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.