#38
Little known fact: I have a fear of geckos. Weird, right? Well, I do, and last night I came into my room, ready to go to bed, when I saw it- a gecko on the wall behind my desk. Needless to say, I did not sleep well. Throw in the fact that we had a 630 meeting this morning so I had to wake up at 5, and you get a near-zombie state for Gen. BUT, God's power is made perfect in weakness and He sure showed me that today. Even though I had next to no energy whatsoever, I got to enjoy a rich day of sweet times meeting with our student leaders, spending time in the Word with the staff team, listening to a beautiful lecture on Philippians and Philemon for my New Testament Survey class, discipleship with Shaun, and the highlight- a super fun, totally Spirit-led conversation about Jesus with two guys from California who were sitting on a bench. God definitely is tugging at those guys' hearts- one of them to embrace that, because of his faith in Christ, he can rest assured that he is loved and is secure; the other one to recognize that there is only one truth, and that truth is Jesus.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Productivity...
#37
I've been super tired so I woke up as late as possible this morning with just enough time to have some time in the Word, jump in the shower, and get to church. And after church (at One Love again, which was awesome again) I cooked lunch for my friend and myself and then had a mini Super Bowl part with him, Uncle John (whom I live with) and his 11 year-old son Josh.
ALL THAT TO SAY... I haven't really gotten much done in terms of productivity, so here I am, while it rains cats and dogs outside, sitting in a Starbucks getting some work done for Summer Project prep, discipleship/small group, prep, etc, before going to the gym and calling it a night!
I've been super tired so I woke up as late as possible this morning with just enough time to have some time in the Word, jump in the shower, and get to church. And after church (at One Love again, which was awesome again) I cooked lunch for my friend and myself and then had a mini Super Bowl part with him, Uncle John (whom I live with) and his 11 year-old son Josh.
ALL THAT TO SAY... I haven't really gotten much done in terms of productivity, so here I am, while it rains cats and dogs outside, sitting in a Starbucks getting some work done for Summer Project prep, discipleship/small group, prep, etc, before going to the gym and calling it a night!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Finally Did It!
#36
Very first social event for our Kapiolani Community College Cru! Only six of us showed up, but we had a grand time hiking to the top of Diamond Head (which I'd been wanting to do for months!). God has put it on our hearts to make community and fellowship a priority with Hawaii Cru, but it's hard to feel very connected to other students when you attend a community college, so we want to have more of this kind of event where a few people from KCC Cru can get to know each other better through doing fun stuff outside of school.
Just when we thought the hike was done, a not-so-pleasant surprise awaited us... STAIRS
Pretty beat by the time we got to the t0p
But the views were pretty awesome, and Waikiki was lookin mighty fine!
Very first social event for our Kapiolani Community College Cru! Only six of us showed up, but we had a grand time hiking to the top of Diamond Head (which I'd been wanting to do for months!). God has put it on our hearts to make community and fellowship a priority with Hawaii Cru, but it's hard to feel very connected to other students when you attend a community college, so we want to have more of this kind of event where a few people from KCC Cru can get to know each other better through doing fun stuff outside of school.
Just when we thought the hike was done, a not-so-pleasant surprise awaited us... STAIRS
Pretty beat by the time we got to the t0p
But the views were pretty awesome, and Waikiki was lookin mighty fine!
Friday, February 4, 2011
Great Day... ish.
#35
6 hours of meetings. A tough phone call from the regional office regarding my summer placement. Approximately 4 hours of sleep last night.
And yet, I'd call it a great day. These are the days I find myself most aware of my need to rely on the Lord... and these are the days I find myself most aware of the Lord's total reliability, faithfulness, and goodness.
6 hours of meetings. A tough phone call from the regional office regarding my summer placement. Approximately 4 hours of sleep last night.
And yet, I'd call it a great day. These are the days I find myself most aware of my need to rely on the Lord... and these are the days I find myself most aware of the Lord's total reliability, faithfulness, and goodness.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
LCC Woot
#34
So I got to spend a few hours today with a Canadian guys vagabond-ing it up for a few weeks in Hawaii. Full-on sleeping on roofs, scrounging for food behind markets, walking everywhere, etc. Fascinating guy, great conversations about his relationship with God and his desire to grow in it.
