"Hey northwest region lets do this! #encuentro15 #northwestlafeconference #lafe" John Paradis, 2.7.15
How do you help students see what's possible? How do you make an idea more than just words coming out of your mouth? One answer within InterVarsity: take them to a place it's already happening.
WSU staff worker John Paradis drive 6 Latina students from the NW over 16 hours to go to such a place: Encuentro. 350 Latino students and staff gathered to ask what it means to be Latino in Christ and how they can reach out to their communities. John showed the women what God can do in gathering Latino college students.
In response:
- One decided to follow Jesus.
- One committed to starting a new Latino specific small group on her campus
- One grew in her understanding of the power of community asking how her current small group could reach out to Latino students across campus.
For John, these responses made the hours of driving (a few in a torrential downpour) worth every second. Continue to pray for these students that the vision they saw at Encuentro will be imprinted upon their hearts so that they can pursue God and His kingdom back on campus.
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