09/01/2026
Itâs â¨Testimony Tuesday⨠Read below to find out how Ally spent her summer serving overseas!!
âThis past summer, I had the opportunity to travel to Southeast Asia for 6 weeks. I met up with 4 other college aged students who soon became close friends. I spent time in a Montessori school, English language center, summer camp, and English clubs ministering to the physical needs of people while sharing the love of Jesus. My team and I spent our time reaching people with the Gospel through educational contexts.
If I could encapsulate my summer into two words, it would be âservant leader.â The Lord reshaped my understanding of service. He showed me that it doesnât always look like being in the midst of the most exciting things but can often look like doing the seemingly mundane. He revealed pride, a grumbling heart, and my need to know âwhyâ. He showed me that I didnât need to the know the purpose to still serve faithfully because He is faithful. Servant leadership looks like being among the first to step out despite feeling inadequate or thinking that you could be of better use somewhere else. It looks like allowing yourself to be âinconveniencedâ. It looks like doing it with your whole heart as service to the Lord. It looks like valuing the position and context God has placed you in and giving Him your âyesâ.
I walked away this summer knowing God worked in and through me, knowing He blessed me with wonderful friendships, gave me a greater appreciation of His creation, and placed a desire to serve in every context. God began a good work in SE Asia long ago, and I was blessed to have been invited by Him to join what He is already doing. â