I
have made it to my last country of this gap year. Even though it feels
like I am in the final stretch of this year, I am only halfway there.
This is probably my favorite country/city so far. I am beyond excited to
be here. The city that I am staying in is right on the ocean, a lot
of the malls and restaurants have ocean views.
The
metropolitan area of this city has over 1 million people. Around 60% of
the population here is Christian, but only around 30% of those
Christians are evangelical. The other major religion in this
city is Islam, about 30% of the population. We live in a dorm-style apartment building near one of the university campuses in the city. It
is really fun to be living in a building with nationals. There is a
common room downstairs where we are able to meet different people and
build relationships. The
day that we moved in we met the people who lived across from us. In one
room is twin girls, and in the other is a guy. We have
hung out with the twin girls a few times (they both speak English pretty
well); they even showed us around the college campus. We found out that
they go to a church that does not have a very sound
doctrine, so we are praying for opportunities to have bible studies with
them. We also met a few other people who live at our apartment. Most people
that we have met are in college, but one of the girls that we met works
for the government. A couple of girls that we met have wanted to hang
out, so this past Thursday we went to a beach walk with them where we
spent 4 hours walking around and eating dinner. We were able to talk a
little bit about religion and found out that they were Christians who go
to church in their village nearby.
Pray for opportunities to disciple our new friends in the Word. Pray God would give us friendships with unbelievers and boldness to share with the Good News with them.
-Ragyn
NT365 Student
Southeast Asia
