Have you ever tried juggling chainsaws or tried to cover
yourself up with a tissue when stepping out of the shower? Me neither. A bit ridiculous
right? Those are some of the
jokes we make here at the base with trying to get stuff done. It is almost impossible at times. A lot of times it seems like we are
asked to accomplish great things with little resources. It is, interesting,
challenging, unique, fun, frustrating, creative, and ever bit dependent on God.
My position for the summer has changed. I am not leading anymore sort term
teams. Instead I have been assigned as head of the Set Up team. Which means I am responsible for
juggling all 800 participants that come for the summer. I need to find good pastors for the
teams to partner with and housing/areas for them to stay for the week. Plus endless random requests that get
thrown into the mix. It is a
delicate balancing act of people’s emotions, physical health, supplies needed,
unreliable transportation, spiritual warfare, peanut butter and jelly,
ministry, foreign culture, and the movement of the Spirit.
These past 2 weeks I have been extremely busy with trying to
learn my role and plan for the summer.
I don’t think I have worked this hard sense studying mechanical
engineering in college. But I am enjoying it. It aligns well with my giftings in
administration and leadership. It
also has forced me into a position of dependence on God. It doesn’t matter how much I work or
plan. There are too many things at
play to foresee all possible challenges.
For example, sickness.
We as a staff constantly battle sickness. I have awoken feeling great and then all of a sudden felt a
head cold come on. I get a couple
people to come around me and pray and it leaves. Last night I prayed over two staff. One was struggling with a head cold and
the other with stomach cramps.
They both said that as soon as I put my hands on them they felt
instantly better and the sickness left.
We need God here and he is here.
Continue to pray for me. I need good rest at night. Sometimes it is really hot and or noisy at night. Right now a dance club nearby is
blaring music and won’t stop till about 2am. This usually only happens on Sunday nights, thankfully. We need prayer for spiritual
protection. Sometimes it manifests
in sickness other times as little thoughts of anger or anything else to cause
disunity to our mission.
Pray that we have the Lord’s favor as we plan and do ministry here.
