God has been wooing Emily Sippel. At first, it was through a high school science teacher who helped her fall in love with biology and consider becoming a doctor.
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Before I went to Urbana I was prideful about what I was able to do. Coming back from Urbana, it was about working for God’s kingdom instead of my pride.
Over the months and years, through books, conversations, and these discipleship opportunities through his church, Sam’s approach to faith and work evolved. As his questions got better, so did his answers.
Urbana 03 really challenged me to consider how I might serve not only my local church, but the global church as well. Although the experience itself was incredible, I was not really sure what God had planned for me.
“I’m amazed and grateful that God does not say you have to totally change who you are to be part of his work; rather, he’s saying, ‘I made you who you are in order to be part of my work.’” That’s what Elizabeth Dishman has discovered after reflecting on her time at Urbana over 20 years ago.
Reid Satterfield lay on the floor of his mud hut, feeling the life bleeding out of him. Surprisingly, he felt a tremendous peace about dying. Then the Lord spoke to Reid: “You’re not going to die. Ask me to stop the bleeding.”
Today, Craig Detweiler is the author of five books. Back in 1984, Craig was in InterVarsity at Davidson College when a friend invited him to come to Urbana. At the time, Craig had no idea what Urbana was.
Elisabeth Elliot lived her life in service to God and his global mission. She lived responsive to God's call and echoed that call at the four Urbana Student Missions Conferences at which she spoke. She was 88 when her earthly life of obedience ended on June 15, 2015.
While a student at University of California, Davis, Maureen Hodge had done InterVarsity summer missions trips in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Mexico, working with kids in poor areas of those cities. But it was a miscarriage and a cancer diagnosis that got her to Honduras.