Eilidh with women from Charis
Community in Belfast, N. Ireland
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Mission Year
with Eilidh Graham
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Mission Year
Volunteers serve as Christ’s
hands and feet on university
campuses across Europe. They are
recent university graduates who
take a year to do part-time or
full-time work with a local
Kairos outreach, focusing their
energy and talents on telling
others about Christ, service,
and training through active
mission. They are leading prayer
meetings, organising events,
developing programmes, running
small groups, giving and
receiving training, mentoring
younger students, growing in
personal prayer and Scripture
study, and bringing the Gospel
to the universities where they
serve. They’re building
something that will last. We’re
seeing encouraging growth in
Kairos, and Mission Volunteers
are men and women who can see
this and want to be a part of
it.
Mission Year
Reflection by Eilidh Graham
 This God of ours is a
God of blessings, protection, healing and
provision. These are the areas where I’ve
particularly experienced the Lord’s love this
year during my Mission Year in Belfast, Northern
Ireland. I’m staying with a family from the
local Sword of the Spirit community, Charis, and
the love and support of this community have been
essential this year as I’ve seen the truth and
joy of a life lived among Christian brothers and
sisters.
I wasn’t totally sure what this
year would be like, but having been here for six
months, here’s my guide to a Mission Year: 1.
Pray. 2. Pray again. 3. Pray more. God wants us
to be close to him, and I’ve found that I can’t
afford to be far from him, because he upholds
everything that I do.
I’ve found myself regularly
praying for wisdom in decisions, humility in
leadership, protection in the spiritual battle,
and perseverance in my work and relationships.
I’ve also thought a lot this year about choices.
My choice to do a year of mission work wasn’t
influenced by anything but a desire to serve
God. We all make choices every day. Some are
good, some are bad, some just need to be made.
In all of this, God loves us and is waiting for
us, and will always protect us. Making choices
may not be easy, but does become simpler in the
knowledge of the Father’s goodness.
What would I say to someone
considering a mission year? Well, it’s a lot. A
lot of work, a lot of decisions, a lot of
growing up, and a whole lot of blessings.
Through all of it, I think scripture says it
best: “Seek first his kingdom and his
righteousness and all these things will be given
to you as well.”
Interested in a
Mission Year for 2016-2017? Contact us at
info@kairos-eme.org for
more information. (Go to Mission Year Page)
Article
from Kairos
Europe & the Middle East Newsletter,
May 2016, used with permission
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