One of my guys Johnathon was not able to make it up to the program. So I am down to having only four guys on my team. The last of which arrives today.
Started at Starbucks today. Opening shift. Not quite on east coast time so the 5 am wake up was rough. But I am enjoying being back with some familiar faces and excited to be more awake and social-able in the future.
The past few days have been really busy and socially intense. I am realizing I am not the extrovert I thought I was due to the retreats I have to take every few hours to my room to pray, read, or do nothing. It has been good though. I really enjoy my team and have some sweet talks with all of them. There is a thirst among them for quality time together, but we have only had about 10 min of quality team time. I was not very intentional when conversing during our team scavenger hunt around Burlington. We went on a scavenger hunt around Burlington to give those who did not know the area a better idea of where things are. It took 3 hours. Kind of bummed but there is still much time.
Continue praying for team unity and for me to be constantly walking with Christ that I may be a great servant to them and their faith.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Arrival and Preparation
I arrived at 130am to the Burlington airport on Thursday after a 2 hour delay in Newark. My buddy and fellow teamleader Greg from GMS 08 picked me up. What a stud! He is also going to be my roommate for the summer.
We have spent these few days before the teams arrive (They arrive tomorrow afternoon) getting to know each other, team leaders and staff. All 7, 3 girls and 4 guys, of us team leaders have really bonded and I am really excited for what God is going to be doing this summer. We already joke it up together and I am confident they will become people whom I can deeply trust and encourage. There is a sweet mixture of joking around and spurring one another on.
One major thing which God has put on all of our hearts is to reach out to the homeless community here and bringing our teams alongside with us in reaching out to them. Which is HUGE and an answer to prayer.
My team consists of 5 guys
Ray, Andres, Johnathon, Phil, and Bart.
They range in places in life from just finishing their freshman year to being recently graduated, aka older than me. I am excited and fearful at the same time. God has given me many ideas for where to take them but I really wont know until it is game time. My prayer is that I will be walking closely with Jesus and getting my guidance from Him and having my actions flow from my closeness with Christ. Pulling a Micah 6:8 deally.
Work
Went down there today to say hi to my manager. So excited to be back. She already has me scheduled for 17 hours next week which is clutch! Already pickin up where I left off with some of the guys who worked there 2 years ago.
Prayer
- Unity to quickly build in team
- That I would welcome and love them well from the start always looking 1st to their interests
- That they would have a teachable spirit and a desire to know the Lord more.
We have spent these few days before the teams arrive (They arrive tomorrow afternoon) getting to know each other, team leaders and staff. All 7, 3 girls and 4 guys, of us team leaders have really bonded and I am really excited for what God is going to be doing this summer. We already joke it up together and I am confident they will become people whom I can deeply trust and encourage. There is a sweet mixture of joking around and spurring one another on.
One major thing which God has put on all of our hearts is to reach out to the homeless community here and bringing our teams alongside with us in reaching out to them. Which is HUGE and an answer to prayer.
My team consists of 5 guys
Ray, Andres, Johnathon, Phil, and Bart.
They range in places in life from just finishing their freshman year to being recently graduated, aka older than me. I am excited and fearful at the same time. God has given me many ideas for where to take them but I really wont know until it is game time. My prayer is that I will be walking closely with Jesus and getting my guidance from Him and having my actions flow from my closeness with Christ. Pulling a Micah 6:8 deally.
Work
Went down there today to say hi to my manager. So excited to be back. She already has me scheduled for 17 hours next week which is clutch! Already pickin up where I left off with some of the guys who worked there 2 years ago.
Prayer
- Unity to quickly build in team
- That I would welcome and love them well from the start always looking 1st to their interests
- That they would have a teachable spirit and a desire to know the Lord more.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Vision for the Summer
I was spending some time today with God with the goal of developing some vision for my team this summer. Here is what I believe God to have given me. Please join me in praying it into reality, because I see even now my weakness as a man in being able to communicate and share this vision well with the team.
Vision condensed
That our faith might increase through time with our Lord reading His truth, memorization, prayer, and giving up our comforts that others might know the truth of eternal life found in Christ.
In order to communicate this Vision well I want to have the following questions answered before I arrive in VT.
1 - Why do we get time in the word?
2 - Why do we memorize scripture?
3 - Why do we pray?
4 - Why do we evangelize?
My desire is that evangelism would be a main focus in my team. It is something I personally would love to improve on and bring the men on my team along side me in. Working with them to really create an atmosphere around them which allows for God to be discussed and shared. Seeing God's word proven true.
Ideas/goals I have and God willing desire to carry out -
- Spend 2-3 hours a week with my co-workers at Starbucks and bring guys on my team along with me and encourage them to build relationships at work.
- Spend 4 hours a week down at the local homeless teenager 20 something hangout Specter. Bring the guys with me. Share life with those whom have been forgotten and unloved by the masses.
- Spend a few nights throughout the summer on the street. Becoming all things to all peoples that they might know Him.
These are lofty goals that will only be accomplished if God is doing them. I share these ideas for one main reason. That I might be held accountable by others in the body for what God has put on my heart. So please through out the summer ask me about these goals and encourage me in them. For I am weak and fallen and can not out of my own strength achieve what I want to do.
Prayer
- For the men on the team to quickly bond and be united in one vision, whether it be the one above or not, submitting themselves fully to our Lord and not leaning upon their own understanding.
- For a man in the homeless community. That whomever he may be that he would respond quickly and that a bond might be quickly formed with him.
- For a man at my work, I have a guy in mind but we shall see where the Lord leads.
Ultimately the point of all of this is that the Love of Christ and Eternal Life that He holds may be spread to all. I want new brothers and sisters in the Lord. God wants them. For there is so much more to life than the 70-90 years we spend on this earth then living for myself.
Vision condensed
That our faith might increase through time with our Lord reading His truth, memorization, prayer, and giving up our comforts that others might know the truth of eternal life found in Christ.
In order to communicate this Vision well I want to have the following questions answered before I arrive in VT.
1 - Why do we get time in the word?
2 - Why do we memorize scripture?
3 - Why do we pray?
4 - Why do we evangelize?
My desire is that evangelism would be a main focus in my team. It is something I personally would love to improve on and bring the men on my team along side me in. Working with them to really create an atmosphere around them which allows for God to be discussed and shared. Seeing God's word proven true.
Ideas/goals I have and God willing desire to carry out -
- Spend 2-3 hours a week with my co-workers at Starbucks and bring guys on my team along with me and encourage them to build relationships at work.
- Spend 4 hours a week down at the local homeless teenager 20 something hangout Specter. Bring the guys with me. Share life with those whom have been forgotten and unloved by the masses.
- Spend a few nights throughout the summer on the street. Becoming all things to all peoples that they might know Him.
These are lofty goals that will only be accomplished if God is doing them. I share these ideas for one main reason. That I might be held accountable by others in the body for what God has put on my heart. So please through out the summer ask me about these goals and encourage me in them. For I am weak and fallen and can not out of my own strength achieve what I want to do.
Prayer
- For the men on the team to quickly bond and be united in one vision, whether it be the one above or not, submitting themselves fully to our Lord and not leaning upon their own understanding.
- For a man in the homeless community. That whomever he may be that he would respond quickly and that a bond might be quickly formed with him.
- For a man at my work, I have a guy in mind but we shall see where the Lord leads.
Ultimately the point of all of this is that the Love of Christ and Eternal Life that He holds may be spread to all. I want new brothers and sisters in the Lord. God wants them. For there is so much more to life than the 70-90 years we spend on this earth then living for myself.
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