Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Beginning the Race


“Love must be sincere.  Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.  Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.  Honor one another above yourselves.” –Romans 12:9 & 10



The first group of teens is in!  On Sunday night, the teens showed up in the teen room and the teen staff introduced ourselves and made fools of ourselves through videos and such.  It was nerve-wracking since the group of teens this week was a tough crowd, but the improv ended up really getting to the kids and pulling them into participation.  Here are some of the videos and skits:


I met with my group of girls – I have 13 and 14 year old girls this week – and man, am I blessed!  We immediately started laughing and discussing the potential cool things that will be in the Kingdom of God (like cloud mopeds and rainbow slides) and singing “Call Me Maybe” and dancing like crazy girls.  I am really excited about this group of girls.  For my first week leading high school girls, God has really blessed me with a funny and outgoing small group. 

This morning, a missionary family came into the teen room and talked about their experiences in Bolivia.  It was such a cool talk!  They have been living there for the past 30 years, have raised 4 children in the jungles in Bolivia, and have lived a type of life that I am completely unable to imagine.  He brought in an anaconda skin that was 22 feet long and talked of alligator tackling – adventures that I never dreamed of!  Ten years of their life was devoted to interpreting the Holy Bible into this people’s language that they have committed to serving. 
When we split into small groups, my group and I discussed this idea of a body of believers and how diverse we all are.  I get so wrapped up in our own little worlds that I forget sometimes that there are followers of Jesus in a different country living their own lives.  I forget that there are people who have never heard the word of God before.  That hit me like a ton of bricks: There are actually people out there in the world who don’t know the Redeemer. 
If that is not something worth committing my life to, I don’t know what is.

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” –Matthew 28:19 & 20

“When you find your path, you must ignore fear.  You need to have the courage to risk mistakes.  But once you are on that road… Run, run, run, and don’t stop ‘til you’re reached its end.” –Jose N. Harris



Prayer requests: Please pray for the team staff.  Pray that we come together in support and encouragement of one another.  Please pray that we do not lose sight of why we are here: for God and His Kingdom.

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