I am going to Lancaster this weekend to help out at a retreat. I am so excited because two of the girls who will be there were two girls who came to visit BBC mid last semester and let's just say God worked in huge ways! I can't wait to see them again!
God provided for me in a big way too... It was not looking good as far as me being able to go, but God provided someone to cover my shift saturday... I have to admit that I am excited. I know nothing besides the fact that I will be a small group leader, but I know that God will be with me for whatever I am required to do. It will be really good for me too, because I miss the kids back home, and although technology is great and I can talk through IM and phone conversations it will be good to spend time with kids even if I will only get to know them for a weekend, but I have learned in the past that God can really use short periods of time in big ways!
So the big announcement is that I finally chose the team I want to be on for Namibia so I will be going to Hope's Promise Orphan Ministry, which I am excited about. There is something about that place that makes me come alive.. I have to get in gear with support letters and such, but I am gonna be working a lot so hopefully that will help. I am so excited Don that you are joining us... and just so you know Pastor Darin I knew he was coming before you did :-P... we will have to work on your acting skills though Don ;-). I am so excited though!!! our team is going to be amazing and Jackie it will be so awesome to spend more time with you... you, shari and I will team up when the guys get out of hand :-)
First couple of weeks of classes are going pretty well... keeping up with the work load so far. In one of my classes we are reading a book called "Why Nobody Learns Much of Anything in Church and How to Fix it" this book has been pushing me to try and find the delicate balance between teaching and letting others be pushed and figure things out themselves to avoid a dumbing down of the culture by handing over all the answers. I think I'm gonna write an english paper on it so if it's any good I might share it.
In my devotional "Utmost for His Highest" today it talked about being open to God and giving Him room to work. It also said that we need to be expectant but that God never works in the way you think He will... He is a God of surprises, and I have certainly discovered that!
Be Blessed and remember to seek God out in everything... PRAY, PRAY, PRAY.... I have been seeing tons of answered prayers lately... God is SO amazing.
Have a great weekend everyone,
as for me... I'm off to Lancaster :-)
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