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HYC Fiji: Bobbie Winters

Hope Worldwide • January 31, 2016

HYC in Fiji was truly a life changing trip.

I went to Fiji thinking I was going to change lives and I had no idea that at the same time, my own life was about to be changed.

Serving and visiting the kids at the orphanage, saving a school from shutting down, and being welcomed into a village and serving them were all needs that needed to be met. Meeting the needs of people and also sharing our relationship with God had a huge impact on many. I just graduated nursing school, so I was taking care of wounds and infected bug bites, I even had to take someone to the hospital. He wasn't a disciple but still had the heart to want to serve. On the trip, we had an encouraging talk about where he was in his relationship with God and how he wanted to get baptized when he went back home.

There was also a girl I really connected with, her name was ZQ. By the end of the trip, we looked at each other as sisters. She and I were about to go reach out, and all of a sudden I just got this feeling of confidence. I asked her if she was up for a bible study. She looked at me confused and asked if I had someone in mind. I told her I just knew that God has someone planned for us to study with and she told me yes. So we prayed for the rest of the bus ride, and on the third person we reached out to, we had a study with her on the spot. She was so eager to know more about God and felt so broken in how she was chasing other things to fulfill herself rather than God. She saw her need for God and wanted to continue to study the bible.

There was so much encouragement and love from everyone on this trip. My heart has forever been changed. I feel the deepest lessons I have learned from my trip to Fiji is that with faith nothing is impossible, and I got the opportunity to experience and see what true love looks like. I am already looking forward to the next trip I can be a part of!

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