Today’s Picture – Brother K.P. Teaching Class
It’s always a blessing when brother K.P. takes a class with the students.
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My Story
Dear School of Discipleship seeker or current student,
My whole life I had planned to join the military. I thought that kind of life would have been sweet and lots of fun. I have nothing against the military, but God did completely direct my life to a new direction in life. This just goes to show that we should all be completely open to God’s leading in our life even if it means a change in our future plans.
I had folks thinking I should have gone into the military or gone to college but I wanted to serve the Lord in missions for this is what I strongly sensed our Father calling me to.
I was blessed to have most people and my parents behind me in this calling. But I did have a few folks who didn’t understand what I was doing.
My encouragement for you brothers and sisters who are seeking whether or not you should come here for a year, is to always be open to God’s leading. Don’t be afraid to give up your college and career dreams. Anyways, this is only for one year and for me it was the best year of my life!
For those of you who are just graduating from high school and are planning to go to college or are thinking of it, I’d encourage you to think about giving a year of your life to come do the Gospel For Asia School of Discipleship. Do this for one year and then go to college or wherever the Lord leads.
When you are 60 years old you will not look back at this year in regret thinking it was a wast. One year goes by quick and will be one of the most significant years of your life…it was for me!
The bottom line is, the students after one year of being here know the Lord and His ways so much more. As a result they go out and have a profound impact on those around them, wheather in college, workplace or in missions. and change it for good.
My final encouragement brothers and sisters is to pursue Christ and His leading on your life.
Come here for one year and you will be equipped spiritually to go onto the next step of your life.
You won’t regret spending a year here and at the same time you will reach many people in Asia with the Gospel through the work that you get to be part of. Also you get to visit India and meet some of our brothers and sisters there.
Never forget the precious call of Jesus on your life and what He is really asking of you.
Gospel For Asia Nepal country leader Naryan Sharm told me personally that
“It’s wise to serve the Lord when you’re young!”
Those words have stuck with me ever since and I’d like to pass that onto you too. God bless you. Jesus loves you!
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Always Refocus
One thing I’ve been thinking about is my call here to Gospel for Asia. Our Christian brothers and sisters in Asia lay their lives on the line for what they do. Often times they are attacked by people or groups. They could be at church, at home, or out sharing about the love of Jesus and they will be attacked. In their sacrifice how do I stand for them? Do I often cry in prayer for them? Purposely make a point even out of the office to share about their lives with others? What things take up my time I could spend better elsewhere? I could go on with tons of questions that I’ve been having.
It is easy for Christians to get caught up in the world instead of living with a focus on the things of God. Continually reassess our values.
Stay sharp.
But the awesome thing is despite how lacking I am God is so graceful. He looks at me not at where I am but where I can be and encourages me toward that, and He uses the awesome staff here at GFA a lot to do that 
But in everything I want to do it for God’s glory, whether graphic design, prayer, driving, playing soccer, playing guitar (I’ve been trying to learn), or spending time with others. I want to do it all well. There is no “spiritual task” because Christ is in me and everything is done with him, so even the simplest thing can be pleasing to him 
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Sharing the Love (with cookies)
On May 16, 2010 My friend and I came up with a crazy idea. We decided to try and bake some cookies then show the love of Christ by giving them to our neigbors. Little did we know the difficulties of baking.
The first batch of cookies we decided to bake on wax paper, after filling the house with smoke, we took them out and they were all burnt. Cooking lesson: Don’t put wax paper in the oven. After many trials and errors we ended up with 2 dozen cookies (out of a possible 6) that were ready to be handed out.
With those two dozen successfully baked cookies, we were able to talk to two of our neighbors. Our plan was to tell them that we were Christians and that Jesus told us to love our neighbors. During the two fairly short conversations and, with the unwanted help of our nervousness, I don’t think our message came across too clearly. Hopefully God helped them to understand. They did take our cookies though and weather or not they ate them I do not know.
The whole experience felt silly, but after it was all said and done it felt good. Who knows maybe we will do it again some time.
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Freeze Your Face
A few months ago we went through Gayle Erwin’s “Jesus Style” series and this was a piece of advice given to us during one of the class times: “go to the mirror and create every emotion you can come up with, then find the face of grace and freeze it.”
As I went through this series with our class, it was made clear over and over that Jesus was completely “others centered.” Every attribute that was listed revolved around Jesus being a servant to everyone else in every situation. (Mark 10:45)
It is our job to become like Christ and to follow His example laid out for us during His time on earth. Philippians 2 opens with a plea for us to pursue the nature of Jesus in our lives by loving one another and valuing them above ourselves in the same way Christ valued us to the point of death on a cross that we might be reconciled with Him in heaven.
I desire to be a person so full of the love in 1 Corinthians 13 that it overwhelms me! I can’t live out that life on my own, no matter how desperately I may try. The only way I can even come close without feeling completely overwhelmed is for God to live out that love through me and to follow the example given us by His son.
I pray that as I continue to grow and seek the Lord that my heart will become more and more like His and that the people I encounter will experience His love because it is simply overwhelming me and flowing over.
I want my face to forever be a reflection of the grace I have received in Christ with no room for condemnation to others. I know I mess this up daily but its something the Lord is teaching me and I wanted to share that bit with you =)
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Grace like Rain
In class we just recently went thought a unit on Grace. I learned about God giving us grace and about the grace that I should be giving others. We are completely being covered by God’s Grace, but this doesn’t give me the freedom to sin just because of God’s grace, Romans 6:1– What shall we say then shall we continue I sin that grace may abound? God forbid. God’s Grace is like a steady rain, that never stops flowing over you! I have learned where I have had to give myself grace to grow and when I mess up I don’t need to beat my self up about it. Where I have to give my family grace to grow in the Lord. I can’t control the decisions of my family and friends. I can control my own actions and honor the Lord with my decisions and not become legalistic. When I fail the Lord gives me grace to move on and change. When I fail the Lord gives me grace to move on and change.
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