37 students from all over the United States arrived at Brisbane. They don’t know each other before that flight, but they all stay under one roof at the southside, Robertson. They chose the place intentionally because it’s just 10 minutes walking from Griffith University campus. What are they doing?
Tanner Ripley, a student of Animal Science at Montana State University in Montana shares his background, “A while back when we were in Montana, me and some friends talked about doing a summer trip but we didn’t really know where we gonna do it, and we wanna do a missions trip. We thought about it a lot, pray about it a lot, and it kinda end up in Australia. And I think this is where God wants us to be in the summer, so I’m really-really happy to be here.”
Amanda who is also from the United States, working with a student organization, Student Life in Griffith Uni, explains that the Americans come for their summer project, just like what she did last American summer. “They’re here for 6 weeks. And I’m so glad they’re here, basically meeting students and sharing the news about Christianity with us”.
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“They’re here on campus everyday I think about 10 to 4, and they’re just talking with students, getting to know them and connecting with them on a friendship level, and then ministering to them spiritually as well,” Sammy, an Aussy who is part of Student Life tells about what the American students do daily.
“It’s been great. We appreciate how open Australian people are on our time just to sit and visit about real things,” Tanner added.
Besides doing the evangelistic mission as their vacation, the American students do have the normal holiday plan, too. Tim from Wisconsin shares, “This weekend we are actually going to Stradbroke Island, and we gonna go surfing and snorkling. That will be fun!”
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