To fully express this three month experience in a blog post, pictures, or words is impossible. I will do my best to share a few of my favorite stories and help draw you into the picture of what happened! I know a lot of you were praying for my team and I so appreciate it and know that you are just as apart of these testimonies as we were! There are three parts of our trip. Part one of our journey was spent in the city of Casablanca, part two on an expedition in the desert lands of the Sahara, and part three hiking the Atlas Mountains. I will start with sharing a bit about our time in Casablanca!
Casablanca.
Matthew 5:14-16
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. "Nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the peck-measure, but on the lampstand; and it gives light to all who are in the house. "Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
English Teaching . We spent the first month in the city of Casablanca mostly having English teaching clubs with college students of various ages. Through forming relationships many of us were able to share our faith with the students.
Being a closed Muslim Nation - it was a touchy subject and we had to be careful with what we could say when, where, and to whom. The best way for us to spread Jesus was by living like Him and showing His truth in love and acts of kindness. Through this it would open doors and people would ask questions then we are free to share our personal faith.
 Faith Journeys |
| One day while in Casa the team split into three groups and went on faith journeys wherever God told us to go. Morgan, Kristan and myself went on a faith journey to what we appropriately named "sorcery island". This island has a bridge to get there and is closed off to outsiders with guards. Daddy wanted us on the island to have tea with some ladies and pray for them. He provided us a way on and off via a black floaty and a wooden ladder. Needless to say - God is not limited! |
 Open Doors |
Another story I would love to share with you is the time Kristan and I had the open door of sharing our faith with three muslim girls from our ESL Club- Fatima, Hessenia, and Lislan. We discussed what being a follower of Jesus looks like for us personally, the trinity, mother Mary, hearing God's voice, the rapture, and most of all how Jesus is the only key - not the five pillars of Islam or anything else can get us to heaven. They were very curious having had a tainted view of "Christianity" due to media. We were honoring yet real with each other in a loving way, simply discussing and wanting to understand each other. We ended holding hands in prayer. It was beautiful.
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 Practical Love |
| Now, while being in Casablanca one of the weekends we joined a dental campaign taking place in a village a few hours outside the city. My team and I spent the weekend as dental assistants helping to pull teeth, fill cavities, and assist in oral surgeries. Blood squirting up my arm as I'm dodging flying teeth (literally) and holding someones hands as they were having their teeth worked on. It was so beautiful to do such practical help for people and show the love of The Father for them in that way. While it was mostly us girls helping with the dental assisting, the two boys on our team had the privilege of helping with baby boy circumcisions. It was a very important and honored act for the parents. At the end of the weekend someone from the campaign was talking to one of the local villagers and this man with tears in his eyes said "I don't understand why it's the Christians coming to help us and the Muslims aren't." What a testimony to how actions speak louder than words! |
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| moroccan transportation |
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| FUN Moroccan transportation! |
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| I love doing practical help to show the love of Jesus |
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| Even MORE in my element surrounded by a load of laughing ladies in their "women's tent" dancing, eating, & playing charades! |
Mark 10:44-45 and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. "For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."
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