8 has always been my favorite number. If you have 8 of something, and a
friend comes along, you can split it evenly… and if you each have another
friend join you, you can split it again… and again! It’s just a cool number that way. That’s why today is extra-special, because 8 days from now,
the “center of God’s will” for me will cross two international borders and land
in Guatemala! Right now, I’m split
in two between what is, what God has
for me here, and what’s coming, what
God will have for me there.
He
is so good,
He’s
so faithful,
He
is El Shaddai, God Almighty,
and in light of that, it really doesn’t matter how little I
know for certain or how big the next few weeks seem as they loom in front of
me; He will be there just like He is here, every
day.
The last 3 weeks, I’ve been out in Colorado for some
training before I go. The best way
to summarize the experience is TOOLBELT! In lieu of telling you what to do in a million different
situations, the folks at MTI set out to give you a whole bunch of new tools and
teach you how to use them. Then,
you practice, practice, practice!
Conflict Styles day: practice on your small group!
Stress Management day: here’s some stress, practice managing
it!
Grief and Loss day: use those tools and cry together!
I’m starting to see that when God says, “My strength is made
perfect in weakness,” it means me staring those weaknesses in the face and
opening the door to a deeper dependence on the One who glorifies himself in
them!
I wish everybody could take missionary training.
It could really change your life.
More highlights to come!! Thanks for reading =)
