My heart for this trip

Even as I write these words, the vast majority of our team is watching an important video. Today, I have asked our students to watch (and in some cases, re-watch) the sermon that our Church experienced together at the close of the "One Prayer" series ("Make us Wise by Wayne Cordierro). This is probably the 5th or 6th time I have seen this sermon - it is still challenging me!



As I am listening, I find myself running over the most important things I would love to see accomplished on this trip. The funny thing is that Nate and I have spent countless hours working on the most ridiculous minute details...



To make a long story short - here are the things that I am praying... will you join me?



~ Spend time with Jesus. Life goes by too fast - we are hoping that students will have a chance to begin to develop the habit of spending quality time with the Master. Each day student will be given a tool that we have developed to coordinate with the day's activity that will help them discover truth from Scripture, apply it to their lives and then see life through the goggles of Wisdom.



~ See what God is doing when they are not looking. One of the repetitive questions that I have asked kids on missions trips like this one is "What on earth is God doing?" My hope is that students will have a chance to experience the truth that God is at work on a timeless, spaceless mission to bring Himself glory - - even when they aren't looking!



~ Give something away! I am excited about all that our Church is doing in Honduras. Over and above the unexpected costs of the trip, our church has given well over $3000 the building of bunk beds that will help the mission in La Ceiba house more volunteers in the future (we will be building those beds in the afternoon). My hope is that students will leave something of themselves behind... selfishness!

Please join me in praying for this trip - it is so much more than a chance to do something nice for someone else - so much more than a "do gooder" trip - this is a chance to show the love of Christ to the world He died to save!

Jeremy