Hey All,
We really appreciate you following and praying for us this
summer while we are out in the mission field. No, we are not over the ocean in
a third-world country, but that doesn’t make where we are placed not a mission
field. We, as a group are absolutely stoked to see what God is going to do
after already seeing what he has done in this opening already. We anticipate
great things as we press forward with Christ as the head of our insignificant
team.
I would like to take a minute to express what I learned this
past semester at Grove City College (GCC). I was blessed with the opportunity
to go to Jamaica on a mission trip with other students from GCC. We seemed to
be a group that would not be a typical group seen together. We each had a
different background and affiliated with different groups on campus. With that
being said, I didn’t know everyone very well. We had weekly meetings that
helped breach into relationships that consisted of saying hi to each other on
campus. Fast-forwarding to Jamaica itself, we jumped right into close quarters
and working together. It was amazing how well we meshed! It was only through
Christ that a team that had no commonalities to come together and work so well
together. It was incredible how within the first day of work, by lunchtime we
knew each other so much better. One of the members said at our first lunch, “Is
it just me, or does it feel like we have known each other forever?” The work we
did together brought each of us to bond closer together. Within work, there is
a problem. You need this thing you are working on to be something more than it
already is when you are done with it. So we would struggle through fixing or
building or whatever the task was, with our teammates and eventually came to a
point where it was a successful job. Just a little work helped us to get to
know each other on a deeper level. I was telling my family, when you work with
someone, you get to know them. Then it hit me... When you work with God you get
to know Him. Yeah it is good to meet with Him once a week, but when do you
really get to know God? You get to know Him in the everyday, working with Him
daily. Going through problems together and coming out of the challenge in
triumph of knowing Him more and giving Him the glory.
So I ask you, have you gotten to know God in a while? How
are you going to work with Him today, tomorrow? Press in and go through a
challenge not by yourself, but rather with Him, ultimately to know Him more
through it.
-Chad
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