Wendy has three kids. She homeschools two of them and recently celebrated her oldest child’s graduation. Her kids keep her busy, but lunchtime is her time. That’s when this ministry-minded South Carolina woman chats with people around the globe.
Wendy is one of more than 100 Search for Jesus volunteers who share the gospel online. She talks to people about God while her youngest takes an afternoon break.
Search for Jesus is an Internet evangelism outreach started by BGEA in April 2011. When people take their spiritual questions to the web, Search for Jesus can direct them to an evangelistic website called PeaceWithGod.net, where they find a compelling, interactive gospel presentation. While browsing the site, visitors can chat with trained counselors online. Wendy is one of those volunteers, or e-counselors.
“My opportunity to do Matthew 28 is so limited to our church … and our home,” she said. “Other than going in the grocery store or occasionally volunteering, there just aren’t a lot of opportunities to share.”
Matthew 28 calls Christians to “make disciples of all nations”—to spread the gospel around the world. Prior to volunteering, Wendy prayed for more than a year that God would use her in another way.
Then one morning, she woke up and felt the urge to visit BillyGraham.org—something she had done before but not on a regular basis. That’s where she read about Search for Jesus.
“As soon as I saw it, I knew. There was just no question about it. This is what I am to do,” she said.
Wendy is a petite woman with a warm smile and gentle words. “There might be times when we wouldn’t as easily talk to the person who has tattoos all over them or look like they have a drug or alcohol problem,” she said. But on the Internet, she can talk to anyone.
“When you are on the computer, background is leveled,” she said. “You are just loving that person no matter what their situation is.” In the same way, the people she talks to can’t judge her based on appearance or assume she won’t understand what they’re going through.
It’s been a couple of months since Wendy started volunteering, and “it has gone extremely well.” E-counselors must volunteer at least two hours a week, but Wendy spends one to two hours a day, five or six days a week, chatting with people in need. Sometimes she ends a chat feeling like she couldn’t help the person, but prays that God will use something she said to speak to them.
Usually though, “people really want to hear the truth” and she knows she can help them. Of course, she’s not the only one.
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article courtesy of Charismanews.com
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