This Mission Project is atypical for our church.
Normally, there is a little more lead time, and there is often more planning than this one, but since we’ll be going with Habitat, we’ll be working their program and they’ve pretty much laid out what we have to do once we get there.
However, we know that things are fluid, and we talked about our expectations of God, our Team, and the project.
We’re well aware that our goal in going to work in the Katrina-affected area is to serve God. That means that in whatever shape or form our assistance is best needed, we want to help. We hope and plan for that to be actual construction work, but whatever is in store for us, we will adapt.
But also, we’re there to serve in the name of God. It’s more than a service project, or an act of charity; we’re going down to help in the name of Jesus. That means that as much as we’ll be working, we’ll be praying for the region, our co-workers, etc. while we’re working. We’ll be looking for opportunities to let people know that God has not forsaken them, and we’ll be doing so supported by your prayers and financial support; we want them to know that it’s not just our efforts, but a greater group that is behind us as well.
Art Fong’s Notes about today’s meeting
Today, we had our last Katina meeting before we take off to Mississippi.
(Pastor) Ron Miyake gave a devotional about prayer walking and went around and blessed our feet at the end. It’s kinda like how Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, but with no water.
We also shared about our test results from those online personality and conflict resolution test. That was a very revealing and informative exercise! Now I know how to communicate to others in their love language and know how they resolve conflicts.
22 more days until we get commissioned at church and 28 more days until we fly to Mississippi!
Gary & Robert going over materials as Ron speaks about Prayer Walking