Touching the lives of students in four different areas, that is our hope. We truly do want to impact students intellectually, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. As I said in a previous post, during the summer project we saw God open great doors. Lycée Classique was one of those places. Mr. NGoran excitedly invited us into his classrooms to teach. The first day we split up into groups and were able to take students through how they could know God personally. The second day we were on campus Mr. NGoran wanted to try a different way. He thought that it would be good if one of the American students could share what the educational system is like in the US. One of the American students stepped up to the task and spent the next 30 minutes explaining our system of learning. After that we asked Michael to share with the students the 4 Spiritual Laws. He was a little intimidated at first, even after giving the seminar at LKM on becoming a successful student, as he knew the seriousness of the Gospel. Even still he stepped up to the task. He did a great job sharing! 
At the 4th point we split up into small groups to make sure that the students fully understood what was communicated up front. I had the privilege of going around to the different groups to help with the language barrier and clarify anything that was misunderstood. I was greatly encouraged by the students pressing forward to communicate the truths of Jesus. A few students accepted Christ that day and many students shared with us that they would be interested in going through follow ups with us so we set a time to take the same class through follow up a few days later. In the days following part of our group was able to return to Lycée Classique and take the whole class through the first Bible Study/Follow up lesson. It was great hearing stories from the Americans about the relationships that they were building with the students at Lycée Classique. 
That week we also challenged one of the classes to a soccer match. On Wednesday some of Mr. NGoran's students got out of class early. They got dressed quickly and headed out to the soccer field, where we waited. Our team consisted of all the Summer Project students and those Ivorian students already involved in the Campus pour Christ ministry versus the Lycée Classique students. We scored immediately and were up the whole game till the last 5 minutes or so. We ended with a tie. Everyone had a ton of fun. It was what happened directly after that game that was key to that time. Our STINT team had met a student named Emmanuel a few months earlier. Emmanuel is a Christian and very interested in spiritual things. Upon meeting him his mom wanted us to come over for lunch at his house. Since that time I lost his number and was unable to get ahold of him. He saw us playing soccer on the field and searched me out right after. We were both excited to see each other again. He immediately gave me his number and then the following Thursday showed up at our weekly Prayer and Worship meeting. I was reminded that even playing soccer with the students can play a huge part in connecting with students and helping them in their relationship with God.
Craig Hauquitz
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