{"id":46804,"date":"2025-06-24T10:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T09:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/?post_type=prayerline&#038;p=46804"},"modified":"2025-07-02T15:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:43:03","slug":"heart-meets-vision","status":"publish","type":"prayerline","link":"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/prayerline\/heart-meets-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Meets Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block block-core-html\">\n<iframe title=\"Heart Meets Vision\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);height:150px;\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=uwj7f-18e75e3-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=ffe300&#038;font-color=auto&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=8bbb4e\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Kayley first encountered her local IFES movement \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesusstudents.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Jesus Students, Suriname (JS)<\/a> \u2013 she was quite young:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI first experienced the joy of student ministry in high school. When I started university, I knew I couldn\u2019t leave that behind<\/em><em>!\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it wasn\u2019t that simple: she had no campus group to connect with. Despite JS groups thriving in almost 30 schools, the group at the University of Suriname had ceased some years ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-4bf9980431604ce07c54a01897186eb6\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4bf9980431604ce07c54a01897186eb6\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#FFE81A\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">A Tenacious Vision<\/mark><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This was a challenge that troubled Lorain, a JS staff worker. When she\u2019d been a student at the university two decades earlier, she\u2019d been involved in leading JS\u2019s \u201cGroups investigating God\u201d. So, when she returned as staff in 2017, she was deeply disappointed to hear of the group\u2019s demise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, she hoped to start a group with high school students who graduated that year. But some started work, others went abroad for study, and others weren\u2019t interested. \u201cThe journey wasn\u2019t easy!\u201d, Lorain recalls.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But she wasn\u2019t ready to give up. In 2023-2024, under the leadership of a young new JS General Secretary, Lorain met a handful of promising high school students \u2013 including Kayley. \u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-f2d2a6efd61704d30db832f76ba9954e\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-caribbean-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f2d2a6efd61704d30db832f76ba9954e\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#FFE81A\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">A Willing Heart<\/mark><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And Kayley was ready to give it a try:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cI started as a small group leader at the campus not knowing what would come of it but trusting that God wanted his light to shine here, too. It hasn\u2019t been easy, but we\u2019ve seen him work, drawing together students across faculties and deepening our faith.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kayley heads up the group in the Law Faculty, while two of her peers started groups in the Social Sciences and Technical Faculties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, those two groups have merged due to one leader stepping down \u2013 an indication of how challenging the role is. Lorain comments: \u201cI have to say, the work on campus is not for the weak! But Kayley is indeed brave. She is really holding on.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-b78e6c0463377011be69a93b79bb4dd6\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-caribbean-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b78e6c0463377011be69a93b79bb4dd6\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#FFE81A\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">Hearty Resilience and Visionary Results<\/mark><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the general pressures of student life \u2013 like stress, the negative impact of social media, poor self-esteem, and poverty \u2013 the student leaders are also pressed for time. It\u2019s been hard for them to find opportunities to physically meet together, so next year many meetings will take place online.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nevertheless, the coming together of heart and vision is enabling ministry to flourish \u2013 students are now leading groups weekly, offering prayer for students before exams, handing out Bible verses with candy, and even participating in a new podcast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-heading wp-elements-3b6ae76be7b3c72ba7cba3eaee295b03\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-caribbean-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3b6ae76be7b3c72ba7cba3eaee295b03\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:#FFE81A\" class=\"has-inline-color has-primary-color\">Pray<\/mark><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Give thanks for JS ministry in schools, for the way God brought together Kayley and Lorain, and for their faithfulness in the face of many challenges.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>They ask for courage and strength to continue the mission and would like us to \u201cpray for the university students \u2013 that God will open and soften their hearts for his Word so that they will have the opportunity to personally encounter Christ as Saviour.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"wp-block block-core-list-item\">\n<li>Pray that the Lord will provide more leaders who are willing and able to be trained to continue these groups and start others \u2013 especially for the new academic year at the beginning of October.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block block-core-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To learn more about high school ministry across IFES movements, keep an eye out for the next <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ifesworld.org\/en\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Conexi\u00f3n blog<\/em><\/a><em>, due 3 July.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":46807,"template":"","area":[454,488],"theme":[],"class_list":["post-46804","prayerline","type-prayerline","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","area-caribbean","area-suriname"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Heart Meets Vision &#183; 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