So here I am at home in Fort
Collins, CO. My countdown on my computer is no longer counting down the days
till the end of the race but rather counting up. I just looked today and it is
14 days since I landed back in the States.
I may have finished “The
Race” but I definitely have not stop running. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
I landed Friday Sept 3rd and
got home and to bed around 2am. Slept for a couple hours before getting up to
be baptized at 8am Saturday morning!
It was an absolutely incredible experience and the perfect way to enter into my
new life in the States. I was able to spend the first couple days with my whole
family including my brother and his wife who life in New York City. It was so
good to see everyone and get to catch up on the past year.
So Whats next?
The Internship
It was only three days before
a new “race” began. I started my year long internship with the church on the
Tuesday after getting back. It was a hectic first couple of days as I went
through the orientation and worked my way around the massive building. I am one
of 8 interns the church took on this year and one of 4 that my particular
ministry has. I am working with the young adults ministry called Nine70. It has been only a week and a half since
I began but I truly feel at home there and feel part of a family. I had been
praying that God would provide me with a solid Christian community and he has
no doubtable been faithful in that.
Training Camp
I am very excited to say that
my relationship with AIM and The World Race is not over yet. I was invited out
Georgia to be a “trainer” at the training camp for 3 World Race squads and a
specialty Human Trafficking squad. I am so pumped to be back in the World Race
community pouring out everything that God has taught me this past year and
really activating a hunger in the new racers for what God has to show them this
year. It is an added bonus that many of my fellow L-squad members will be
volunteering as well!
Mission Trip to Haiti
My desire for missions and
sharing God’s love to the nations has not gone away either. My church has
teamed up with an orphanage called “Son of God Orphanage” in Haiti and has
agreed to partner with them for the next 10 years supporting their immediate
needs, teaching and training them how to sustain themselves and eventually
releasing them to support themselves.
I have been invited to join a
select group to go down to the orphanage in December. The five of us that have
been selected will then turn around and lead our churches future mission trips
to Haiti. I am extremely honored to be a part of this group and really excited
to see what God has for this amazing group of men that he has called to this
trip.
Here is a blog from my pastor
Reza about his first day from his trip to the orphanage http://www.rezasramblings.com/?p=463
I first want to say thank to
you all that have supported me on The World Race. I could not have done it
without your emotional and financial support.
I would like to ask you to prayerfully consider partnering
with me again as I prepare for this trip to Haiti.
If you feel led to support
me:
Make checks Payable to: Timberline
Church
In the memo Line include: Josh
Woodmansee-Haiti 2010
Send Checks to:
Josh Woodmansee
1107 Devon Way
Fort Collins, CO 80525
THANK YOU, THANK YOU,
THANK YOU for supporting me and believing in me and the work God has been doing
through me!
I hope through my blog
this past year that you have been able to see a glimpse of what God has done in
the Nations and what you have made possible! I love you ALL! God Bless!
