0 % n 0 % .,, m ~ m % n m N ~ N When missionaries like Pioneers-USA President Steve Richardson and founder of Laszlo Mission League Marilyn Laszlo get together for a mission conference, you can be sure to hear some memorable stories, filled with drama and danger (and leeches and rats). This year's mission conference, " Unreachable?!" filled the Jeremiah chapel with missionary accounts of God's work among the various unreached people groups of the world. "I appreciate the university's effort to turn the focus of its students away from the communities we know, and toward the broader picture. God can use anyone to do anything anywhere in the world; all He asks is that we be willing and ready for the life He's planned for us." (Debbie Strutton, senior) Their testimonies of how the gospel is impacting people around the world proved to be both encouraging and challenging. "There were speakers who talked about the fact that to be a missionary doesn't just mean that you have to only plant churches or only preach. It's important for us to remember that God has given us each different passions that are all for us to use for His glory and service in whatever capacity He places us." (Amanda Einselen, senior) "This semester's missions conference meant a lot to me. It's always refreshing to see the world from the perspective of our missionaries, while getting a wakeup call about my responsibility as a Christian." (Ben Roscup, junior) Whether it means ministering to an unreached tribe in Papua New Guinea or to a tribe of sixth graders in Ohio, this year's conference reminded students to leave the duty of planning out our life courses to the Lord, instead of dictating to Him our own lofty ideas for the future. Each missionary has only a couple seconds to give his or her name and some other biographical information. 02 Three missionary kid cousins treat the student body to their own version of "We Three Kings" with an MK twist. 04 Steve Richardson, one of the main speakers at the conference, tantilizes the students with tales of eating termites and living among the cannibals. CU students take advantage of the opportunity to spend time in worship to God as the new semester starts.
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