I have SUCH an awesome STINT team-- Praise God! He provided me with a precious WOMAN to join us next year! So now its me, Nate, Ben and Amanda. I'm finally back home after being in Copper Mountain, CO for a 6 day STINT briefing conference, followed by a 4 day trip to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin to visit a friend and have a few support meetings. I feel like God has blessed me with a week and a half of fellowship, worship, learning, and a whole lot of FUN! I feel so refreshed! Colorado was incredible-- first, we were lead in worship by a band called Page CXVI. They're an indie/rock band who re-vamps old hymns and a bunch of other awesome worship songs... you should probably look them up. At the briefing conference there were 230 STINTers representing 33 different countries around the world who are about to receive a team of new missionaries, bringing the Gospel and the Love of Christ to university students! It was SO incredible to think that within 4 weeks or so... most of the teams will have landed in-country! I, on the other hand... dont leave until around January 7th.
I've recently begun being discipled by a precious retired lady named Kathy who attends Wooddale Church (where I have started going to the sunday evening service called "The Gathering".) She is SO wonderful and a huge answer to my prayers! She has taught many adult-education Bible classes and is just brimming with knowledge and wisdom! She's also really spunky and has a great sense of humor :) We have met twice already, and I have been learning so much from her!
Today I heard a sermon at my friend Rachel's church on Matthew Chapter 5... being the salt and the light of the earth. I felt pretty convicted that my "saltiness" is not as life-giving as it ought to be... and i've grown content with my comfortable-christianity yet again. I am not only saved FROM hell... but I have been saved TO something... saved to be a blessing! I have been blessed to bless others! Okay God, I'm ready!
