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Missions Fest 2013 was a great experience. I initially learned
a ton more about missions and discovered new missionary organizations that I
had never heard about before. Going into this weekend I had no idea what to
expect, I had never been to a missions fest and or even ever heard of it.
Overall, the weekend was fantastic and these were some of my highlights.
First
off all, the day we arrived in Vancouver, we were able to explore a little
around Granville Island. Never being in Vancouver before it was cool to have a
little bit of a look into the culture of the city, it was so different from what
I was used to seeing as I grew up in Minneapolis area. It made me pretty excited
for my missions trip in downtown Vancouver that is coming up in a few weeks.
Another part that was interesting to see was driving through East Hastings at
night. This is where we will be doing a lot of our missions work and it was
cool to see a glimpse of the culture before we go back there to work.
Next, I
loved seeing the booths and the seminars. One of my Favorite seminars of this
weekend was a seminar on the Gideon Organization. I had heard about this
organization but I had not known much about it. They speaker of this seminar
also talked about sharing your faith in general. One of the things he said that
stood out to me the most was that you don’t have to have a shocking/ life
changing moment testimony for your testimony to be powerful. The fact that God
has sustained you trough out your life and kept you from awful situations is powerful
in itself. That was super encouraging to hear.
I also
visited a few booths and one that was super interesting was a booth called
Ducan Africa. This organization trained people in Africa to make homemade
guitars and to sell them for profit. I had never heard of an organization like
this. It was so interesting. Overall, the weekend was amazing; I loved every
minute of it.
