Auburn students give for Ethiopian church

Students in the Auburn University campus ministry got a crash course in the power of big dreams plus prayer last week.

The students have been praying about ways to get involved in missions in different parts of the world. At last week’s meeting, the leaders divided the students into groups to pray for each of the six continents, and then think about what they could do for that continent in one week.

The group assigned to Africa took a look at CMF’s gift catalog, saw the need for church buildings in Ethiopia, and decided to raise the $750 to build a church in one week. When they heard the group’s plan, Cher Carter writes that she and the other ministry leaders were encouraging, but really felt that there was realistically no way they’d be able to pull it off. However, here’s the rest of this exciting story in the words of Auburn student Justin Guizar:

“In our sophomore leaders’ group we were each given a continent to pray for. I was given Africa along with my three friends . . . I suggested we raise the money to build the church. My group was skeptical, but quickly got on board. We came up with all kinds of fundraising ideas. The amazing part of this story is that within three hours of our decision to raise the $750 we had every penny of it! We passed a plate at Bible study and I made a call to a business and got every bit of our week’s goal in three hours! I wanted to share this story with you just to give an example of God’s power. We’ll be sending in the check within the week.”

Cher Carter adds that when they hit their goal, “Our whole ministry was screaming and dancing. Wow, God! Wow!”