Aisha's Journey

October was a packed month, apart from Meta Conference, many things were happening all around. City to City I had the privilege to attend the “City to City Pastor and Ministry Leaders Gathering” for the city of Miami. Although this was my first time attending this event, these meetings are held twice a year with this being the second year. It was held in the beautiful site of Crossbridge Church in Key Biscayne. As I stood in line for registration, I was overwhelmed by the number of pastors and ministry leaders coming together for such a gathering. It was great to talk with those around the table and learn from different ministry backgrounds as well as meeting leaders from various denominations here in Miami. The event had received a lot of attention mainly because Tim Keller was the guest speaker. What a blessing it was to learn from him! Among the many things he mentioned was the overarching idea of the need in unifying churches and denominations for the sake of the gospel...

On October 18-20 I had the privilege to go to InterVarsity's Fall Conference for the Florida region called Meta. It's an annual conference bringing around 300 students from chapters all over the state for a weekend of training and fellowship. This was the second year that we were having the conference in Orlando hosted by Calvario City Church. As a volunteer from FIU, we were able to bring 4 students, one of which gave his life to Jesus on Saturday evening! We traveled together with Miami Dade College (MDC) and I was able to help with driving to and back from Orlando.  Meta brings such great memories from my time as a student, it was a break between the hectic semester to reflect on how our chapter was doing and be trained to continue working on campus when we went back. I was excited to go back and to participate this time as a staff. October 18 happened to be IFES World Student Day . World Student Day is an annual celebration where we pray for other sister movem...