Challenges are Opportunities

Challenges are opportunities for our personal & spiritual growth. They also provide room for God to shine through. This past weekend God did that once again as we struggled with transportation & direction to our location for the day.

En route to our destination, the taxi GPS wasn't working. Every so often, our driver would ask  people for directions. Eventually we arrived at the trail head, but it was still a two hour hike from where we needed to be. A local family who had hiked the trail many times before stopped us and offered to go with us. They were a gift from God.

If God hadn’t sent them to help us, we may have ended up lost in the mountains for a few hours longer than needed. The few hours we spent hiking also gave us the opportunity to build a friendship with them which led to some brief Gospel conversations. Along the journey we experienced incredible views and looking back you can see God’s hand in the day from beginning to end. The challenges we had for the day led to opportunities for God to work... both in us & through us.

-Shealee

NT365 Gap Year Participant