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| How has God been faithful to you this summer...or what has he been teaching you?
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| Hey guys! I know I haven't posted for a long time, but life has
been a bit crazy. Things are going very well at work. Thank
you so much for praying about the unity thing because God has
faithfully answered that prayer. We have been united in Spirit
and purpose, and I am so thankful. I have had the opportunity to
visit churches, speak with pastors, plan the summer schedule (even some
Spanish clubs), do some training, and tomorrow I get to speak in a
church! Please pray for me!!! I am excited, but it is a
little scarry to speak in front of an entire church body on Sunday when
you do not know a single person in the congregation. However,
this is a great opportunity and a huge answer to prayer! Please
pray for training camp that is coming up. Satan always tries to
thwart the work of Christ, and training camp always ends up being a
huge growing experience as we learn to lean on Christ despite
opposition. Please pray for strength, courage, good rest, and
wisdom.
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| I said bye to everyone like a week and a half ago, and I was surprised
at how strangely easy it was to say goodbye. I guess it just
seemed like any other day, and it didn't really hit me that I was
actually going to say goodbye to everyone for weeks or even
months. Now, it's starting to hit me. I want to wander to
the Brown house to hang out with fun people or go down the hall and
chat with my friends on the floor, but I can't. I love hanging
out with my family and they are wonderful, but I am really beginning to
miss everyone at Wheaton.
I suppose I should write about something else too because there is much
more on my mind... I started my summer job yesterday, and it is
going to be a good summer. I know that God is going to allow me
to see his hand at work in ways that I can't even imagine. He is
allowing the ministry to grow and is raising up more people to serve
him here. This is exciting! However, there are challenges
on the horizon. Minnesota is now divided into a couple regions
with a couple different workers. I am coordinating the summer
ministry in one region and another girl is working in the other.
She has been working for about the past year, but this is the first
summer that the state is divided into territories. I am excited
to work with Maureen and to serve the Lord together. Some of the
volunteers who are in the office are not quite as excited about working
with her, and I'm not sure why. There seems to be a bit of
division already, and I do not want this to hinder the minisrty in any
way. I hope and pray that God will allow me to be a peacemaker
and that he will give me the love and grace for everyone. God has
been putting Phil. 2:2 in my mind as I think about this and desire to
be united in spirit and purpose. I want so much to be a servant
and to look at the interests of others and how I can encourage
them. I think that ministry needs to happen among and between the
workers before we can minister to others. Please join me in
praying for unity and grace for all of us. I can't wait to see
what God does, and I want him to be glorified above all. What
does it look like practically to glorify God? We often say that
we want to bring glory to God, but what exactly do we mean by that and
how does it look? Is it wrong to appreciate it when others
compliment you and your work? How can one accept positive
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| Please pray for my grandma. She is a sweet, precious lady whom I
love a lot. She is very weak and fragile and currently has a
pretty nasty bed sore. Pray that the sore will heal, and that she
will not be in much pain. Please pray for my mom too who is
having a difficult time seeing my grandma like this. Please pray
that my grandma will continue to experience the peace of Christ as well.
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| This is my first post, and I hope I am doing it right. I'm home
and transitioning back to life at home. It's nice to hang
out with my family and to have tons of time to sleep. (I slept until
11:00 today which was amazing!) It's nice to have down time, but
I am missing friends already.
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