In my third year of university, I decided I wanted to spend some portion of my life entirely invested in ministry. I had no idea what that was going to look like, I didn’t know where it would be, and I didn’t know how long it would be for. So I went along to the EU GradsFund weekend conference, ‘Plunge’, and spent some time seriously thinking about what full time ministry could look like, where it could take me, and most specifically, what doing the Howard Guinness Traineeship could be like.

A big question I had to wrestle with was, why do it? Was it because I was too scared to go into the secular workforce after finishing my degree? Was it because I felt super comfortable in the EU atmosphere? Or was it because the trainees before me seemed to have the best job in the world? If I’m truly honest, those thoughts certainly went through my mind, but there was one thought that my mind regularly wandered to. It was the realisation that every single day, thousands of students were walking around campus, not knowing Jesus, not calling him their Saviour, not understanding the sacrifice he made on the cross for them. So many students every day who just don’t know the truth about Jesus.

And so I chose to do the Howard Guinness Traineeship, which is the beginning of the flood. Not only am I receiving training for a lifetime of service for the Lord, but I get the privilege to train up the students in the EU in leading bible studies, leading teams and committees, reading the bible with students one-to-one and so send them out into the world equipped for sharing the gospel to those around them. Please pray that God would use us trainees to train and equip his people for service, that they would grow in their love for those who don’t know Him. And pray that God would be raising up the next generation of trainees for next year.