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opportunity to tour with the band called Acquire the Fire.
Rebecca took the next two weeks to seek God’s direction, and she felt like He was
calling her in a new direction. She did not join the band, but instead she enrolled in a
program called “The World Race” through Adventures in Missions. She backpacked
through 11 countries in 11 months with a team of 45-50 people. During this adventure, they learned practical ministry skills and then put them into practice with people in those countries. This experience gave her a heart for long-term missions.
She returned home to Connecticut where God had her in a “hidden season." She sought Him for direction and learned to trust Him in the waiting. After two years, in 2014, Rebecca ended up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, working for another ministry. While she was there, God connected her with others who were drawn to the Middle East. In January 2015, she was part of a scouting team that went to Iraq. They wanted to minister to the Yazidi people groups who had been displaced by ISIS.
For her first trip to Iraq, she spent two weeks connecting with the people who had been traumatized. She and her team listened to stories, prayed, encouraged, and cried with the people who had been displaced and were now living in tents. She returned a month later, and for the next year she traveled in and out of Iraq. During that time, she raised support and rallied churches to become involved in the work. She was even approached by a Kurdish general who was fighting ISIS, and he asked her and her team to come pray near the front lines. Even though the general was a Muslim, he wanted an end to the genocide that was happening and recognized the power of prayer.
Rebecca loved her work in Iraq, so she stayed there for three years. Her vision was to have an emphasis of prayer and see God bring about societal change for the people of Iraq. While members of Rebecca’s team focused on women’s trauma therapy, led fitness programs, and taught men carpentry skills, she helped lead children’s worship in the camps. She and her team basically “did life” with the people to whom she ministered.
At the end of her time, her team had doubled in size, and she felt like she needed to decompress at home. She is now back in Connecticut and awaiting her next assignment. I’m sure God will have other adventures in store! At CCS, we have “no greater joy than to hear that (our) children are walking in truth.” 3 John 1:4
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AN INTERVIEW OF A CCS ALUMNA
Rebecca Burger, CLASS OF 2009
TEACHING TRUTH, TRAINING MINDS, TRANSFORMING LIVES
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To engage and educate young people to know Christ and be equipped to impact the world for God's Kingdom.