If you don't know what LINC is all about, click here for the website (soon to be updated). Also, let me give you a brief overview: The idea is that students from all over the southeast region in our network of churches (Great Commission Churches) get to come together for a summer and live, learn, and labor together. We have students who primarily work during the day to learn what it's like to be on mission while working in the "real world," and staff and interns who primarily make sure the project runs smoothly and do a magnificent amount of sharing the gospel.
So, this summer I was on staff as one of the co-directors of the project. There were originally three of us: Matt (the lead pastor), Jordan (an experienced staffer), and myself (noob). Well Matt had to leave the second week in due to unforeseen circumstances, so that left Jordan and myself to run the show with the help of the interns. I will say that God really used this summer to show off through some otherwise unqualified people.
Between all 26 of us on project, we were able to sow the gospel (whether verbally, through tract, or visually with the mini-bridge) well over 500 times this summer. It truly was an amazing time to see God show off. If I had to sum up the summer in one Bible story, I would say it is the story of Gideon. God dwindled our number before the summer started from the usual 40 students to the 26 of us who ended up on project and we were still able to see victories because of God.
That's just an extremely brief overview of what this summer consisted of, and perhaps I'll share some of the stories soon, but just know that God changed lives this summer, and for that I am extremely grateful and humbled that I could even be a part of it, let alone co-lead the project.
James 1:17 ESV "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
