month was interesting because we had a ninth member added to our team, our squadmate
Cameron. I was excited to have him with
us! I was also shocked that I was put in
charge of leading such a big team! I was
not sure how or what leading was going to look like this month. At the same time I was excited to pray in
each day and Ask God what to do. Since part of our ministry was ministering to
one another we were all able to grow a lot this past month. There was one day when I spoke to Cameron
about our team and he pointed a lot of things that he saw that God was showing
him that needed to be addressed. It was
an amazing conversation because God instantly convicted me that I needed to
step up and bring this to the team. I
needed to seek God and then just express to the team that there was something
off when we interact. I felt like there were a lot of awkward moments that just
caused disconnect between each other. So
I prayed. And I called a team meeting and just
expressed my heart. Through my tears and
brokenness for our team I drew attention to the disconnect and
awkwardness. At the end I had each
person pray for one another. (Pic Below: Team picture on the top of the mountains where we found a little snow!!)
Soon
after that Stephanie got a lot of scripture about unity and the body of Christ
and how we have a responsibility to help each other. God just began to work through
everything. After I had that meeting
with the team it just felt like something began. I called it the Beginning to the End in my
journal. From then on at the end of each
day of ministry we shared about our day and what impacted us. We shared our hearts to everyone. Whatever God was doing we shared. If we needed to cry we cried. If we needed prayer we received it. If we were angry we talked about it and prayed. We fought for our unity. We dove into a lot of scripture and a lot of
people pursued different things that God was calling them to head up like bible
studies and laying on of hands. Our
openness and vulnerability completely crushed any disunity Satan was trying to
attack us with!! We became a church then a family. Completely open to bring up any issue with
confidence that we will always love one another no matter what. (Pic below: A physical picture of the light conquering the darkness)
I had a big focus on 1
John and Ephesians. But James 3:17
really spoke to my leadership this month. “But the wisdom from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits,
impartial and sincere.”
This verse just
helped me understand what wisdom meant. I began to listen more and became slow
to speak. This was a crucial lesson that
I am so thankful I was able to learn.
That was my last
month of leadership. For the next three
months our new leader is Stephanie!! Please be praying for her. I have full confidence in her
leadership. I know in all things she
will seek God and not be afraid to make decisions for the team. I am really excited to see what God does in
her and through her!!
