the students. I made friends with so many of the Aussie and now have a better understanding of what their Uni's are like and the spiritual atmosphere of their campuses. I also learned how student life works here. I was shocked when people said the big student life's here had 30 people. 30 people? That's all? Some only had a regular of 5 people show up each week. God once again reminded me how spiritually dry it is here. Just because the people here aren't starving physically doesn't mean they aren't starving spiritually.

I was encouraged by the unity and fellowship of Christians as well. It is so amazing that within just a few days people  from America, Australia, and Asia can all form friendships. And it's all because of the unity of Christ. Worshipping with people from many nations is just a poor image of how Heaven is going to be like. I truly look forward to that day. 

Overall, this past week has been great. I learned a ton during the conference sessions, met new friends, had the best 4th of July ever, worshipped with people from all over, spent an afternoon evangelising, told jokes in a talent show, danced it up at a dance party, met all of the missionaries here, and grew closer to God.

I'll try to be updating more often so I can give more details about what's going on.

Cheers,
Hannah ( or Stoneza as the Aussies call me)