"So how many kids do you think will be coming?" I ask Brian, youth pastor of a local church.
"I'm not sure, but to give you an idea, probably somewhere between 15 and 70 kids," he answered.
Right, like that helps me prepare! Of course, he was joking, because he really had no clue. But that's a difference between me buying 30 hotdogs and 140 hotdogs!
This weekend we will be running a Mission Exposure weekend with a few local youth groups, and I was talking to Brian to get some information from him. We don't really have the facilities to house or feed 70 students, but we will make it work if we need to. And although we will be putting a lot of this together last-minute, I'm really looking forward to it. This is an opportunity for us to share with a bunch of young people God's heart for the nations - that he wants to use them to reach the lost with the message of the gospel. I'm really praying that God will use us to speak to them while they are here.
That's on Friday and Saturday. Sunday we get a break, and on Monday a group of 15 students from Ohio will be here for our Mission Adventures program. That lasts 10 days, and I am also very excited about that. It's four days of training and preparation followed by six days of them doing ministry.
Last week we ran a kid's camp here with 25 kids ages 7 to 12. I'm telling you, that is a fun age group. If you have a good amount of patience, you can have fun with it. Wrestling matches with 5 boys at a time, being chased by 9-year-olds with water guns, and watching kids crack eggs over one another's' heads is all a very wonderful experience.
This and more is what is happening in my life at the time. It's fun, it's trying, it's exciting, it's challenging, but most importantly, it is an honor to know that God has chosen me to have a part in helping other people grow closer to Him and leading them in opportunities to serve Him.
"I'm not sure, but to give you an idea, probably somewhere between 15 and 70 kids," he answered.
Right, like that helps me prepare! Of course, he was joking, because he really had no clue. But that's a difference between me buying 30 hotdogs and 140 hotdogs!
This weekend we will be running a Mission Exposure weekend with a few local youth groups, and I was talking to Brian to get some information from him. We don't really have the facilities to house or feed 70 students, but we will make it work if we need to. And although we will be putting a lot of this together last-minute, I'm really looking forward to it. This is an opportunity for us to share with a bunch of young people God's heart for the nations - that he wants to use them to reach the lost with the message of the gospel. I'm really praying that God will use us to speak to them while they are here.
That's on Friday and Saturday. Sunday we get a break, and on Monday a group of 15 students from Ohio will be here for our Mission Adventures program. That lasts 10 days, and I am also very excited about that. It's four days of training and preparation followed by six days of them doing ministry.
Last week we ran a kid's camp here with 25 kids ages 7 to 12. I'm telling you, that is a fun age group. If you have a good amount of patience, you can have fun with it. Wrestling matches with 5 boys at a time, being chased by 9-year-olds with water guns, and watching kids crack eggs over one another's' heads is all a very wonderful experience.
This and more is what is happening in my life at the time. It's fun, it's trying, it's exciting, it's challenging, but most importantly, it is an honor to know that God has chosen me to have a part in helping other people grow closer to Him and leading them in opportunities to serve Him.
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