Personal ministry

My personal ministry hours for this month were very exciting. The first ministry I did was I helped Mr. Dale move into his new home, we moved furniture and packed up the moving van and that took up four hours. I was a lot of fun to help him because I enjoy talking to Mr. Dale. The other thing I did was I helped Mr. Scott moved furniture into his house and that took four hours because we had to move stuff out put stuff in and rearrange the things in his house. I really loved doing these personal ministry hours just because I really love to serve and just to help people in any way I can, even if it mean moving heavy furniture because the joy of people being grateful that you made a difference in their lives is greater than you just working. Another thing I liked about it was all the knowledge that I got from Mr. Dale and Mr. Scott, they were always talking about Jesus and I learned more things and I not only ministered to them but they ministered to me in a mightier way and it was awesome. When I Worked with Mr. Scott it kind of started off slow with moving but once we got in the grove all of the moving furniture, taking furniture apart and rearranging it was very difficult but fun at the same time. I think that when I go home for summer break I am going to continue to do the ministry because Jesus never took a break from ministry so why would we? The things that I have done can impact anybody because everybody can help people move it is very easy to do and rather enjoyable if you ask me. And since I am moving to Minnesota I couldn’t think of a better way to get to know people than to serve and help them were they need help the most. And hopefully with me serving them in return they serve somebody else. What a joy it would be to see everyone serving one another and not worrying about our pride.  

i bought the lie!

The thing that I learned this week was during the retreat when they talked about past hurt, and I realized that the devil has been lying to me all this time about me forgiving me parents and I honestly thought I did but I didn’t mean it in my heart so the whole retreat God was dealing with me on that topic and it was very hard to admit that. But the devil was telling me lies like God will never forgive me for what I have done in my past and I am not his child I am just a nobody and I believed that lie for so long that I thought it was really. But this weekend I was set free from that lie and God told me that I was no longer an orphan I was his child and even though my parents were never there he was always there. Once I had forgiven my parents I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders and it was like I was being set free. So now I realize that God can do anything if you are willing to let him work in you for his Better purpose and he will use you in a mighty way.

Body shop

So this week for body shop ben and i walked around in atlantic beach for like an hour and it was very difficult because it was super hot. another thing that we did was played basketball for an hour and it was actually very fun but it was hot so very challenging. and for the last hour i had swam at atlantic beach and it was hard but rough because the waves were tossing me around like a fish.
The health benefits for these workouts was my endurance. the endurence i have can be way better that what it is right now and i feel like im getting better.

seeing the bigger picture

So this week was a week I will never forget, I say this because we went on a mission’s trip to Abaco Bahamas, we did numerous things while on this mission trip but the highlight of the trip for me was a village called peas and mud. The reason why it was my favorite was because of the little kids, I’m pretty good with kids but these kids were different they were very polite and very nice. Even though the kids didn’t have much they were very content with just receiving stickers and candy. It was so awesome to see the difference between the kids here and the kids there. The kids over in Abaco were not selfish at all and then you look at the kids over here in America and all I hear is I want this or I want that, But not once in Abaco did I hear that and it was just crazy to see the conditions they are faced with every day but they still have a smile on their face. The best thing that I loved about peas and mud was this teenager named deshawn and on the last day we were playing basketball with the teens and I noticed that his flip flop had got ripped and it was completely destroyed and he couldn’t play anymore and he looked really bummed that he couldn’t play. So as we were leaving I went up to him and asked him what size shoe he wore and he said 11, I told him he was in lucky because I wear a size 11 so I took of my basketball shoes and give them to him. I will never forget the look on his face, he was so grateful and I could just tell that he doesn’t really get much from anybody and what I got next I did not expect at all he gave me the biggest hug ever and thanked me. I have never felt that way when I have given stuff to people. I guess it’s because I saw such a bigger picture that he needed them more than me and I was more than glad to give them to him. I can’t wait till next year so I can see deshawn again.

valueable time

This week one thing that I learned is time management. I say this because we are heading to Abaco tomorrow for our mission trip and we can only take 25 lbs. on the plane so we needed to try to get all of our work done before we leave. Now I still need to finish a little bit of English but for the most part my time management was pretty good. Even though we had a lot going on this week I still had time to get my school work done. So that way when I get to Abaco I can focus primarily on the Mission trip and not have to worry about schoolwork. I was very surprised that my time management was pretty good because there was a lot going on this week but that has shown me how much I have grown with managing my own time and I am very proud of myself because it shows me that throughout my first year of mission I have grown in one area of my life and that makes me happy because I would have been very upset with myself if I had been here a whole year and not learned anything.

body shop

So this week I was allowed to do body shop and for my body shop I played basketball with the guys for about two hours and Then I did the workouts with Pastor Tim, And it made me realize how much one week away can take out of you becasue it was tough on me to get my speed back to where it was.
The workouts I did worked on my endurence for the trail we have coming up in a couple of weeks. I feel like im getting there but I know there is more i need to work on before the trail.

Body shop

This week for Body shop I was not able to do any workouts becasue I had a doctors note stating I couldn't do any type of workout for a week and honestly I did not like it it was very boring not being able to participaite in bodyshop but I am all cleared for bodyshop this week and I am excited.