Even during the summer months, it’s great to be able to continue to rejoice with students and faculty who are engaging others for Christ and expanding their minds wherever summer takes them.
One evidence of God’s faithfulness and the dedication to our PCA family as we reach the world for Christ recently came in the form of the miraculous, legal departure from Cuba to the United States of our good friends, Pastor Gilberto, his wife and two young daughters. They left everything they know to minister in America. Pastor Gilberto and his family will be adjusting to life in the U.S. as they make Dallas their home and PCA their school. The PCA community continually and graciously is stepping forward to assist this precious family who will for generations have the story to tell of their incredible journey in Christ. Many of you have prayed for Pastor Gilberto’s family and they are a true testimony of changed lives and what God has planned that we cannot even imagine.
PCA students are using the summer months to stretch their thinking at Summers at the Academy, our Future Problem Solvers (FPS) students advanced to the International Competition in Michigan where they took the stage against 64 schools in the nation and came in 8th place, and PCA theater students just traveled to Nebraska for the International Thespian Society (ITS) Nationals where they took two of the top ten awards nationally. Many PCA students are joining Prestonwood Baptist Church’s Student Ministry on their summer mission trip to Romania. This represents just a snapshot of the many activities PCA students are involved in this summer.
PCA is blessed to learn of stories of students sharing Christ and having unique experiences wherever their summer travels take them. One student on a PCA-sponsored trip had to inadvertently unpack her Bible at the DFW Airport security checkpoint and as it caught the attention of a security officer, God opened the door for her to begin sharing her faith. Another student, while traveling in Europe, got to experience first-hand the British Parliament in action and as it compares to our form of government. Many of you are reconnecting with extended family or joining together for family camps and bearing witness for Jesus Christ in your summer journeys.
Let’s all practice changing the world whenever and wherever in the world we find ourselves.
“And He said to them, ‘Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.’” – Mark 16:15
