READY!
The Olympic Games are no longer around the corner; they are here!! Tomorrow night, we will be hosting a viewing of the opening ceremonies in our church gym on a big screen. The SOAR missions team will begin their team orientation and training sessions on Saturday. There, the 8 of us will meet the other 48 from around the city and nation. I believe I speak for the rest of the team members when I say that we’re ready to being part of something bigger than myself… we’re ready to experience ministry that is bigger than just within the confines of my church wall….
SET!!
One of the main things that a few team members brought up is that, because we are doing “missions” in our own backyard… we don’t have the luxury of being plucked out of the everyday expectations of life. For the mothers in our group, meals still need to be prepped and cooked and kids need to be picked up from school; our 4 college students are faced with mid-term exams the week after our packed ministry schedule; sermons/talks still need to be prepped and delivered on regularly-scheduled church ministry nights.
…SOAR!!!
It’s time for us to step up and rise to higher heights in our faith journey… to be challenged in our outreach efforts and to be bold to proclaim the love of God to our city’s visitors and locals. To fearlessly be a representative of God in our actions and words to strangers and friends. It’s time to SOAR in our faith with the fresh wind of the Holy Spirit taking us where God wants us to go.
Thanks for partnering with us and doing the hard and necessary work of praying. Here’s how you can pray for us the next couple days:
–as we do our pre-field reflection in the next day or two… that it would be an honest, revealing, and refreshing time with the Lord
–for a unity in spirit as we meet and connect with the other members of the SOAR team; for unity amongst the team leaders
–for an openness of mind and heart as we receive the teachings all day Saturday and Sunday
–for wisdom and discernment on my (and the leadership team’s part) as we decide how we will transport team members from one location to another. At this time, we will be traveling on the road 3 hours/day. We’re trying to figure out how we can minimize that.
–for our families — as they deal with our absentee from home and a dramatic change in our schedules
–good health and a strong immune system
