The adventure came after the surrender, not before. Noah is a Resident Assistant at Black Forest Academy in Germany, and his path there ran straight through a calling he really didn't want to say yes to. Noah traces the journey from an international upbringing through a defining study abroad experience to a moment of reluctant obedience, and what he found waiting on the other side.

• "Their parents can focus on ministry while having their kids receive a really good, quality education, and the dorm side for us is that we become partners, co-workers with the parents as we seek to guardian them and lead them through these four years that they're here."
• "I had packed into a box this idea that following Jesus into the mission field means leaving behind everything you love."
• "I really didn't want to obey, but I knew He was calling me."
• "They immediately responded with, 'Oh, you're one of us. Oh, you get us.'"
• "When you can get into a mindset where you give up predictability, when you give up seeing things in the way you planned, it becomes easier to hear His voice."
• "We [in Gen Z] have a desire for truth; we want what's real. We don't like the facade; we don't like the fake."
• Dialogue Education
• "You lay it all at Jesus' feet, and you say, 'Abba Father, here is my life, here is everything. You are in control. You have access to everything.'"
• "The answer came on the other side of obedience. I've found myself living what feels like an adventure, and I only found the adventure once I surrendered."

What's changing our lives:

• Keane: Listening through top albums of all time
• Heather: Using a sleep app
• Noah: Processing learning through teaching to increase retention and engagement

Weekly Spotlight: Residence Life

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