Yes, it is day 3 of camp. Pretty hard to believe really. But we are over halfway done with our week. Had another good morning in celebration. We were happy to cheer with our Missions Coordinator and cheer for Gold Rush (that is our color for the week).
For the AM message, Ben Stuart read from Colossians 3:1 encouraging us to deepen our intimacy with God by setting our minds on things above. He encouraged us to set our minds on the above things and look to God’s Word as a means to deepen fellowship and relationship with God. In this vein, he offered three ways to go about interacting with God’s Word: 1) Consistently — Find a specific time, place and plan. In this time we are getting away from distractions and clearing our heads for God Himself. 2) Creativity — One time a day isn’t enough to deepen our relationship with Him, we should look for creative ways to deepen our intimacy with God. 3) Community — God has blessed us with others so that together we can honor God. We are really being encouraged by Ben’s wielding the Word.
At our work site(s) mid-morning to afternoon, we dropped off half of our team to do some outdoor labor in a garden. They developed a path and weed proofed it as well as spread 10 bags of red mulch. Part of this team also weeded flower beds and a children playing area.
While half of our team did this, the other half worked in our partnering organization’s main office to paint. We finished all the work they had asked us to do and moved furniture back in and got things settled. We were really a blessing to these dear people and they continued to lavish thankfulness on us.
We returned back and are resting up for Worship tonight. (Remember you can listen in live at www.studentlife.com).