JESUS

Still behind on my blog I apologize! So the last week I was with Coastlands Consultants we traveled up to Bangor Maine to Penobscot Christian school, were there are only 2 students in the eighth grade and everyone was like family. We all stayed at host family's from the school that week. Myself ,my friend Cassie and Pam we all stayed at a wonderful Pastors house. He welcomed us in there house along with his Wife and his four children who all attended the school. They were so welcoming, the kids even gave up there rooms for us to stay in! needless to say we felt very blessed. Throughout  the week I  helped out with the elementary chapel again. This week we taught on Jesus, a throne was set up in the front of the Chapel. The J stood for Jesus, simple gospel to the point, the E stood for Everyone everywhere, that Jesus is Lord over everyone, He listens to to all of his children no matter who they are, what they look like, what has happened to them, He is always there. the S stood for Savior, they learned that he is our Savior and he was the one who saved us. the U stood for unchanging  even though we change, the people around us changes, he never will, He will continue to love us even through our pain and sorrow. The final S stood for servant they learned how Jesus himself was a servant among his friends. He put others before himself, even when He washed the Disciples feet he was showing his love for them. They learned that they should lay themselves down before others and be a servant to many. Everyone says that they want to help people and be a servant like Jesus was but reality is that its hard to lay our self and our pride before others. to lay ourselves down and help others before ourselves. one of my speakers in DTS told us "Everyone wants to be a servant until they are treated like one" the truth is that we can only be a servant when we lay down our rights. Like I said before there were only 2 eight grade students so we were able to journal with the seventh grade as well. I to was able to journal with one of the seventh grade girls, her dream was to become a missionary and to one day build an orphanage, I was able to tell her some of my dreams that I have and the adventures that I have been on. she was really blessed to hear my experiences but the truth is that I was so blessed to hear that a young girl had a heart for missions and she already new that she did not want to live a "normal life" at such a young age! the week was filled with really awesome conversations and lots of gym classes!. Although the week went really well there were still a few downfalls, we had 2 snow days that we had to miss school and one little boy was hurt in one of my lessons....... OK let me explain Friday was going very well. Before chapel we start with a game called whats wrong with this picture, this is were we pick out students to act out a scenario  that is wrong or mean and the students correct it and they do it over the right way. So I picked out 3 volunteers I told the little boy to go and run and pretend to slip and fall and the other kids would laugh and not help him up, the kids would then point out what is wrong with the picture. Well long story short he really committed to the fall and ended up hurting himself, with a bloody nose and a lump on his head he headed off to the office. He ended up  being ok and the rest of the day went. well beside the fact that every time we asked one of the kids what they learned this week they answered "TO NOT TRIP AND FALL" "oh and about Jesus" haha you got to love little kids! well all was forgiven and forgotten and the kids still loved us and were very happy that we came to there school. I as very blessed and I was happy that my last week with the team was a memorable one.

 I can honestly say that I learned a lot while being on the team, they really blessed me by just living in community with them. The light that that they bring to each school, They really do make a difference in the lives of kids. I f you asked me "how did this team have an affect on you even though you were with them for such a short time"? I would answer, there life screams Jesus! The way they live there everyday life, servants of each other, encouraging , and just being a family. But the one thing that left a big impact on me is there willingness to be used by God, even when they are not on a scheduled ministry week they are still used by God, They are still changing lives. and they are doing all this while still being transformed by God. Everyone has a story, a past that they are either ashamed of, afraid of, or hurt by. So they want to be healed form the past, they want to be fixed by God, then they go and help others around them. These five people that I lived with, served with, and worked with They are still trying to find the answers  they are still healing from the past but they still give, they still mentored. Instead of watching these kids walk though a journey to redemption  THEY WALK RIGHT NEXT TO THEM! going though a  journey of there own, sharing there struggles, fears, and desires with the kids. they are real and that's what effects the kids, and that's what affected me. I was really blessed to be able to hear there stories on the way back from Bangor and all I have to say in response is God is sooo good ! from were they came from, the pain, the hurt that they all had to go through in the Past. They decided to use it to bring change to people. and they are still walking though the journey  I know that God is going to use this group for something big! So all I have to say is Thanks guys! Thank you for letting me into your family, for being so real with me, and for welcoming me. These guys are the dreamers, the Daughters of the King, The redeemed, the Son of the most high, and the Mother of many! I can't wait to see what these world changers are going to be doing next time I see them. :)