Nicholas's Missionary Fundraising 2023-2024
My Specific Role
The Reality
There is an increasing mental health crisis sweeping youth and young adults across the country... Attending church and having a relationship with God is the last thing on many teens' minds.
Our Solution
Suffering is an inevitable part of life, we cannot prevent people from suffering entirely, but what we can do is show people they aren't alone and teach them to suffer well. Hard as Nails seeks to awaken youth to the power of God's love through evangelization, service to youth, sensitivity to sin and suffering, and building community.
The How
My role in this will be helping to run our Missionary Discipleship School Outreach.
I will be stationed in a school for the year with 4-6 other missionaries.
The first-semester goal is to build a team of 8-12 students, also known as missionary disciples, who we disciple and empower in their faith. This consists of weekly formation nights where we teach them how to pray and walk with them in their faith. We also will be an integral part of their lives attending their sports games, plays, and even joining the family in the home for dinner and encouragement.
In the second semester, the goal is to utilize these 8-12 missionary disciples to build a weekly arena night at the school. The arena night is meant to have at least 10% of the school (a few hundred kids) coming on a weekly basis to a dynamic Hard as Nails style event which consists of music, prayer, food, games, testimonies, and a talk or prayer experience.
The Result
The fruit of these events is undeniable. One time at one of these events I sat next to a kid named Aidan. Initially, he didn't want to even look at me he mostly ignored me as I tried to talk to him. I prayed, "Holy Spirit, please help me make a breakthrough with this kid." While I sat next to him, the person leading the event asked me to share my testimony with the assembly. I shared a story about a close friend of mine who passed away in a car accident and how hard that was on me. After, I went back and sat down next to the kid and I noticed he was crying. He began to share with me about how his brother had died in a car accident and his mom was struggling with a chronic addiction and he was the only one taking care of himself and his little brother. When he finished sharing, I got the chance to pray with him and give him a bible. By the end of the event, his expression was visibly changed to a smile and he looked much lighter and less burdened. It was so powerful seeing how my own story could have such a big impact on someone's life and be an opportunity for healing.
Stories from the Road
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Going into high school, my relationship with God was very superficial and not personal at all. I went to mass because my family went, but mostly because I sure as heck didn't want to go to hell. After I lost a close friend of mine in a car accident, I began to really contemplate the meaning of life and questioned the faith a lot and why God would let this happen. By the grace of God, I encountered the power of God's love on a retreat going into my senior year, and my life was forever changed. I suddenly became so grateful for my life and I decided I had to share the power of God's love with others by being a missionary!
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