It's hard to believe but we are in the back end of our trip to NOLA. It's been such an honor to help lead and serve along side this team. We have been reading and studying 1 Peter this week. What more encouragement do you need than the words of joy and hope that Peter offers in 1 Peter 1:3? We are called into a living hope of eternal life. What a great message to deliver to the hurting souls of NOLA that if you trust in Christ no matter what pain and suffering you may experience in this life it is not your final experience. Eventually they will live with Christ forever!
My prayer for this trip was that Christ would change our hearts - the hearts of the people in this city and hearts of the people on this team. Being here is so much more than just being a strong back. We have done several work projects in order to further the Kingdom, however it's easy to lose site of the goal of humbly glorifying God and to become prideful about the work we have done.
We have been praying especially for the people we are ministering with. These men and women are such an encouragement. We show up like a whirl wind and are gone in a week. They are diligently working at these ministries 52 weeks a year. Their ministries are on corners where drive-by shootings occur. They are watching young men who have walked a path into addictions, show up at their doors pleading for help. They need us all to be praying for them.
It's been awesome watching the kids on this trip emerge into young missionaries. Stepping out of their comfort zones to hand out flyers to complete strangers. Steady working in the 112 degree heat to help beautify neighborhoods. Levi and Ryan have also mastered tasks requiring precise measurements and extreme attention to detail.
I can't wait to see what God has planned for the rest of the trip! We are excited about Feed the Multitudes coming up this weekend. I'm confident that God has come before us and He will do infinitely more than we ever dare to ask or imagine!
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