Laura's Story (name changed for privacy)

We met a student named Laura (name changed for privacy) who was in Rilla and Katie's small group. She is so sweet and by the third week had opened up to us about some significant hardships in her life. During the last week, Katie and Rilla wanted to share the Gospel with her, but so far she hadn't seemed interested in spiritual things. They had no idea how to start the conversation, so they prayed. One day after class, Laura, Katie and Rilla were hanging out and were going to go downtown. On the way, they saw a museum and decided to stop in. At that time, the museum happened to be exhibiting a piece that was a cross with mud smeared on it. As they talked about the meaning of the piece, the girls were able to share that the mud is like our sins and about the beauty of what Christ has done for us. Although Laura did not make the choice to follow Jesus during our time in Mexico, we are incredibly hopeful that God used His Gospel to start something new in her.