Best Week of the Year
Well, here it is. The week before the Momentum conference--the largest annual FGBC event each year and everyone has a million things to do in the CE National office. Big picture things, little details...all of them important. I'm glad we have a staff that is not too busy to pray. That was a fun staff meeting this week--praying very specifically for God to work in this huge conference and ministry.
But while we have bunches of details--from displays, to We Care Dayton, to ob debriefing to getting OBers home, to speaking preparations--this is the best week of the year. It is a fabulous week to watch Operation Barnabas teens display that they "get it". There has been a long orientation, four weeks plus of ministry and now is the time when the adult leaders get to sit back and watch the teens do it--just about all on their own. If we adults have done our jobs well, then the adult leaders' (they are not chaperons) biggest responsibility is getting the bus and the luggage trucks where they need to be and getting out of the way and letting the teens serve and minister to people.
Of course, there are the nay-sayers. I guess I have become accustomed to the negative, unhappy people of this world having belittling comments talking about the exceptions to the rule I have just mentioned. First off, what a lousy way to live. Secondly, in my next blog I'll share a story of an ob gal who didn't maybe show she "got it" when she was on her ob tour--but her life is showing that she certainly got it and she continues to live that way...
But before I write my next blog, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy this "best week of the year" While I pack boxes and prepare for the busiest week of the year.
PS- I have been asked how we are doing with fuel budget for ob. I don't have exact figures yet--and won't until after the tours are over July 30. I do know that with some of the gifts that have been given it is going to be close! Appreciate the prayers and the gifts!
But while we have bunches of details--from displays, to We Care Dayton, to ob debriefing to getting OBers home, to speaking preparations--this is the best week of the year. It is a fabulous week to watch Operation Barnabas teens display that they "get it". There has been a long orientation, four weeks plus of ministry and now is the time when the adult leaders get to sit back and watch the teens do it--just about all on their own. If we adults have done our jobs well, then the adult leaders' (they are not chaperons) biggest responsibility is getting the bus and the luggage trucks where they need to be and getting out of the way and letting the teens serve and minister to people.
Of course, there are the nay-sayers. I guess I have become accustomed to the negative, unhappy people of this world having belittling comments talking about the exceptions to the rule I have just mentioned. First off, what a lousy way to live. Secondly, in my next blog I'll share a story of an ob gal who didn't maybe show she "got it" when she was on her ob tour--but her life is showing that she certainly got it and she continues to live that way...
But before I write my next blog, I'm just going to sit back and enjoy this "best week of the year" While I pack boxes and prepare for the busiest week of the year.
PS- I have been asked how we are doing with fuel budget for ob. I don't have exact figures yet--and won't until after the tours are over July 30. I do know that with some of the gifts that have been given it is going to be close! Appreciate the prayers and the gifts!
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