{"id":3128,"date":"2023-08-11T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T16:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T14:08:49","slug":"france-italy-moldova-a-different-side-to-international-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/2023\/08\/11\/france-italy-moldova-a-different-side-to-international-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"France, Italy, Moldova: A Different Side to International Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Photographers love to capture the humanitarian side of international missions. Classic poses of someone handing out water generally finds itself next to a college student giving someone a blanket. The term \u201cinternational missions\u201d often produces a distinct image of the 10\/40 window or workers fighting poverty. While these portray a portion of international missions, they are not all-encompassing images.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This summer, I, along with three other Global Outreach (GO) teammates, traveled to France, Italy, and Moldova. Western Europe challenged the images of humanitarian missions that are so often passed around the Christian community. It forced us to answer questions like \u201cwhat do \u2018hard things\u2019 look like on this mission field?\u201d and \u201cwhat does non-physical suffering look like?\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Paris, France<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Paris was the first destination and the first place where our team was forced to ask those questions. From the outside, Paris is a bustling city of professionals, intellectuals, and generally affluent citizens. It is one of the most visited tourists\u2019 spots in the world, and the culture is greatly stereotyped. What isn\u2019t as easy to pick up on, is the melancholic energy of metro commutes, the hollow and searching eyes of passerby, or the fact that the 2.2 million greater Paris-area population is less than 1% Evangelical Christian.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3129 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/praying-at-Gisors.jpg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Global Outreach time standing together, praying at Gisors.\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/praying-at-Gisors.jpg?resize=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/praying-at-Gisors.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/praying-at-Gisors.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/praying-at-Gisors.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/praying-at-Gisors.jpg?resize=120%2C160&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/praying-at-Gisors.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The first week of our trip, we worked alongside the World Team missionaries in the 15<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Arrondissement (District) of Paris. We attended their weekly team meeting, went to evening Bible study, talked to nationals during Caf<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00e9<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Anglais, cleaned trash off the neighborhood streets, and helped tidy up their little gardens. We learned that it takes an average of 15-20 years to plant a church in Paris, which is why all their mission work is done sustainably with the goal of building relationships.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3130 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening.jpg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Three members of the Global Outreach team, 2 females and 1 male, gardening together.\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C160&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gardening-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When pondering what \u201chard\u201d looks like for missions in Paris, we all quickly realized how discouraging long-haul missions could be. Even though many of the missionaries in Paris had teammates or partners, it can be a lonely mission with slow progress. The faithfulness and hope of the missionaries, despite the mental and spiritual suffering, was an encouragement to us.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[\u201cMoreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.\u201d \u2013 1 Corinthians 4:2 (ESV)]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Castano Primo and Turbigo, Italy<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The third week of the trip brought us to street and park evangelism in two small towns outside of Milan, Italy. Here, we turned from relational evangelism and discipleship to \u201ccold turkey\u201d evangelism. My teammates and I quickly learned that this style of evangelism was not our strength. It takes a lot of courage to present the Gospel to a stranger. As we worked alongside an Italian youth group, my team became quickly overwhelmed by the language barrier.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3131 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group.jpg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A youth group in Italy, gathered together at a table eating pizza.\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C160&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Italy-youth-group-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We got the opportunity to share the Gospel a couple times at a local park. Once was through a short play, enacting the Jesus of Isaiah 53 who takes away the sin and pain of the world. The other time was through personal testimony. We reached over a dozen children through personal Gospel conversations. Perhaps the highlight of this evangelical portion of the trip was seeing a couple of the kids come to church that Sunday.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3132 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-700x525.jpg?resize=700%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A Global Outreach member, female, sitting on a stone bench, evangelizing children.\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C525&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-scaled.jpg?resize=250%2C188&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-scaled.jpg?resize=120%2C90&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/park-evangelism-scaled.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hard here looked like overcoming personal fears of public speaking and growing in humility. The more we trusted God and the community of teammates He provided us with, the easier, and more fun, it was to share His Good News in the streets of Italy.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[\u201cSince we have such a hope,\u202fwe are very bold.\u201d \u2013 2 Corinthians 3:12]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Chi\u0219in\u0103u and Ciocana, Moldova<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Camp was so much fun. In Ciocana, we worked alongside World Team missionaries to host 40 kids for an ESL (English as a Second Language) day camp. The campers experienced opening worship, Bible teaching, an English lesson, snacks, big group game time, and closing worship. My team and I also helped with set-up and teardown. We also visited with different World Team missionaries over dinner throughout the week.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3134 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/group-game-1.jpg?resize=700%2C597&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eight children lined up, with their group leader in front of them and other children sitting around.\" width=\"700\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/group-game-1.jpg?resize=700%2C597&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/group-game-1.jpg?resize=250%2C213&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/group-game-1.jpg?resize=120%2C102&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/group-game-1.jpg?w=750&amp;ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flexibility is the skill that our training in Paris instilled in us. Doing hard things so that you can have a Gospel conversation or do what you\u2019re naturally bent toward is the mantra that Italy chanted to us. Moldova rounded the thoughts out by teaching me that being called to do hard things doesn\u2019t mean that I\u2019ll be miserable while doing it. God is a good and gracious God who hides bits of His goodness in everything. Whether it\u2019s public speaking or teaching an English class, God will take my most challenging moments and show me something good. Sometimes the good thing is a smile from someone in the crowd, and other times the good thing is a child boldly asking, \u201cHow are you?\u201d in otherwise broken English.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3135 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/team-camp-photo.jpg?resize=700%2C934&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Four Global Outreach members, 3 females and 1 male, pose together for a picture, holding a picture frame and smiling.\" width=\"700\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/team-camp-photo.jpg?resize=700%2C934&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/team-camp-photo.jpg?resize=250%2C333&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/team-camp-photo.jpg?resize=768%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/team-camp-photo.jpg?resize=1151%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1151w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/team-camp-photo.jpg?resize=120%2C160&amp;ssl=1 120w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cedarville.edu\/studentlife\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/team-camp-photo.jpg?w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">[\u201cThe\u202fLord\u202fpassed before him and proclaimed,\u202f\u201cThe\u202fLord, the\u202fLord, a God merciful and\u202fgracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast\u202flove and faithfulness.\u201d \u2013 Exodus 34:6]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:360}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This summer, the France, Italy, and Moldova missions trip with Global Outreach showed me a different side of missions. It showed me the relational side that is hard to photograph and hard to minister to, but that is greatly in need of the Gospel. Through seeing God work in Caf<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00e9<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Anglais conversations, where my conversational partner gave me an opening to ask about her spiritual standing to seeing a reflection of His joy in children at camp, His goodness was on full display.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Have you ever considered going on a missions trip? What about internationally? 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