Author: Adventures

For the last three months Ive told myself that my team was the least important aspect of this mission trip. While I was prepared to grow close to this group of people through shared experiences, I never realized how quickly we would become brother and sister in Christ. This weekend has been very intense and has begun to prepare me for a summer full of change and adventure. I have seen God work and heard His voice more in the last 72 hours than in the last three months. I feel like this is because I am surrounded by young adults who are so thirsty so hungry for the Lord that they are...

In the months preparing for this trip, I had never felt like I had as big of a purpose as I did then. It was deep rooted, overwhelming, and God given. I wasn’t wavering at all. The enemy tried all different things to keep that purpose from being fulfilled, he even got a strong hold on my health. It didn’t matter though, I knew my purpose was bigger than that. My God was bigger than that. Getting to training camp, I was thoroughly excited and ready to be sent, but for some reason over the past few days, my excitement lessened. I had joy and I was learning, but it seemed like the...

“I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one–as you in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.” John 17:20-21 When Jesus was in the garden, he asked that the Father would make us one. I’ve experienced that here at training camp more than anywhere else. I’ve seen it in our team as a whole. We don’t all think the same by far, but we all mesh together. We all have our strengths...

I’m feeling great right now.  Anybody from the 60s and early 70s probably knows how I feel right now.  Training camp has been an eye opening experience.  Everything so far has brought me closer to God already and I haven’t even left the states yet.  I super pumped to hit the road jack.    Some of the coolest parts of training camp have been worship.  In the past I haven’t really gotting into worship but here I can’t help but shout because the power of the Holy Spirit is saturating the room.  So many...