But I have to say the most exciting thing today happened just a few minutes ago when I got back after work and sat down to catch up on admin- Jessica, the professor at Leeward Community College who is the advisor to the brand-new Cru movement that I coach there, called me and let me know about their first full, scheduled meeting- apparently more than 30 people showed up and had an amazing discussion about assurance, using the story of the prodigal son as Bible study! She said there was so much excitement and commitment. SOOOO EXCITING!!
So I got to spend a few hours today with a Canadian guys vagabond-ing it up for a few weeks in Hawaii. Full-on sleeping on roofs, scrounging for food behind markets, walking everywhere, etc. Fascinating guy, great conversations about his relationship with God and his desire to grow in it.
But I have to say the most exciting thing today happened just a few minutes ago when I got back after work and sat down to catch up on admin- Jessica, the professor at Leeward Community College who is the advisor to the brand-new Cru movement that I coach there, called me and let me know about their first full, scheduled meeting- apparently more than 30 people showed up and had an amazing discussion about assurance, using the story of the prodigal son as Bible study! She said there was so much excitement and commitment. SOOOO EXCITING!!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Smelling the [Jesus] Roses
#33
One of the best Campus Crusade for Christ policies is the monthly half-day with the Lord. Every staff person is to take one half-day off of campus/work a month to slow down and spend a few hours with Jesus to just be intimate with Him and process through life and ministry. Today was our team's half-day... and it was amazing. Jamie and I just went to the beach and then separately had some sweet times in the Word and in prayer, then we got to verbally process a lot of things about our calling/ministry with each other. SO needed. The rest of the day was great too with small group and discipleship, but starting the day off with a few hours with Jesus on a hot February day in Honolulu was just awesome. And I love that our leadership values our personal spiritual health and intimacy with Christ!
One of the best Campus Crusade for Christ policies is the monthly half-day with the Lord. Every staff person is to take one half-day off of campus/work a month to slow down and spend a few hours with Jesus to just be intimate with Him and process through life and ministry. Today was our team's half-day... and it was amazing. Jamie and I just went to the beach and then separately had some sweet times in the Word and in prayer, then we got to verbally process a lot of things about our calling/ministry with each other. SO needed. The rest of the day was great too with small group and discipleship, but starting the day off with a few hours with Jesus on a hot February day in Honolulu was just awesome. And I love that our leadership values our personal spiritual health and intimacy with Christ!
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Mmmm Pizza (actually I had pasta...)
#32
Had my very first discipleship appt in Hawaii today! GREAT time meeting with JR and Dylan at KCC for our first d-group time. Then a fun weekly meeting/small group with like 9 students at KCC. Then Jamie and I worked on Summer Project stuff, and accepted our very first student!
So it was a great day full of ministry... and it ended great too! Jamie's going on a mission trip to India with her church in a few weeks and they were doing a fundraiser at CPK where a chunk of the bill for people going for the fundraiser would go toward the trip. So Jamie, Nat, Ed, Lynee and I (as well as Nat's church friend David) had a sweet time at dinner... just five of us staff (plus a friend) hanging out as friends in a refreshing and encouraging time.
Had my very first discipleship appt in Hawaii today! GREAT time meeting with JR and Dylan at KCC for our first d-group time. Then a fun weekly meeting/small group with like 9 students at KCC. Then Jamie and I worked on Summer Project stuff, and accepted our very first student!
So it was a great day full of ministry... and it ended great too! Jamie's going on a mission trip to India with her church in a few weeks and they were doing a fundraiser at CPK where a chunk of the bill for people going for the fundraiser would go toward the trip. So Jamie, Nat, Ed, Lynee and I (as well as Nat's church friend David) had a sweet time at dinner... just five of us staff (plus a friend) hanging out as friends in a refreshing and encouraging time.
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