Chile Blogs

Well, God is so good, and gave us a great trip to Chile! He led us in so many ways, and I was blown away by watching Him work in the lives of my students and the Chileans that we were so blessed to work with! While I was in Chile, I kept a daily journal of what happened there, and over the next few weeks I'll be putting those journals on here for you to read, along with pictures and links to give you a better idea of what we did and where we were. I'll be placing the first post in the next day or so, so keep checking back, and let me know what you think. God bless!

Fuge 08

So, I just finished another week of camp, Centrifuge 2008: Kilimanjaro. I look forward to and love camp every year, but this year was pretty different: I wasn't that excited or focused on camp this summer. With our Chile mission trip in just a few weeks, I was so focused on the things that I needed to get done there, that I felt like my heart wasn't completely in the right place for Fuge this year. However, as I left for Fuge, I had to have faith in God. . . faith that He could work even when my heart didn't feel as prepared and focused as usual, and faith that God could continue to prepare and provide for the Chile trip even when I was out of the office (amazing to think that God could possibly work without me, huh?!?). So, I was excited and still hesitant to see what God would do and how He would work.

In the end, God did not disappoint (of course)! Watching God work in the lives of my students was (and always is) one of the most exciting and humbling things I ever get to be a part of. Seeing students set free from struggles and temptations, seeing youth come to know Christ, getting to be a part of students feeling a call to ministry. . . just blew me away. The Centrifuge staff was amazing, and touched me as well as the students (Ed, Josh, John, Mike, Cameron. . .you guys are great, I'll miss you, and thank you for following God's call on your life to bless students that mean so much to me!). I thank God for such an amazing week or rest and focus before this mission trip, and can't wait to see how God is going to work in Chile over the rest of the month. Keep me in your prayers!!