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<v 0>I heard a story about someone named Priscilla.</v>

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Since she was a child Priscilla had always wanted to be a missionary.

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She had long been active in church and volunteering,

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but it was when she started mentoring online that she really began to

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see God move in some amazing ways.

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To be an online mentor didn't mean that she had to learn some complicated

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processes. She would simply be answering emails.

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Of all *the people Priscilla had mentored over the past 16

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years one that stands out is a 14 year old mother who was

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engaged in prostitution and struggled with drug addiction.

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Priscilla knew the girl needed to discover Jesus but she wasn't ready for

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that yet. Over time, and a lot of emails,

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Priscilla journeyed with the young woman as she shared with her struggles and

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answered a lot of her questions about God.

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Then one day in the moment of desperation, while in the back alley,

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this girl decided to put her faith and trust in Jesus.
What a

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powerful story of God at work.

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What a beautiful redemptive story.

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This young woman desperately needed to hear about Jesus.

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And God chose Priscilla, someone on the other side of the world,

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and he used the technology that Priscilla and this young woman had available

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to connect them. Today,

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you and I can be involved in the mission.

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Did you know your contact list can be your very own

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unique mission field? Let me pray this for us:

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Dear Father,

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I pray that You would help me see the people you bring across my path

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as an invitation, not as an interruption.

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Thank You for the friends, the coworkers, the people You've placed in my life.

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I pray that You open my eyes to see the spiritual poverty and the

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hunger within.

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Help me to steward my digital presence well,

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to honor You and to point people to the true hope that can only be

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found in You.