Well today Lauren and I overslept! But that was the only hitch in our day. So I ate my fave breakfast of hardboiled eggs and Mussolini style oatmeal while we went over our Devotional about St. Patrick. Which was quite fitting for our first day of evangelism at Harvard. We learned about how St. Patrick went to the "Dangerous and warring culture of Ireland in the 5th century. The Druids dominated the nation, advocating witchcraft, pagan rituals, and child sacrifice." That is pretty scary, Harvard may seem an intimidating place to go preach the Gospel, but it's not as scary as speaking to be people who practice child sacrifice, just saying.
After our devotion we hopped on the T to the church in Cambridge. From there we got our game plan for the day together and headed out to Harvard. We ended up splitting up into groups. Calvin and Grace and I were together and we headed to stand outside of the library. We talked to several students and had some good conversations. Some people didn't know what they believed, some believed all sorts of things, some were open to hear more about Jesus!
Lunch was at Brattle Square. We just ate at a subway, but the whole area was beautiful. The little shops and restaurants reminded me of Chapel Hill or Nantucket! I loved walked the streets today. The history of the buildings and the culture is sooo good for my soul! :) would love to live somewhere with the cobblestone streets like we walked on at the Quincy Market earlier in the week! After lunch we had an awesome convo with a girl Grace and I are going to hang out with later in the week! :)
After doing evangelism we went into the Science center to sit and thaw out. I had the most amazing white hot chocolate of my life! While sipping this cup of delight, I was talking with friends and realizing even deeper my love of campus ministry. I told Grace and Calvin earlier today that I doesn't matter where I talked to students Harvard or ECU, I love talking to students about Jesus! Being on the campus today just confirmed the fact that no matter the type of student or the type of campus, all campuses need campus ministries. All students need to know Jesus, be involved in a community of believers, and actively reach others. Lord please sent out more laborers to the college campus, whether it's for a season or for a lifetime.
Around 3 we meet Donny back at the church, talked and relaxed. Then we passed out free chocolate bars and hot chocolate. It was amazing that some people really wouldn't take the free candy or cocoa. Some people thought there was a catch, some were skeptical, but the kids were hovering! :) I really hope that people will come to the church because of simple acts of kindness like this!
Dinner was at Brattle again. Flat Patties was a delish cheap burger place! Loved it! Loved talking to the cashier in spanish! So fun!
After this we did a prayer walk. Some of the Aletheia members came and joined us! We split up into groups, walked around the campus of Harvard and prayed. Loved doing this. Holy Spirit please fall on this campus that was founded on Christian beleifs and used to send out our brightest ministers to preach the Gospel. We sadly learned that all of the scriptures on the buildings have been etched off except for on Philosophy building which says "who is man that you are mindful of us."
Lord, we pray this campus will be a campus that sends out your best and brightest ministers to preach the Gospel. Lord we pray the city of Boston will once again be a city on a hill!
Harvard Facts:
-tuition: around $50,000 a year
-as of 2010, Harvard employs about 2,100 faculty to teach and advise, approximately 6,700 undergraduates (Harvard College) and 14,500 graduate and professional student
-Eight U.S. Presidents have graduated from Harvard
-75 Nobel Laureates have been affiliatedwith the university as students, faculty, or staff.
-Harvard is also the alma mater of sixty-two living billionaires
(thanks wikipedia!)
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