Here’s what Briana had to say about her trip:

The biggest thing I came away with was a strong conviction to learn more about the Old Testament. I don’t know why that isn’t more emphasized in Christian culture, as it’s true that there is no way we can truly claim to defend our faith with facts if we don’t know the birthplace and history of the Christian faith.

I had always been very supportive of Israel as a state, but this trip honestly changed everything. I had known God was calling me to do ministry of some sort in the Middle East, but I hadn’t ever felt like he wanted me to do ministry in Israel and with the Jewish people until now. Now that I see the need for Christians to be in support of Israel and the Jewish people, I see that there is a huge lack of ministry TO the Jewish people.

I absolutely fell hard in love with Israel. The climate, the nature, the people, the military, everything. This was one of the most incredible opportunities provided to me in college, hands down.

I had always been in support of Israel but was seriously lacking the knowledge of both the conflict and the culture — so much so that it was preventing me from doing advocacy on my campus.

On this trip I learned more than I thought I could, surrounded by students who just wanted to learn. It was a breath of fresh air, coming from my liberal, secular school, to be amongst students who love this country like I do and who are like-minded.

I came back to my campus with a strong conviction to minister to Jews, as well as advocate for Israel politically (conveniently you can do both at once). I realized there that if I’m not doing it, no one will.

This beautiful country that gets bullied by everyone else can use American students like me on the sometimes poisonous environment that is a college campus.

I don’t only think this trip is important for Christian students, I think it’s essential. I wish I could send every single one of my Christian peers on a Covenant Journey trip right now, because I know they will be changed, and I know college campuses — and the world after their graduation — will be a better place because of it.

I just can’t get over how hard Covenant Journey tried to make this trip meaningful in multiple ways. I personally think where there is hostility in college campuses there needs to be Covenant Journey to help Christian students fight back.

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Mat Staver
Chairman
Christians in Defense of Israel

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