dick dowsett at forum

Dick Dowsett spoke at forum on missions last night.  The meeting started with a girl asking the students to put their hands up to the following questions

are you chinese?
do you have any chinese friends?
have you ever seen any chinese on your campus?

By the time she finished, most hands were raised. the point was that they had the chance to introduce Jesus to the chinese while they are studying in the UK

Dick basically did not tell them to go on short term mission.  He told them to witness on their campuses

He also said some foreign students do not feel welcome.  He likened it to the Flanders and Swan song,"The English the English the English are best, I wouldnt give tuppence for all of the rest".  He claimed some foreign students feel that way.  They witness to them, but they are made to feel that they are not as good.

He also said he met one young man who wanted to go into missions, but would go to a country on holiday to see if he liked it.  Dick said that he would wait a long time to see if he liked it.  What was needed was a passion for the lost.

Finally he encouraged them to get on with mission now on their campuses


I was also interested hear that in Russian and slovakia one cannot officially have religious activities on campus.  One almost got into trouble having the Alpha Course.