{"id":16094,"date":"2021-07-27T05:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T04:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?post_type=prayerline&#038;p=16094"},"modified":"2021-07-27T11:54:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T10:54:09","slug":"flying-blind","status":"publish","type":"prayerline","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Blind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-core-html\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Flying Blind\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=c38n5-109ad63-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=auto&#038;btn-skin=3267a3\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ground grew smaller as&nbsp;Finlay lifted the&nbsp;plane into the air.&nbsp;He watched the tiny cars pass each other&nbsp;across the New Zealand landscape,&nbsp;and like always,&nbsp;his mind drifted&nbsp;to existential thoughts. He had&nbsp;many questions about his life and future. As a&nbsp;final&nbsp;year&nbsp;flight&nbsp;student, there was&nbsp;so&nbsp;much uncertainty&nbsp;about&nbsp;what he would do next.&nbsp;But he had other questions too. Like what was the point of life? Was God even real?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was tired of these questions. For years he had&nbsp;bottled them up in his head, turning them over again and again with no answers. Now&nbsp;with his graduation looming, he felt even more overwhelmed by the unknown.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He found some solace in talking with a friend.&nbsp;Finlay&nbsp;noticed that she&nbsp;attended the TSCF group on campus&nbsp;and&nbsp;always spoke confidently about how her faith influenced her future.&nbsp;When she invited him to visit her church, Finlay agreed.&nbsp;Though he had occasionally attended church as a child, Finlay was drawn to the teachings of Jesus in a new way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the pandemic, he moved back home&nbsp;to finish&nbsp;his coursework and eventually graduate.&nbsp;As he went about life in his hometown,&nbsp;the words of Scripture continued to echo in his mind.&nbsp;Soon Finlay found himself back in church, where he began to faithfully walk with Jesus. He&nbsp;discovered&nbsp;that his faith in God&nbsp;helped him to deal with the uncertainties of life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Finlay&nbsp;now&nbsp;weighs a decision between&nbsp;joining the&nbsp;Air&nbsp;Force or becoming a flight instructor, he is sure that&nbsp;God will continue to lead him. In his life&nbsp;after&nbsp;graduation,&nbsp;he&nbsp;is walking by&nbsp;faith, submitting his plans before God and trusting that he will guide his future.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finlay\u2019s story is one that is common among students and graduates, but it has been amplified this year with the upheaval from the pandemic. Students need to know that there is a God who cares&nbsp;for&nbsp;them and&nbsp;has a plan for their life. Campus groups like TSCF and graduate groups from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cross-current.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cross Current<\/a>&nbsp;are pointing these students toward hope. Pray with us this week for the students around&nbsp;the world who need to hear that God is in control.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pray for students who are still dealing with disrupted studies due to the pandemic. Many students have had their academic plans&nbsp;delayed or canceled. Others are frustrated&nbsp;daily&nbsp;by&nbsp;poor connectivity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Pray for graduates who are unsure of what their future holds. Pray that they would find Christian community as they transition into their next season of life.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Pray for groups like TSCF to continue to reach and support students like Finlay who have big questions about life.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*This story was adapted from an interview piece from TSCF.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tscf.org.nz\/story-of-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full interview<\/a>&nbsp;to learn more about Finlay\u2019s story.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":16095,"template":"","area":[685,464],"theme":[],"class_list":["post-16094","prayerline","type-prayerline","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","area-new-zealand","area-south-pacific"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flying Blind &#183; IFES Prayerline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ground grew smaller as&nbsp;Finlay lifted the&nbsp;plane into the air.&nbsp;He watched the tiny cars pass each other&nbsp;across the New Zealand\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flying Blind &#183; IFES Prayerline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The ground grew smaller as&nbsp;Finlay lifted the&nbsp;plane into the air.&nbsp;He watched the tiny cars pass each other&nbsp;across the New Zealand\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IFES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-27T10:54:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/South-Pac.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1083\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/\",\"name\":\"Flying Blind &#183; IFES Prayerline\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/es\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/South-Pac.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-27T04:34:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-27T10:54:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"The ground grew smaller as&nbsp;Finlay lifted the&nbsp;plane into the air.&nbsp;He watched the tiny cars pass each other&nbsp;across the New Zealand\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/South-Pac.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/South-Pac.jpeg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1083},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/flying-blind\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Prayerline\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Flying Blind\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/es\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/es\/\",\"name\":\"IFES\",\"description\":\"A movement of students sharing and living out the good news of Jesus Christ. 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