“What is this? What will I ever do with it?” thought Mary Kay. She had received a wonderful Christmas gift from someone she had led to the Lord. We use our smart phones all the time, but what good is an iPad? It sat in a box for a month while we wondered about it. Then we discovered …

FaceTime! It is Apple’s videoconferencing system, where we could contact our international friends wherever they travel to! And we can see each other face so the language barrier is even less. Many internationals are afraid to talk on the phone, because that use of English is very difficult.

But FaceTime makes it so much easier and even enjoyable!

Now she does Bible studies with students who have left Virginia Tech. It used to be the Roman roads that carried the Gospel to new peoples, but now it is technology like FaceTime and Skype that are tools in His hands.  For Mary Kay it was such a joy to hear her young Christian friend share how her getting involved in a local church has given her family and a community to feel settled. When she first got there she said that it was mostly older people, but, praise God, as she has continued to fellowship there, more and more professional young people are coming.

Another international friend just had her second baby and was struggling so very much, and so the weekly Bible studies via iPad was a means to keep her connected to God through the turbulent time.  When Mary Kay told another student about doing Bible studies this way, her comment was, “Oh, can we do that too!”

Using all means to make His ways known!