Wednesday began with us all going to class. I know, go to class while you are on Spring Break? That doesn't make much sense to most people. But it was an amazing experience! As Union students, most of us have never been in a secular classroom. So we were able to experience teaching from a new perspective, see how students and professors interact, see how and what professors say and teach in class, and see what the students believed.
I went to a class called Diversity, which is a class where the students discuss different topics about life. The day that we were there was a discussion about the differences in men and women, so we split the class up like that. We discussed topics such as relationships, marriage, and children. It was interesting to see their views as opposed to what we believe. Some of them were selfish, not wanting to meet their spouse until their dreams had been accomplished (school and work). And then, they wanted to put off children to spend time with their spouse. As a team, we later discussed whether this is how Christian's should view children. Should we put it off or should we be fruitful as Scripture commands, for children are the perfect opportunities for parents to create disciples. That is God's gift to parents. It was interesting to see how our views compared or differed.
After class, we all ate with the Challenge students and continued to build relationships with them and other students that we had met during the week. We had a little team time that afternoon, where we discussed what we learned and experienced in class. Then we got ready for bingo night. We had bought many prizes for the night and the turnout was great! The Challenge students told us that the numbers were more than they normally had at their events. It was a great chance to meet new students, and one of our team members talked to girl from Hays for 4 hours! We are still praying that she will come to know Christ.
Thursday was another great day, but we started a little later. After 5 days of nonstop action, we needed a breather. So we slept in a little late that morning and started on into the morning with breakfast and a team meeting. Then we headed back to campus to prayer walk the campus and pray for the different areas. We split into 4 groups and set out. It is amazing that we never ran into one another. We all knew where we wanted to go, and what we wanted to pray for. I feel like that campus was showered in prayers that morning, and I pray that God will continue to work there, especially through Christian Challenge.
We did some more prayer walking that afternoon as well as letting the students know about the International "Paidui" Party on Friday. After spending some more time on campus, we had another team meeting and then headed to the gym. It was dodgeball and basketball night! Once again, God showed up and sent students to the games that had not been coming to Challenge events. So not only were we able to get to know some of them, but so were the Challenge students. Again, we pray that they will continue to go to these events and have time to talk to the students at Hays.
So that was Wednesday and Thursday of last week. But there is still so much to come. Friday was a great day, especially at the Paidui Party that night. And then we had our own Kansas surprise on Saturday that you won't believe.
Matt
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