Today we received several orientations. After a morning meeting with Bryant at All-Nations’ headquarters, we met with Truman at the McAllister Street Parking Deck to begin a tour around Penn State.
Truman took us from building to building. When indoors, we saw the areas that are significant to Life Quest’s work, and when outdoors, we were surrounded by the beautiful yellow trees that decorate the campus and piles of fallen leaves along the walkways.
When the tour ended, we divided into several groups and found lunch at restaurants of various foods including Vietnamese, Japanese, and American.
When we returned to headquarters, Bryant introduced us to the work of All-Nations Bible Translation. In the pursuit their vision—“Communities of believers in every language group living out the Word of God”—this ministry is partnering with churches to facilitate planting new churches and translating the Bible among numerous groups of people who do not yet have a Bible in their language.
We then sat in a circle while Byant and Nevin introduced us the work of Sowers Harvest Café, and then Ernest and Truman introduced us to Life Quest Community, including the survey that we will engage Penn State students with on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
We will seek students who are willing to participate in a survey that will help discover individual’s perspectives on religion, ethics, and Christianity and give them an opportunity to get connected with Life Quest. These surveys may also give us a chance to speak about the Gospel. Following the introduction, we paired up and practiced giving the survey to each other.
All-Nations then provided us with a delicious feast of curry over rice.
We ended the day with a presentation from Ernest about Life Quest, and a story from William about his journey toward God.
Tomorrow, we anticipate beginning to speak with Penn State students through surveys and by serving a lunch.
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