So far, my ministry here at Pop Up (go here to check out what this organization is all about—www.popup.co.za) has been a lot of running around and a little bit of time in the kitchen. I was first given the task to build “bumpers” around an existing table for the purpose of silk screening t-shirts. So I spent probably 5 hours in total of measuring, blueprinting, converting and designing the bumper project. All of that to find out that I only need about a third of the material than I thought once I saw a picture of what she actually needed. In addition to this bumper project, I was also given the task of making a “light box.” This box will be used to heat and cure t-shirts that have been silk-screened. It has two five hundred watt halogen light bulbs, two exhaust fans, and many holes in it to disperse the heat from the halogen bulbs. It is one meter wide by one meter long by six hundred centimeters deep. I just finally today (Thursday) got to start working on actually building the first of my projects, the first three days of this week have been spent planning, designing and running errands to get all of the supplies I needed to build these projects. This was kind of frustrating to me because I didn’t feel like I was really being used or doing much ministry here.
Next week is looking more like we are doing a TON more outreach, almost everyday actually, going out to parks, schools, orphanages, and colleges to share the love of Jesus. This actually makes me a quite nervous though because I am not very outspoken about my faith, and going out to do outreaches is definitely more about being outspoken and sharing your faith with people. I feel a little bit left out because a lot of other people on my team and even more on my squad are so stoked about sharing their faith and being outspoken with people on streets and in parks and such. This just flat out scares me, but if God wants me to speak out in the streets, I am nervous, but believing that He will give me the words to say, that His Holy Spirit will put the words in my mouth.
