A Sport Game+my testimony= revelation and Great conversation

I am not sure how it got to this.  does that ever cross your mind. I mean going to sports games and hanging with student is one of the many facets of our ministry and sometimes this for my personality type can often make me feel awkward but I have grown to love this more and more, instead of destaining it , my first year was surely filled with those feelings.  Although this happens every once in a while the reason I love it so , is that I can clearly see that God was in charge of the conversation. I had prayed this week for those I had met and would meet at the game tonight.

God heard me and when I arrived a few students I was meant to meet bailed last minute, so I was left to mingle with student that may have seen me as weird but that was not the case, I met some new students, which was great because it was all very natural. I was also able to speak to a girl I met the week before, needless to say while watching half time entertainment. I just asked her about her week and a crazy relationship dilemma she had mentioned last week and if it was resolved or not. BANG.....
through conversation,  this girl had just opened up so much,   she had come to a conclusion from a small silly chat we had the week before on the bleachers . God did that, God used the awkward moments....

How crazy is that? I mean, I didn't know what God was going to do, I mean from a surface point of view it was boyfriend trouble but it was so much more and then even I could have guessed. We moved into my testimony and why I joined Pais and she just poured her heart and confusion out, God gave me that willingness and a understanding ear.

It maybe just going to a game but man, the things God can do, is beyond an limit I could imagine.


My prayer is that I have more divine appointments, like tonight, that I would be able to shed His light on place in students heart that He wants to enter.

I am reminded of Zechariah 4: 6 Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty

God is just so amazing.

Preaching

I am starting to realize how much God is a teacher and how he loves his children to be leaners as well as doers of the word.

We are set a task by our Hub Leader to Preach on a topic for five minutes, we are meant to do two things proclaim the word Kerusso and Unpack the word Didasko.  I have had a lot to say, since I could speak many would call me opinionated and I would agree but preaching is such a new element of God to me, we have to be close with God, enough to hear what he wants us to say to His People.

In the mist of this, I hear God again tell me this is what I have made you to do at this appointed time to understand my truth to chase after it, live confidently in it and proclaim this to my children and as you do that , you will see more of me, then you could have imagined. How amazing is that God calls us to Himself so that He may use us to be his portals of Grace, Mercy, Glory...this was just a mere training exercise but the more I prep and get ready for my turn in preaching, I see that this is another mountain,  I must learn to master for the mission field I am in.

I wonder How many more things has God in store for us to learn, and then teach others.  Is it not a great adventure, that we should all take a part in?

Just another thought, thats all...

Another Door Opens

Hi Lovely People

This week, has been amazing, after training with my team for three weeks, we jumped into the swing of things it was awesome.  My team consist of Jessica from California , Jonathan from England and Kevin from the state of Main.  We have been setting up our office, studying the word of God and getting in contact with students. Though out the week we have been praying for the school we want to focus our energy, through out the year the school is Judson. This week we had no strong leads but were waiting for out volunteer forms to be processed. Many different connections we were able to meet with the football coach (second most influential person in the school, I was told) and he was so very passionate about us helping his football team but also the student body as a whole. We were invited to observer the FCA (Fellowship Of Christian Athletes), he also wants us to lead FCA and also the team Devotional a couple of times through out the year.  

How Amazing Is That!!!

Coach Rackley also gave us free tickets to out first game at the school.  The game happened yesterday Friday 3rd September. It was crazy how serious the people of the town Converse (Judson area)  take High School Football, it is a serious business.  I most confess I was completely out of my comfort zone and it took me a quite a while to adjust but  that is why I love what I do, because I truly can't do it without  God in His guiding and also the gifts His given me in loving people. I got to speak to some of the students and get a few of them to explain the game, which was great. What was good was talking to them about life getting to know them, interacting with them, so my hope is that I get to meet way more students and that God will give me the right words to say and the right people to sit with.  It was a crazy experience but I totally see this as an area of our Ministry that can really reach students. 

I was so very proud of my team they were interacting with students and getting into the game and all the while I could see just the love they have for students. 

The question I am asking now is what else can we do to invite students with us to games and ultimately become more relational with them? its a new start and things are still getting processed but I know we can still do more to interact with them. 

Praise: 

We have an opening in our school with Coach Rackley, who wants us to get more involved with his team and the school 

Prayer:

More connection with Judson Students and Another great door and advocate in Judson for our team.  

May the Lord of all things bless you, in doing his will in all that you do,  dear friends, showing his kingdom as one that all can enter, once we accept him who loved us first and died for our sins.